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FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved the usage of Botox injections to temporarily ease the appearance of crow’s feet. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the drug, made by Irvine-based Allergan Inc., to treat wrinkles that form on the outside edge of the eyes. The decision comes 11 years after the FDA approved Botox for the temporary ... Read More »

The radiation leak from the damaged Nuclear Power Plants in Japan is really having a global effect now. Very low levels of nuclear radiation have been detected in a sample milk from Washington state. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have confirmed this. But they assured the consumers not to worry as the radiation ... Read More »

Skippy Peanut Butter has been recalled from 16 states suspecting a possible salmonella contamination! According to Peanut Butter website, the effects of the contamination will be very severe and dangerous. Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often ... Read More »

There’s new hope for an overlooked epidemic: Two powerful drugs are nearing the market that promise to help cure many more people of liver-attacking hepatitis C — even though most who have the simmering infection don’t know it yet. Surprisingly, two-thirds of hepatitis C sufferers are thought to be baby boomers who’ve harbored since their younger, perhaps wilder, years a ... Read More »

The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has lowered the age limit for morning-after pill to 17. It was previously available to only the age 18 and older. This step by the FDA was taken after a judge’s order to lower the age limit. Now 17 and older can get this morning-after pill to avoid unwanted pregnancies from over the counter without ... Read More »