"Anyone who suffers from cancer, or knows someone who does, understands the fear and desperation that can set in," says Gary Coody, R.Ph., the National Health Fraud Coordinator and a Consumer Safety Officer with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Regulatory Affairs. "There can be a great temptation to jump at anything that appears to offer a chance for a cure."
Consumer Updates - Beware of Online Cancer Fraud:
"While health fraud is a cruel form of greed, fraud involving cancer treatments can be particularly heartless—especially because fraudulent information can travel around the Web in an instant."
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Friday, June 29, 2012
FDA Consumer Updates - Beware of Online Cancer Fraud
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Congress To FDA: Study Nano Safety
The FDA will soon have a new nanotechnology safety program, thanks to language tucked into a massive legislative package that’s on its way to President Obama.
Congress To FDA: Study Nano Safety | New Haven Independent:
"The broader bill deals mainly with prescription drug safety and payments from pharmaceutical companies to fund the FDA’s regulatory efforts. Pryor and Cardin saw an opportunity to attach an idea they introduced last year, which had stalled.
Their proposal creates a “Nanotechnology Regulatory Science Program” within the FDA charged with scrutinizing the safety and efficacy of drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and other products that contain super-small particles. The legislation directs the FDA to both review ongoing academic research on health and safety issues, as well as conduct its own studies and work with other agencies."
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Court Ruling Lets $813 Billion in Higher Taxes Proceed - Pharma, Health, Medical Devices
Court Ruling Lets $813 Billion in Higher Taxes Proceed - Bloomberg:
"The health-care taxes in the law also included industry fees for pharmaceutical makers and health insurers, plus a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices that aren’t sold directly to consumers, such as hip implants and cardiac stents.
The House of Representatives voted 270-146 on June 7 to repeal the medical device tax, which is scheduled to take effect in 2013. Combined, those three industry fees and taxes are expected to generate $165 billion, according to the new estimate."
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Monday, June 25, 2012
FAQs: Your Sunscreen Questions. EWG Answers
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FAQs: Your Sunscreen Questions. Our Answers. | EWG's Skin Deep® | 2012 Sunscreen Report:
"An ideal sunscreen would block both UVA and UVB rays with active ingredients that do not break down in the sun (so that the product remains effective) and would contain active and inactive ingredients that are proven to be safe for both adults and children. Unfortunately, there is no sunscreen on the U.S. market that meets all these criteria, and no simple way for consumers to know how well a given product stacks up on any of these measures. That’s why EWG created this guide to safer and more effective sunscreens. "
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
New FDA sunscreen label standards delayed until winter
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New FDA sunscreen label standards delayed until winter - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather:
"New standards for the labeling sunscreen, intended to help you identify which will protect you best, won't be going into affect before you hit the sands on your summer vacation.
If you're going to spend a lot of time in the hot sun this summer, you'll have to fend for yourself when it comes to picking sunscreen. The FDA has pushed back the new label standards for six months.
The new standards are supposed to make it easier for you to pick up the best bottle of sunscreen off the shelf. They force companies to make a variety of changes like make all label font sizes to be the same so you won't get distracted by what's in bold."
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