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Fighting addictives: Weight-loss drugs as health boosters
The fact that I’m a doctor, a former dean of two medical schools and ran the Food and Drug Administration for six and a half years was of no help to...
Sales of Apple Watch Series 9 to be halted over a patent dispute:...
19 Dec 2023 5:03 PM ISTThe move goes into effect through the online Apple Store this Thursday (December 21), with retail locations ceasing sales on December 24 -- just ahead...
Biotech firm CEO pleads guilty to Covid-19 securities fraud scheme
10 Dec 2023 1:15 PM ISTBerman wrote in internal emails that he needed a “new story” to “raise millions.”
Probiotic products can be dangerous for preterm babies: US FDA
27 Oct 2023 2:00 PM ISTThe warning comes after one infant death in 2023 related to probiotics
France warns against common nasal decongestant over stroke risk
25 Oct 2023 9:00 AM ISTAccording to France's medicines agency, oral nasal decongestant medicines containing pseudoephedrine can raise the risk of stroke or heart attack.
US FDA may ban hair-straightening chemical products over health risks
17 Oct 2023 9:10 AM ISTThe ban is specifically aimed at products that contain formaldehyde and other formaldehyde-releasing chemicals like methylene or glycol.
Study finds breast cancer drug with a serious side effect
9 Oct 2023 5:05 PM ISTIn 2019, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of this drug in combination with fulvestrant, an oestrogen receptor blocker, for...
US FDA approves new Covid shots
12 Sept 2023 3:26 PM ISTThe new Covid vaccines target the XBB.1.5 variant, which was dominant when vaccine makers began to formulate and test a new version.