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The FDA has proposed placing strong warning labels on many over-the-counter painkillers, cautioning patients about the risks of possible liver failure from taking them too often. More than 200 million ...
You're feeling miserable from being under the weather with the flu , so you go to your nearest drugstore to pick up over-the-counter cold and flu medicine to give you some ...
In an essay published in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of medical researchers team up to propose a novel way to trim some of the nation’s ballooning health care ...
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the labels for two eczema drugs -- Elidel cream and Protopic ointment -- will now include warnings about a possible risk of cancer, as well as a ...
WASHINGTON -- Package inserts that accompany every prescription drug are getting a major makeover that will provide doctors and patients with the clear and concise information they need while cutting ...
This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would require prescription drug labels to identify where the medication was made, adding momentum to a ...
The AIM Global initiative will confirm the appropriate marking of printed labels and QR codes, as well as NFC and RFID tags used in the supply chain from manufacture to patient. Currently, companies ...