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FDA Consumer
Published online from 1989-2007

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2007 (Vol. 41)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: silicone gel-filled breast implants, cancer drugs, food additive for lunch meats, vaccines, flu shots, Nutrition Facts Label, unapproved drugs
  • Final Issue: March-April (No. 2)
    Features: produce safety, pandemic flu preparedness, compounded pain products, clinical trials, General Electric's OEC Medical Systems consent decree, animal cloning

2006 (Vol. 40)

  • Centennial Issue: January-February (No. 1)
    A celebration of FDA's 100th anniversary and a look to the agency's future.
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: glucose meters, phony flu products, speeding treatments to market, Fentanyl patches, healthy feet, drug information, inhaled insulin, migraines, food labels and allergens
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: medical devices, Family Health Portrait, prostate health, restless legs syndrome, product recalls, cancer treatment, drug safety
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: flu season, vision, pseudoephedrine in cold medicines, medications and older adults, artificial sweeteners, Chantix, FDA employees volunteer
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: flu vaccination, benzene in beverages, counterfeit drugs, pain drugs for dogs, public health partnerships, cervical cancer vaccine, shingles vaccine
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: teaching children safe medicine use, leafy greens, online pet drugs, health fraud, lead screening, clinical trials, bioterror agents, Atripla

2005 (Vol. 39)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: flu vaccine, bone fractures, Public Health Service, albuterol, braces, children and antidepressants, dietary supplements, online medical products, the artificial heart
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: FDA science experts, teen tanning, multiple sclerosis, dietary guidelines, stroke, PillCam, arthritis, radiofrequency identification and drugs
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: Non-steroidal anti-Inflammatory drugs, dry eye, healthier eating, laser pointers, hearing loss, whooping cough, human tissue transplants, FDA reforms
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: helping kids eat healthier, gender-specific health risks, computer-assisted surgery, antipersperants, rabies, lupus, drug name confusion
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: heart drug for blacks, urinary incontinence, children's medical devices, prescription drugs savings, preventing choking, epilepsy, mammograms
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: personalized medicine, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, health care, nanotechnology

2004 (Vol. 38)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: Hispanic Americans, Listeria, ultrasound 'keepsake' images, advisory committees, counterterrorism, obesity, healthy pets, cervical cancer screening
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: ephedra, OTC pain relief products, the flu, joint replacement, GRAS foods, chronic pain, food safety, cosmetic treatments, illegal drugs and dietary supplements
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: prescription drugs, mercury in fish, FDA science, counterfeit drugs, obesity, colorectal cancer, summer safety, androstenedione, acrylamide, Mad Cow disease
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: generic drugs, dietary supplements, drug interactions, diabetes, truth in advertising, homemade ice cream, pet care, drug maker fined
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: medical use for leeches, psoriasis, online drugs, cancer vaccines, speeding approval of medical products, "raw milk," breast implants
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: deep vein thrombosis, Vioxx, flu, ADHD, commenting to FDA, infertility, Project Bioshield

2003 (Vol. 37)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: Commissioner McClellan, acrylamide in food, pediatric drugs, contact lenses, West Nile virus, depression, MSG, pain relievers
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: direct-to-consumer advertising, estrogen and postmenopausal women, Commissioner McClellan, medical device user fees, asthma, smallpox, FDA scientists, prescription drug abuse
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: ephedra, new medical technologies, breast-feeding, Liberty Shield, medication safety, cloning, healthy traveling, clinical trials
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: cancer, problems with cosmetics and dietary supplements, SARS, Alzheimer's, Hispanic health, blood safety, medical device injuries
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: food security, MedWatch, generic drugs, trans fats, nasal flu vaccine, press officer Emil Corwin, clinical trials, aspirin
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: FDA's bionic skeleton, orphan products, tanning, heart disease, the climbing wheelchair, genetically engineered food, cochlear implants, menopausal hormone therapy

2002 (Vol. 36)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: accutane, food safety and teens, patient representatives, pulling drugs from the market, weight loss, diabetes
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: obesity, genital herpes, dietary supplements, blindness, leukemia, devices for congenital heart defects
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: diabetes, robot-assisted surgery, gum disease, wound healing, allergies, Mad Cow disease
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: biologics regulation, Botox Cosmetic, bottled water, drug review, electric muscle stimulators, sunglasses, antibiotic resistance, OTC drug label, dietary supplements in pet food
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: blood pressure monitors, vaccine shortages, osteoporosis and men, imported drugs, generic drugs, food freshness, minor species
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: oxygen bars, the "Poison Squad," sleep, medicine use, sunlight and cosmetics, microwaving plastics, public affairs specialists

2001 (Vol. 35)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: antibiotic resistance, flu shots, hair care, PPA, genetic modification
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: product approvals, bioengineered food, "Mad Cow" disease, food safety, accutane, Frances Kelsey, drugs and quality of life
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: GlucoWatch, drug-induced liver injury, medical devices for home use, drugs and pregnancy, shingles, pet food
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: treating leukemia with Gleevec, fleas and ticks, food allergies, growing bones, vaccine safety, hepatitis C, irritable bowel syndrome
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: Internet health fraud, type 2 diabetes, human research, food safety, prescription drug abuse, vision correction, FDA student interns
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: women and diabetes, 9- 11 terrorist attacks, full-body CT scans, colds and flu, home diagnostic tests, hysterectomy alternatives, AIDS

2000 (Vol. 34)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: experimental drugs, placebos, bioengineered foods, online drugs, JIFSAN
  • March-April (No. 2)
    Features: medical milestones, GHB, tampons, the medicine cabinet, FDA science
  • May-June (No. 3)
    Features: telemedicine, soy, post-traumatic stress disorder, arthritis, cosmetic laser surgery
  • July-August (No. 4)
    Features: saline breast implants, medical gases, pharmacy compounding, sunscreens, bone marrow transplants, juvenile diabetes
  • September-October (No. 5)
    Features: medical errors, reusing medical devices, dietary guidelines, gene therapy
  • November-December (No. 6)
    Features: treating animals, mifepristone, food safety, heart-healthy foods, robotic surgery, colon cancer, liposuction, cell phones

1999 (Vol. 33)

1998 (Vol. 32)

1997 (Vol. 31)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: AIDS, artificial skin, infertility, breast reduction, tropical disease
  • March (No. 2)
    Features: prosthetics, phobias, 5-a-day, debarment, menopause
  • April (No. 3)
    Features: hair replacement, arrhythmia, chronotherapy, contraceptives, CFSAN
  • May-June (No. 4)
    Features: OTC drug labels, CFCs, telemedicine, nutrition, brain tumors, diabetes
  • July-August (No. 5)
    Features: dieter's teas, heat, drug labels, fiber, incontinence, attention disorder
  • September-October (No. 6)
    Features: food safety, thalidomide, older adults, drug regulation, schizophrenia, osteoporosis
  • November-December (No. 7)
    Features: safe food, seafood, prescription drug shortages, handling reptiles safely, salt and blood pressure, quitting smoking

1996 (Vol. 30)

  • January-February (No. 1)
    Features: children's medicine, aphrodisiacs, weight loss, smoking, testicular cancer
  • March (No. 2)
    Features: nutrition and the elderly, childhood poisoning, arthritis, tea, federal-state programs
  • April (No. 3)
    Features: FDA rulemaking process, healthy snacks, broken bones, infectious diseases, yeast infections
  • May (No. 4)
    Features: allergies, OTC antimicrobials, sickle cell anemia, alcoholism, chemical photosensitivity
  • June (No. 5)
    Features: safe sunning, xenotransplants, infant formula, manic depression, online health information
  • July-August (No. 6)
    Features: fat substitutes, tetanus, dehydration, fleas and ticks, CDER
  • September (No. 7)
    Features: folate/birth defects, ALS, osteoporosis, hair care, poison ivy
  • October (No. 8)
    Features: tobacco regulation, Pap tests, colds and flu, Paget's disease, women's health, pancreatic diseases
  • November (No. 9)
    Features: OTC drugs, birth defects, asthma, rabies, medical devices
  • December (No. 10)
    Features: devices, sulfites, homeopathy, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

1995 (Vol. 29)

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