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Feds to comply with morning-after pill ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest...
Tags: Health Treatments, National Government, Women's Health, Science and Technology, Over-the-Counter Medicines
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Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill, for now
LAURAN NEERGAARD,Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without a prescription while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, according to a ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The...Tags: Health Treatments, Women's Health, Kathleen Sebelius, Justice System, Manhattan (New York City)
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Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine,...Tags: Ear, Nose, and Throat, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Michigan, Healthcare Provider, Birth Defects
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FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...Tags: Health Treatments, Women's Health, Kathleen Sebelius, Birth Control, Justice System
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FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum. With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it's time to investigate their safety. The FDA's new look at added caffeine...Tags: Washington, DC, Energy Drinks, American Academy of Pediatrics, Margaret Hamburg, Health Organizations
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FDA seeks info from Indiana farm tied to outbreak
OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing a southwestern Indiana cantaloupe farm linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak to detail the steps it has taken to address unsanitary conditions inspectors found last summer at the farm's fruit-...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk food. Americans blame too much screen time and cheap fast food for...
Tags: New York City, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lifestyle and Leisure, Diabetes
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FDA requires lower doses for sleep medications
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness. The agency...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Washington, DC, Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry, Ambien (drug)
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FDA: New rules will make food safer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the...
Tags: Peanuts, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peanut Butter, Food Industry
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Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Laws, Litigation, Prosecution, Trials
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FDA: Company shipped tainted peanut butter
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent salmonella outbreak distributed peanut and almond butters after its own internal testing showed the products were contaminated, the Food and Drug Administration says. Sunland Inc....Tags: Peanuts, Safeway Inc., Peanut Butter, Career and Workplace, Product Recalls
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Upton leads congressional hearing on meningitis outbreak
440 people across the country have become sick and 32 have died from contaminated steroid shots with Michigan and Indiana two of the hardest hit states in the meningitis outbreak On Wednesday, Congress took the issue of the safety those who make the...
Tags: Meningitis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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