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 | | | | | | |  | | | | January 22, 2009 03:12 PM ET
 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, hampered by increasing globalization and a rise in complex products, may not be able to adequately protect the public's health, the watchdog arm of Congress said in new findings released on Thursday.
| | | January 22, 2009 08:26 AM ET
 | CHICAGO (Reuters) - For years, Bob Clegg's insurance company paid out some $3,000 a month for doctor visits, drugs and medical devices to treat the health problems caused by his obesity.
| | | January 21, 2009 05:12 PM ET
 | BOSTON (Reuters) - Giving steroids to children who are wheezing because of viral or other infections does not help, researchers reported on Wednesday.
| | | January 21, 2009 05:25 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America's Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.
| | | January 22, 2009 12:07 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer from winter depression known as "seasonal affective disorder" or SAD -- or the less severe but more common "winter blues" -- shouldn't seek relief in a tanning bed or booth, a leading expert on light therapy warns.
| | | January 22, 2009 02:00 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug and medical device manufacturers would need to publicly disclose all doctor payments and gifts exceeding $100 per year under U.S. legislation unveiled on Thursday.
| | | January 22, 2009 02:04 PM ET
 | BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to impose production controls on melamine, the cheap industrial ingredient at the center of a milk-contamination scandal that shocked China and the rest of the world last year, a newspaper said on Friday.
| | | January 22, 2009 12:08 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A quick urine test can spot a serious complication in people who have had a kidney transplant, enabling doctors to take steps aimed at preventing kidney failure, researchers said on Thursday.
| | | January 22, 2009 10:36 AM ET
 | BOSTON (Reuters) - Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday.
| | | January 21, 2009 02:00 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who live in poorer neighborhoods in the U.S. are less likely to have easy access to supermarkets carrying a wide variety of fresh produce and other healthy food, an analysis of 54 studies confirms.
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Report cites FDA's weaknesses over drugs, devices
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