Federal panel hears experts; some urge delay for Intrinsa
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A Procter &amp; Gamble officials told federal health advisers today that a hormone patch aimed at restoring women&#39;s lost libido has not been linked to any serious safety problems.
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A government task force  examining the effect the media might have on childhood obesity  delayed the release of its report on Thursday.
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Members of a House panel and congressional investigators say the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have been slow to fix the bureaucracy and help injured veterans.
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The US Food and Drug Administration says it plans to convene a panel of experts in February to discuss the safety of painkillers in the same class as the now-withdrawn drug Vioxx, but one member of the panel was asked not to come.
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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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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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A think tank has tapped several heavyweight security experts to staff a commission that will advise the president.
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SAN FRANCISCO A panel of leading computer scientists has warned in a report that unless the federal government significantly increases support for advanced research on supercomputing, the United States will be unable to retain its lead on that
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A new group of patients that qualifies  for Medicare reimbursement for implantable heart defibrillators  may have to wait a few days longer until payment is available,  the federal government said on Thursday.
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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might
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An international panel of experts urged Washington on Monday to join other nations in a drive to avert the "ecological time bomb" of global warming.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  were unsure how much more they would need to raise interest  rates, if at all, after a May 10 meeting, according to minutes  of that gathering released on Wednesday.
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A panel of leading computer scientists warned in a report issued on Monday that unless the federal government significantly increases support for advanced research on supercomputing, the United States will be unable to retain its lead on that
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A federal panel chooses a go-slow approach to investigating whether workers got cancer at the nuclear weapons facility
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Vote effectively delays debate on whether to immunize telephone companies from lawsuits. But it's unclear whether the Senate will follow suit, and a veto threat is looming.
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The country's import-safety system has not kept pace with an increase in foreign goods, a panel appointed by President Bush said yesterday. Federal agencies should do a better job of coordinating oversight, the panel said, though it stopped short of calling for a single agency to oversee imports.
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WASHINGTON - A federal scientific advisory panel meets Thursday to consider whether to recommend that a skin patch to enhance women&#39;s desire for sex should be licensed as a new drug.