FDA Consumer Magazine -- January/February 1991
Table of Contents

FDA Enforcement Activities Protect Public
Many people know FDA best for approving drugs, biologics, and medical devices. But the agency's enforcement activities -- to remove unsafe or ineffective products from the market -- are also crucial to its mission.

Women and Nutrition: A Menu of Special Needs
Calcium, iron, fats and fiber are just a few of the nutrients that concern women in different ways than they do men and children. Calories and weight control can also present special challenges for women.

Older Adults Examine Health Care Options
Like Dorothy in " The Wizard of Oz", many older Americans feel there's no place like home, even when it comes to health care that previously would have been available only in a hospital or nursing home.

The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness
Mean little microbes with tongue-twisting names can invade a wide range of foods, putting your stomach in knots or worse if you don't take proper precaution,

Pharmacists Help Solve Medication Mysteries
Today, a pharmacist can be a consumer's best friend when it comes to figuring out medication mysteries such as drug side effects, interactions, and how to take proper precautions.

How to Take Your Medicine: Acetaminophen-Codeine
This seventh in a series of articles on proper drug use discusses a widely prescribed painkiller.

(Hypertext updated by clb April 19, 2001)