Features
Accutane
Risk Management Program Strengthened
The FDA has strengthened a risk management program concerning pregnancy and a drug used to treat severe acne.
Teen
Science Classes Serve Up Lessons
in Food Safety
The FDA and the National Science Teachers Association create a first-of-its-kind science program to teach teen-agers about food safety.
Bringing
Real Life to the Table
FDA patient representatives give the agency and its advisory committees insight on issues and questions important to people living with serious diseases.
Why
Drugs Get Pulled Off the Market
It's a rare occasion when a drug gets pulled from the market. FDA experts explain the complex factors that go into weighing benefits and risks.
Cover
Story
Losing Weight: More than Counting
Calories
More than 60 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese. Excess weight and physical inactivity account for more than 300,000 premature deaths annually in the United States-second only to smoking. We ask the experts how to safely lose weight and keep it off.
Diabetes:
A Growing Public Health Concern
More than 16 million Americans have diabetes, a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Yet, 5 million of those people don't know they have it. An accurate diagnosis and good control of the disease are essential.
Departments
- Observations
- A message from the editor
of FDA Consumer.
- 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
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Website and other government
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- 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: A 'Touch' of
Diabetes?
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