FDA Is Urged To Toughen Rules on Salt
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A consumer group prodded the Food and Drug Administration yesterday to regulate salt as a food additive, arguing that excessive salt consumption by Americans may be responsible for more than 100,000 deaths a year.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - A U.S. Food and Drug  Administration reviewer who has accused the agency of being lax  in monitoring drug safety on Thursday said five medicines on  the market need closer scrutiny.
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Federal advisers who met last week to consider whether to restrict doses of popular antianemia drugs were themselves under scrutiny during the hearing. The Food and Drug Administration is considering a top-to-bottom reshaping of how it picks and uses the outside scientists who serve on the agency's advisory panels.
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The Food Standards Agency has launched a campaign to encourage Britons to eat less salt and raise awareness of the link between too much salt and serious illness.
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The    Salt Institute  has its blood pressure up. The group that represents 36 domestic and foreign salt producers is appealing its loss of a lawsuit that challenged the science a    National Institutes of Health  agency used in 2003 to recommend that lower...
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With nearly one-fifth of Americans taking dietary supplements, the Institute of Medicine yesterday called for tougher regulations to make sure the products are safe and do what their makers claim.
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Calls for changing the way the government monitors drug safety erupted Friday, as consumer advocates and worried patients zeroed in on testimony that five federally approved medicines posed significant health risks.
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Life & style: Consumers being misled about the salt content of some processed foods, according to a new survey.
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Nearly 20 percent of US Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite
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The Food and Drug Administration lacks clear regulatory authority and is chronically underfunded, shortcomings hindering its ability to evaluate the safety of drugs used by millions of Americans, according to outside scientists the agency asked to critique its performance.
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A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to stop consuming so much salt.
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14/09/2004 The Food Standards Agency (UK) has launched a major public health campaign to reduce high salt consumption in the UK. Eating too much salt is a significant risk factor in developing high blood pressure.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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With new warnings on an abortion pill, the Food and Drug Administration has given conservative medical advice. Whatever factors may have gone into the change, the FDA must focus on science, not conservative politics.
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The Food and Drug Administration is responding to the widespread criticism of the government's handling of drug safety problems.
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The Food and Drug Administration  said yesterday that it is making changes in the way it operates to prevent the kind of drug safety controversies that have dogged the agency in recent years.
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WASHINGTON Nov 5, 2004 - Buffeted by criticism, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would appoint a director of drug safety and take other steps to improve the safety of medications.