Byline: By Laurie McGinley

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Members of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee scrutinizing the safety of breast implants urged the agency on...

FDA Unveils Anti-Tobacco Measures

11/15/18

Washington —The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday launched a multipronged attack on the rising underage use of tobacco products, imposing...

FDA to Restrict E-Cigs

11/9/18

Washington — The Food and Drug Administration, alarmed by a huge increase in vaping among minors, is expected to impose severe restrictions on the...

Study: HPV Test Better Than Pap Smear

7/3/18

A test for HPV detects precancerous changes of the cervix earlier and more accurately than the Pap smear, according to a large clinical trial...

Washington — Federal regulators warned more than a dozen manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Tuesday that they are endangering children...

The American Heart Association issued a stark warning on Thursday for women with breast cancer: Life-saving therapies like chemotherapy and...

When Diane Legg began seeing black specks in her right eye, she went to an ophthalmologist near her home in Amesbury, Mass. He said she had a torn...

Washington — The Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it is taking new steps to encourage the development of innovative nicotine...

Street Medicine Treats Nation’s Homeless

11/25/17

Allentown, Pa. — Nurse Laura LaCroix was meeting with one of her many homeless patients in a downtown Dunkin’ Donuts when he mentioned that a...

Washington — The Food and Drug Administration is strengthening efforts to detect opioids illegally entering the country through the mail...

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Friday announced plans to delay for years a requirement that makers of cigars...

Gene Therapy Now Approved  By FDA Panel

7/12/17

Food and Drug Administration advisers on Wednesday enthusiastically endorsed a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment that uses patients’ revved-up...

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