VOL. 30 No. 8OCTOBER 1996

Features

Saving Our Children from Tobacco
Every day, almost 3,000 young people start smoking. Nearly 1,000 of them will have their lives cut short due to smoking-related illness. To protect America's children from this number one cause of preventable death and illness, FDA has issued a landmark regulation intended to make cigarettes and smokeless tobacco less available to kids, and less alluring.

New Devices Aim at Improving Pap Test Accuracy
Methods to improve diagnostic accuracy of Pap tests are among the tools for fighting cervical cancer, a very curable disease if caught early.

Colds and Flu: Time Only Sure Cure
Chicken soup, vitamin C, hand-washing, and cough and cold medications are among the many ways some folks say can prevent or treat colds and flu. Which ones work?

Help for People with Paget's Disease
Many people dismiss symptoms of this bone disease as part of the aging process. But effective treatments are available and are best begun early.

Inside FDA: Office of Women's Health
This FDA office has funded more than 50 projects since it was established in 1994. And its $2 million annual budget promises further support for research and education on a number of women's health topics.

Probing the Pancreas
Diabetes and cystic fibrosis are just two of the diseases that involve the pancreas. Various treatments are available for these conditions.

Departments

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

Notebook
A potpourri of items of interest gathered from the Federal Register and other sources.

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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