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Features
Agencies
Team Up in War Against Internet
Health Fraud
Government agencies unite against
fraudulent Internet marketers.
Diet,
Exercise Delay Type 2 Diabetes
A government study indicates that regular exercise and a low-fat diet can dramatically delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes.
Human
Research Reinstated at Johns
Hopkins, With Conditions
Medical research at Johns Hopkins University resumes under strict conditions after the death of a healthy participant in an asthma study.
Food
for Thought: An Interview With
Joseph A. Levitt
As director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Joe Levitt is responsible for programs aimed at ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply.
Prescription
Drug Use and Abuse
Most people take medicines responsibly, but about 9 million Americans misuse prescription drugs to get high, calm down, or for other non-medical purposes.
Cover
Story
Vision Correction: Taking a
Look at What's New
Today, surgical developments as well as advances in eyeglasses and contact lenses provide a wide variety of options to improve vision.
FDA's
Training Ground for Tomorrow's
Doctors and Scientists
Hundreds of student interns each year gain insight into the world of food and drug regulation while contributing to the FDA's research programs.
Departments
- Observations
- A message from the editor
of FDA Consumer.
- Letters
to the Editor
- Letters about diabetes
drugs and cooking eggs sunny
side up.
- Updates
- The latest information
on FDA-related issues, gathered
from FDA Press Releases,
Talk Papers, and other sources.
- Research
Notebook
- Reports from public health
and medical research.
- fda.gov
- Places of interest on FDA's
Website and other government
and health-related sites.
- Summaries of Court
Actions
- This department does not
appear in this issue.
- Investigators'
Reports
- Selected cases illustrating
regulatory and administrative
actions--such as inspections,
recalls, seizures, and court
proceedings--by FDA's regional
and district offices across
the country.
- The
Last Word
- Commentary: Educate Before
You Medicate: Your Lifeline
for Safe Medicine Use.
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