http://www.mail.com/people/4234-margaret-hamburg.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/4234-margaret-hamburg.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2052054-fda-will-investigate-caffeine-foods.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will investigate the safety of added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents. The agency made the announcement just as Wr... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2052054-fda-will-investigate-caffeine-foods.html 2013-04-30T17:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019688-report-finds-lax-oversight-specialty-pharmacies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year. A report released Monday by House Democrats shows that most states do not track or routinely inspect compounding pharmacies. Staffer... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:03:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019688-report-finds-lax-oversight-specialty-pharmacies.html 2013-04-16T01:03:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015706-fda-finds-safety-issues-specialty-pharmacies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs. The agency said its inspectors targeted 31 compounding pharmacies that produce sterile drugs, which must be prepared under highly sani... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:16:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015706-fda-finds-safety-issues-specialty-pharmacies.html 2013-04-12T16:16:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1991128-fda-longer-use-nicotine-gum.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the counter nicotine gum, patches and lozenges for longer than previously recommended in a move to help millions of Americans kick the habit. Current labels suggest consumers stop smoking or using other products containing nicotine when they begin... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:46:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1991128-fda-longer-use-nicotine-gum.html 2013-04-01T17:46:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1948044-fda-head-menu-labeling-thorny-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny," says the head of the Food and Drug Administration, as the agency tries to figure out who should be covered by it. The 2010 health care law ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:27:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1948044-fda-head-menu-labeling-thorny-issue.html 2013-03-12T15:27:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its tour of duty delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave for the Persian Gulf on Feb. 8... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html 2013-03-01T02:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1922166-fda-commissioner-budget-cuts-safe-food.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer food safety inspections and an increased risk to consumers will result from the lack of a new 2013 budget from Congress and the upcoming across-the-board spending cuts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Thursday. The cuts are scheduled to take effect Friday unless the White House and Congress can come ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:52:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1922166-fda-commissioner-budget-cuts-safe-food.html 2013-02-28T19:52:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907998-fda-names-head-tobacco-products-center.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration veteran who helped spearhead efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s is taking over the agency's Center for Tobacco Products. Mitch Zeller will become the center's director on March 4, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in an internal memo sent late Thursday and confirmed by The Associa... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:28:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1907998-fda-names-head-tobacco-products-center.html 2013-02-22T18:28:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1888958-report-tracking-system-needed-to-fight-fake-drugs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require creating a national drug-tracking system, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. The call for putting medications through a chain of custody like U.S. courts require for evidence in a trial comes a week after the Food and Drug Administration warned doctors, for the third time in about a ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:27:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1888958-report-tracking-system-needed-to-fight-fake-drugs.html 2013-02-13T22:27:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1830016-flu-season-bad-elderly-cdc.html The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear. The U.S. is about halfway through this flu season, and "it's shaping up to be a worse-than-average season" and a bad one for the elderly, sa... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1830016-flu-season-bad-elderly-cdc.html 2013-01-18T18:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1801084-fda-rules-will-food-safer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the most sweeping food safety guidelines in decades, would require farmers to take new precautions against contaminatio... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1801084-fda-rules-will-food-safer.html 2013-01-05T08:56:00Z