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Target: Your Senators and Representatives Sponsored by: Alliance for Natural Health USA The Dietary Supplement Labeling Act pretends to be consumer-oriented, but instead will give the FDA redundant power that it could easily misuse, restricting your access to nutritional supplements and...

Dilantin (Phenytoin) can be considered the grandfather of all epilepsy medications. Although it was invented in 1908 as a chemical that could prevent convulsions during electroshock treatment, its popularity grew quickly, and as early as 1940, it was hailed as initiating a whole new epoch of...

http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=3140 All the more need for folks to use MedWatch

What Can We Learn from Medical Whistleblowers? Citation: Lenzer J (2005) What Can We Learn from Medical Whistleblowers? PLoS Med 2(7): e209. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020209 Published: May 27, 2005 Copyright: © 2005 Jeanne Lenzer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of...

You probably already know that aspartame is a no-no. But just in case you weren’t sure why, here are the reasons and the scandal… For 16 years, the FDA refused to approve aspartame. In fact, the FDA’s own toxicologist told Congress that: “Without a shadow of a doubt, aspartame can cause brain...

Tell the FDA what you think about drug ads Fed up with TV ads that sell you the “good news” about prescription drugs but gloss over the shortcomings? Do these drugs actually work? And how common are those side effects? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon decide whether these TV...

FDA Medwatch (1-800-FDA(322)-1088) If you have experienced serious side effects to a treatment (whether a drug or medical device) that were never disclosed or discussed, it's probably because the FDA is not aware of it. You may be able to help others be more informed with their choices by...