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| Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too DHHS. NIH. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Fact sheet with points to consider for safety if using, or thinking about using, herbs for health purposes. Also in PDF |195 KB. |
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| Test Your Supplement Savvy Federal Trade Commission. Five question quiz (with answers) for consumers related to dietary supplement safety. |
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| Dietary Supplements: Adverse Event Reporting DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Information on how to report an illness or injury associated with a dietary supplement to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and also reporting unlawful sales of dietary supplements on the internet. |
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| Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA DHHS. Food and Drug Administration. Includes tips for reporting, a quick-reference chart for reporting problems, and a list of the types of problems FDA doesn't handle. |
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| Qualified Health Claims DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Provides a list of currently approved FDA "qualified" health claims for use with food and dietary supplements. |
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| Do CAM Therapies Help Menopausal Symptoms? DHHS. NIH. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Fact sheet based on findings from a 2005 National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science (SoS) conference on the management of menopause-related symptoms. It answers some frequently asked questions and lists resources for more information. |
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| Ephedra Backgrounder DHHS. NIH. Office of Dietary Supplements. Find links to reports about health risks and FDA prohibition on ephedra-containing supplements. Includes review of effectiveness and safety of ephedra and ephedrine alkaloids for weight loss or enhanced athletic performance. |
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| MedlinePlus: Anabolic Steroids DHHS. NIH. National Library of Medicine. Provides a gateway to the latest news and cautions on the topic of anabolic steroids. Also offers links to research and related topics. Also in Spanish. |
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