Tag: FDA
FDA advisory panel’s conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers...
Lucas A. Berenbrok, University of Pittsburgh; Colleen Culley, University of Pittsburgh, and Karen Steinmetz Pater, University of Pittsburgh
The...
The US government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could...
Jonathan Foulds, Penn State
The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that – when used as intended –...
Why are drug names so long and complicated? A pharmacist explains...
Jasmine Cutler, University of South Florida
At some point in your life, you’ll likely find yourself with a prescription...
An expert panel has recommended against taking vitamin E or beta...
Katherine Basbaum, University of Virginia
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation statement in June 2022 on...
The FDA and Juul are fighting over a vape ban, but...
Lynn T. Kozlowski, University at Buffalo
On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that all...
Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA –...
Tracey Woodruff, University of California, San Francisco
Whether or not you’ve heard of the chemical bisphenol A, better known...
Dangerous counterfeit drugs are putting millions of US consumers at risk,...
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Do you need a second booster shot? An epidemiologist scoured the...
Katelyn Jetelina, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
In late March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
