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No over-the-counter sales for morning-after pill
MISHAWAKA – The controversial Plan B or "morning-After pill" as it's called will not be moved to drug store shelves after all.
The FDA was planning on approving changes to the way the pill was sold with allowing girls under 17 to buy it without...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Birth Control, Family Planning, Health, Health Treatments
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Feds issue warning to unconventional sperm donor
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have issued a warning to a California man who has been donating cups of his sperm to women who want kids. Trent Arsenault tells the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/vLhXIA) he's been donating sperm...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Communicable Diseases, Parenting, Health, Charity
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CDC, FDA say powdered infant formula not tainted
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two federal agencies say there is no evidence that four cases of a rare bacterial infection in babies are related, and there is no need to recall infant formula. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease...Tags: Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Throat Cancer, Philip Morris USA, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Human Rights
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FDA refutes TV claim that apple juice is unsafe
The federal Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are refuting claims by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health risk.
Oz said on his show on Tuesday that testing by a New...Tags: Entertainment, ABC (tv network), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Health Organizations
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Was South Bend man's death tied to recalled shrimp?
WSBT-TV ReporterThe St. Joseph County Health Department is investigating whether a South Bend man's death is related to recently recalled shrimp from Martin's Super Markets. WSBT Fact Finder Kelli Stopczynski found this may be an issue concerning food preparation, not...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Flu, Electrical Appliance, Shrimp, Immune System
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FDA: Martin's Super Markets shrimp safe to eat
New developments Wednesday concerning a local recall WSBT has been following involving Martin's Super Markets. The Food and Drug Administration has informed Martin's a certain brand of frozen shrimp IS safe to eat. As WSBT first reported, Martin's Super...Tags: Shrimp
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FDA approves first diabetes-cholesterol combo pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a Merck drug as the first combination pill for patients with diabetes who also have high cholesterol. Patients with both diabetes and high cholesterol are at increased risk for heart...Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Washington, DC, Merck & Company Incorporated, Kidney Disease
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The Big Charade
With the debt ceiling and budget talks in Washington taking center stage you would think mature adults in positions of power would do the right things. Oh, wait a minute. Doing the right thing really isn’t a priority in Washington anymore. It is all...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Republican Party, Politics, Elections, Government Debt
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Largest study on cellphones and cancer finds no link
LONDON (AP) — Heavy cellphone users worried that they might be setting themselves up for cancer can breathe easier. The biggest study to look for any connection has found no link. It followed more than 350,000 people for about a decade and says...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Cancer, Brain
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Wegmans recalls pine nuts over salmonella concerns
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk at Wegmans, an upscale grocery store chain, have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that sent two people to hospitals and sickened 40 others in five East Coast states and Arizona. Wegmans Food...Tags: Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Diarrhea, Diseases and Illnesses, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA ties birth control drugs to blood clot risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators say several new birth control drugs, including the Bayer pill Yaz, appear to increase the risk of dangerous blood clots more than older medications. A new study released by the Food and Drug...Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, Washington, DC, Merck & Company Incorporated, Health Treatments
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