Alli is the first and only FDA-approved OTC product for weight loss. It is available in stores June 15. Dr. James Anderson, UK HealthCare weight loss researcher, studied the effects of the drug on mildly to moderately overweight individuals and found it does aid weight loss.
The Procter & Gamble [NYSE: PG] Company’s Crest toothpaste brand is not affected by the FDA import and health alert. Crest does not import toothpaste manufactured in China to the U.S.
Action Labs, Inc. of Anaheim, CA, is voluntarily recalling its Sentinel brand Shark Cartilage Capsules manufactured in 2005 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.
A report released by the American Legacy Foundation says that American youth continue to show strong preferences for specific cigarette types, many of which are heavily marketed.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, today praised Merck for its decision to offer to reduce the price of its antiretroviral drug, efavirenz (marketed outside the US under the brand name Strocrin), in Thailand, but chided the multinational drug company for making the price cut offer contingent upon the Government of Thailand revoking a compulsory license it had issued in November 2006 for the manufacture and/or importation of a generic version of the drug.
DOMEGA INTERNATIONAL LTD., INC., 98 Bay 35th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214 is recalling King Chief brand Dried Lily Flowers because it contains undeclared sulfites.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume MaraNatha brand Organic Raw and Roasted Sesame Tahini described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children.
The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety appeals to the trade to stop selling a batch of MaraNatha brand Organic Raw Sesame Tahini, No Salt, suspected to be contaminated with salmonella. People who have purchased the product are warned not eat it.