FDA Consumer Magazine -- October 1993
Table of Contents

Women and AIDS
HIV infection is growing more rapidly among women than among other groups. Last year, for the first time, more women were infected through sex than though drug use. The disease is much more easily transmitted from man to woman than vice versa.

Part 1: FDA Finds New Ways to Speed Treatments to Patients
In an effort to help seriously ill people, FDA is devising new ways to get drugs and biologics to them more quickly--sometimes even before final approval.

Part 2: User Fees to Fund Faster Reviews
An average of 22 months goes by from the time a company applies for approval to market a new drug or biologic application to when FDA reaches a decision. But that's about to change, thanks to a new source of revenue to expand FDA's review staff.

A Fresh Look at Food Preservatives
Without preservatives, food safety problems would get out of hand. Yet consumers continue to have questions about the safety of the preservatives themselves.

Tattooing in the '90S: Ancient Art Requires Care and Caution
Tattoos are becoming more fasionable in some social sets. But before rushing out to your local tattoo parlor, you should be aware of the risks.

(Hypertext updated by clb 2001-MAR-29)