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Is an aspirin a day good for you, and how much should you take? Ten years after the FDA… »   

U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings regarding the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children and adolescents taking… »   

Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, say… »   

Taking a “statin” drug to keep cholesterol levels down may have another benefit for smokers and former smokers: the… »   

A street-level dealer of crack in Downingtown told a federal judge at his sentencing yesterday that he was “sorry” for… »   

U.S. regulators finalized a rule requiring makers of certain contraceptive gels, foams, films and inserts to carry a warning… »   

The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe… »   

Advanced medical technology and analysis methods now being promoted through the Food and Drug Administration’s Critical Path Initiative to facilitate… »   

Many medications reduce the risk of bone fractures in people with osteoporosis, but the most commonly used drugs – bisphosphonates–… »   

Sildenafil citrate induces vasodilation by enhancing the smooth muscle relaxant effects of nitric oxide. We have previously reported that nitrate… »