The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin removing broad “black box” warnings from hormone replacement therapy products for menopause, the Department of Health and Human Services announced. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., …
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FDA to Remove Children’s Ingestible Fluoride Prescription Drugs
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it is initiating action to remove concentrated ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market. Unlike toothpaste with fluoride or fluoride rinses, the products are swallowed and ingested by …
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods has become the latest food giant to announce it will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food products. The northwest Arkansas company said it would eliminate such dyes in its products by the end of May. The …
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Bye, Bye, Dye: U.S. to Phase Out Some Synthetic Dyes
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced new measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply, marking a significant milestone in the Donald Trump administration’s …
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Trump Nominates UAMS Graduate Janette Nesheiwat for Surgeon General
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffDonald Trump announced a new round of cabinet picks over the weekend, including his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, for U.S. surgeon general. Nesheiwat completed her family medicine residency program …
An editorial in the Wall Street Journal published Feb. 18 by Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine, is raising hopes that the coronavirus pandemic is on the way out and that the U.S. could …