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What the heck is potassium sorbate? Demystifying common 'chemical sounding' food ingredients

For those aspiring to eat mainly "clean ingredients," a little chemistry knowledge is often useful for deciphering packaged food labels.

Tribune News Service

More than 300,000 bottles of Starbucks bottled Frappuccinos have been recalled

The bottles of Starbucks' vanilla Frappuccinos may contain pieces of glass, the Food and Drug Administration said.

WEKU

The "citizen scientist" generation rises

The author of "We the Scientists" explains how a group of parents facing the worst shook up medical research

Salon

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Over-the-counter Narcan will save lives, experts say. But the cost will affect access

Advisers to the FDA put the opioid overdose-reversal drug a step closer to being sold without a needing a prescription. Even if approved, the medication may not reach many people who need it.

WEKU

Union chief ‘can’t imagine’ ordeal of alleged Raab bullying victims

‘You cannot underestimate how difficult it has been’ for civil servants who filed complaints against the Deputy PM, Dave Penman said.

The Independent UK

U.S. FDA approves Travere Therapeutics kidney disorder drug

Travere Therapeutics said on Friday the U.S. health regulator has granted accelerated approval to its drug to treat a type of chronic kidney disease, IgAN, in adults with a high risk of advancing to kidney failure.

Reuters

What happens to COVID vaccines and drugs authorized for emergency use when health emergency ends?

On May 11, the central pillar of the country's pandemic response — the declaration of a national emergency that began March 1, 2020 — will come down. But Americans will continue to have access to the vaccines, drugs and medical devices that were authorized for emergency use against COVID-19, so…

Los Angeles Times

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Commentary: Will new blood donation rules finally stop stigmatizing gay men?

As a sophomore in college in 2011, I was deferred from donating blood for being a gay man. I was confronting the homophobia built into the FDA’s blood donation ban for men who have sex with men.

Los Angeles Times

Your money or your life: Patient on $50,000-a-week cancer drug fears leaving behind huge medical debt

After several rounds of treatment for a rare eye cancer — weekly drug infusions that could cost nearly $50,000 each — Paul Davis learned Medicare had abruptly stopped paying the bills.

Tribune News Service

Abortion clinics prepare for more chaos with end of FDA-approved pill

Tribune News Service

FDA panel weighs moving opioid antidote over the counter

U.S. health advisers are weighing whether the overdose-reversal drug naloxone should be made available as an over-the-counter medication

The Independent UK

Prepping for a new post-Roe reality

A decision on a lawsuit in Texas could lead to nationwide mifepristone ban

Salon

The administration's next crack at lower drug prices

The Biden administration unveiled three drug payment programs Tuesday aimed at helping reduce patients' out-of-pocket costs.

Axios

Top US smoothie company accused of deception after toxic PFAS discovered

Lawsuit alleges Bolthouse Farms deceived customers by claiming Green Goddess smoothie is made with ‘100% fruit juice’

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GOP attorneys general call for scrapping FDA approval of abortion pill

22 GOP attorneys general are supporting an end to medication abortion in the U.S.

WEKU

Nearly $50,000 a week for a cancer drug? A man worries about bankrupting his family

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.

The Independent UK

North Carolina AG won't defend abortion pill restrictions

North Carolina's attorney general won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a federal lawsuit

The Guardian - UK

Union backs plan to bar MPs arrested for violent or sexual offences

FDA decries lack of formal process for keeping MPs out of parliament if accused of serious misconduct

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The Independent UK

Union welcomes Commons panel proposal to bar MPs from Parliament if arrested

The precautionary exclusion of MPs should be considered if they are arrested for a violent or sexual offence, the Committee on Standards said.

Axios

Hyped weight loss drugs raise supply, equity concerns

Sales of the buzzy new class of diabetes drugs have skyrocketed more than 2,000% in 4 years, data from Komodo Health shows.

Tribune News Service

Memes, tweets, snark are the FDA’s new public health weapons

When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a National Football League game in January, dozens of Twitter trolls quickly blamed it on COVID-19 shots.

Bangkok Post

B14m of fake cosmetics, brand bags seized

Falsely labelled toothpaste, cosmetics and brand-name bags, worth about 14 million baht in total, were seized and a Chinese national arrested by consumer protection police and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials during raids in Bangkok and Samut Prakan last week.

WEKU

Is chocolate good for your heart? Finally the FDA has an answer – kind of

For years, chocolate-lovers have pointed to studies suggesting compounds in cocoa may be good for heart health. But some of the recent evidence comes from flavanol-rich cocoa, not from candy bars

Miami Herald

Potentially harmful drug in Broward company’s weight loss pill triggers recall, FDA says

MIAMI — A Broward health company’s weight loss pill caught the attention of the FDA after the regulatory agency found it contained a drug that was taken off the market more than a decade ago for possibly causing severe health risks.

Fortune

Can psychedelics really treat OCD, depression, and chronic pain? A researcher explains how they work and their potential risks

"The drugs so far appear to be quite effective."

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