FDA Ends Ban on Silicone Implants
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The Food and Drug Administration ended its 14-year ban on the cosmetic use of silicone breast implants yesterday, despite lingering safety concerns from some health advocates.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jan. 31--Silicone-gel breast implants are back.
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The FDA has approved the drug letrozole for use in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the import of five species of fish and shrimp from China because they have been found to contain unsafe additives and drugs, some of which can cause cancer, the agency said today.
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Breast implants after mastectomy to treat breast cancer do not reduce the long-term survival of patients, reveals a study on the long-term effects of breast implants.
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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies."
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Proposals to limit the use of tissues taken from living patients have been overthrown.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.
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Researchers have found high concentrations of platinum in women who got silicone breast implants and in the children they bore and breast-fed afterward.    The type of platinum found in the women's blood and urine was different than the traces of regular platinum not uncommon in people's bodies...
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The Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved the use of electrical stimulation of bone growth - a decades-old technology - to improve the success rate of spinal fusion
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A new device to treat uterine  fibroids -- fibrous clumps that can cause miscarriages, painful  menstruation and other related problems in women -- won U.S.  regulatory approval on Friday.
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uidant received approval yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration to sell stents that are inserted into the main neck artery to reduce the risk of strokes, making the company the
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled food from certain cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door for using the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.
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A two-year probation for Bristol-Myers Squibb ends Thursday, freeing the company from federal supervision after a major accounting scandal and other misconduct.
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NEW YORK  - Illicit injections of liquid silicone for cosmetic purposes can be fatal, often leading to pulmonary embolism and severe respiratory failure, Dr. Carlos S. Restrepo told the Radiology Society of North America's annual meeting in Chicago where he shared imaging findings from a series of 44 patients.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled food from certain cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to using the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.
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The Food and Drug Administration ordered Pfizer to stop airing its recent &#39;Wild Thing&#39; ads for Viagra, saying the ads fail to disclose the risks associated with the drug.