November 20, 2014 FDA Cannot Block E-Cigarette Imports: Court The Food and Drug Administration can only regulate "e-cigarettes" as tobacco products and not as drugs, and thus cannot block their import
November 20, 2014 FDA Scrutinizes Weight Loss Pill From Orexigen Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration said Friday a pill to treat obesity from Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. helped patients lose weight, though it didn't meet all the criteria set forth by the agency
November 20, 2014 Rituxan Delays Chemo for Slow-Growing Lymphoma A trial of Roche Holding's <ROG.VX Rituxan found that use of the drug in patients with a type of slow-growing lymphoma significantly delayed the need for chemotherapy treatment
November 20, 2014 Survey Shows Unremarkable Cancer Rate in California Town A California state study has not revealed elevated cancer levels in the town of Hinkley, a small desert community that inspired the award-winning Hollywood movie "Erin Brockovich" through its struggles with contaminated groundwater
November 20, 2014 Docs Remove Toothpick Stuck in Woman's Foot for 10 Years Doctors removed a toothpick from a woman’s foot, which had been stuck in it for 10 years, the Austrian Independent reported
November 20, 2014 Study: Some Stem Cells Protect TB Bacteria Certain stem cells protect tuberculosis bacteria from being destroyed, which explains why TB can lie dormant for years or even decades in the human body, researchers said on Tuesday
November 20, 2014 EPA Says Saccharin Not a Threat After All The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dropped the artificial sweetener saccharin from its list of hazardous substances, the agency said on Tuesday
November 20, 2014 Tainted Food Sickens 48 Million Each Year: CDC Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 Americans every year and make 48 million sick, and most are never identified, U.S. health officials reported on Wednesday as Congress prepared a major food safety overhaul
November 20, 2014 Cigarette Company to Pay $71M in Suit Over Dead Smoker A Boston court awarded $71 million in damages Tuesday to the family of a dead smoker, after the jury found that the marketing campaign of cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. seduced the dead woman into smoking Newport cigarettes when she was only a teenager
November 20, 2014 Seattle Genetics to Submit Lymphoma Drug to FDA A pivotal trial of Seattle Genetics' experimental cancer-targeting antibody for patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma found that more than a third of them achieved complete remission of their cancer
