VOL. 33 NO. 1JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1999

Features

Special Section: Diagnostic Imaging

FDA Sets Higher Standards for Mammography
High-quality equipment and well-trained professionals are essential for ensuring that mammograms detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.

Questions Keep Sprouting About Sprouts
Are sprouts a tasty and nutritious addition to salads and sandwiches or a food poisoning risk? FDA and other health agencies have put sprouts under the microscope and have some advice.

Keeping Cholesterol Under Control
Highly effective drugs are available to lower cholesterol, but diet and exercise still come first.

Epilepsy: Taming the Seizures, Dispelling the Myths
While the drug choices are many for controlling epileptic seizures, there is still much to learn about this age-old affliction.

Departments

Updates

The latest information on FDA-related issues, gathered from FDA Press Releases, Talk Papers, and other sources.

fda.gov

Places of interest on FDA's Website and other government and health-related sites.

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

Summaries of Court Actions

Cases involving seizure, criminal and injunction proceedings.

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End-of-the-year information on ownership, management and circulation of FDA Consumer magazine.

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