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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)
- January-February (No. 1)
Features: X-rays, mammography, sprouts, cholesterol,
epilepsy
- March-April (No. 2)
Features: emphysema, heart disease, pregnancy, hepatitis
C, food fraud
- May-June (No. 3)
Features: lung cancer, Lyme disease, dentistry, children's
drugs, orphan drugs
- July-August (No. 4)
Features: breast cancer, AIDS, hypertension, Chlamydia,
drug labels
- September-October (No. 5)
Features: product safety, Campylobacter, ventilators,
Crohn's disease, food safety surveys
- November-December (No. 6)
Features: Y2K, sugar substitutes, menopause, health
fraud, social phobias
1998 (Vol. 32)
- January-February (No. 1)
Features: TV drug ads, kidney dialysis, lead, milk
labels, in-flight medical emergencies, drugs from the sea
- March-April (No. 2)
Features: allergies, stroke, contact lenses, condoms,
back pain, AHAs
- May-June (No. 3)
Features: cosmetics, irradiation, migraines, Alzheimer's,
mononucleosis
- July-August (No. 4)
Features: insomnia, Parkinson's disease, wild animals,
depression, laser eye surgery
- September-October (No. 5)
Features: egg safety, juice safety, home cooking,
thermometers, prostate cancer, dietary supplements
- November-December (No. 6)
Features: MedWatch, health claims on labels, antibiotics,
surgery
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)
- * January-February
1995 (No. 1)
Features: HACCP, OTC painkillers, dental lasers,
new food label
- * March 1995
(No. 2)
Features: drug trials, braces, children's foods,
gout, advisory committees
- * April 1995
(No. 3)
Features: genetic engineering, [psoriasis, HIV, blood,
estrogen]
- * May 1995
(No. 4)
Features: [acne, devices, genital warts, testosterone]
- * June 1995
(No. 5)
Features: [food label, medicine, UTIs, upset stomach,
lung cancer]
- July-August (No. 6)
Features: forensics, skin cancer, eye surgery, men's
health, prescriptions
- September (No. 7)
Features: chickenpox vaccine, antibiotic-resistant
infections, food labels, medical diagnostic software, legitimate
uses for psychedelic drugs
- October (No. 8)
Features: drug review, vegetarian diets, food safety,
breastfeeding, recalls
- November (No. 9)
Features: patient education, breast implants, glaucoma,
snakebite, interstitial cystitis
- December (No. 10)
Features: vaccines, AIDS, botulinum toxin, fingernails
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