Food and Drug Administration

FDA questions iPhone app that analyzes urine

2013-05-24 06:00:00

A mobile app that analyzes photos of urine samples is facing scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In what’s believed to be the first letter of its kind, the FDA wrote to Biosense Technologies on Tuesday that the Mountain View,...

On genetically engineered food, let the market decide

2013-05-24 00:00:00

The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. In November 2012, an initiative to require the labels in California was on the ballot; it was defeated. Now, federal legislation carried by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif....

FDA panel backs a new sleep drug

2013-05-22 18:15:00

An advisory panel to the Food & Drug Administration has recommended approval of a new sleep drug that targets the brain's wakefulness centers, but suggested the agency should consider a dose of the drug,� called suvorexant, lower� than that proposed by...

A birth control double standard

2013-05-20 00:00:00

In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...

Resources for celiac disease

2013-05-18 00:00:00

A by-no-means exhaustive list of resources follows. Please send us your favorites. Celiac Disease Foundation, based in Studio City. Information, seminars and product shows, children's summer camp. Mayo Clinic. Information on health and gluten-free...

Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting

2013-05-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...

The specter of human cloning

2013-05-17 00:00:00

A breakthrough in stem cell research has again raised the specter of human cloning. The discovery by a team at Oregon Health and Science University moves the world incrementally closer to that result, but its more immediate effect will be to spur...

Four insights to your health from L.A.'s public MD

2013-05-16 10:32:00

You think your doctor is too busy? Dr. Jonathan Fielding has about 9 million patients – which is to say, almost everyone in Los Angeles County. He heads the county’s public health department, a department bigger than that of some states. His...

S.F. city attorney, Monster in legal fight over energy drinks

2013-05-06 10:54:00

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is lashing back at Monster Beverage Corp. with his own lawsuit a week after being sued by the Corona energy drink maker. The root of the legal barbs: Herrera’s attempts to curb caffeine content in Monster...

FDA proposes warnings to young people on tanning beds and devices

2013-05-06 16:08:00

The nearly 3 in 10 white girls of high school age who use indoor tanning beds likely will soon come face-to-face with a new and stiffer warning aimed at young people eager to get that sun-kissed glow in a hurry: Don't. Faced with mounting evidence...

Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women

2013-05-02 16:48:00

President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...

Monster Beverage sued by San Francisco

2013-05-07 00:00:00

San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera has sued Monster Beverage Corp., accusing the company of pitching highly caffeinated drinks to minors as young as 6 years old. The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, is the latest twist in a...

The FDA has announced the recall of several dietary supplements that contain the drug tadalafil.

2013-05-08 10:42:17

Under 18 and looking for a quick glow? You'll likely soon get a new warning against use of tanning devices because of heightened cancer risks, courtesy of the FDA.

2013-05-06 15:41:48

With Wrigley's marketing of caffeine gum temporarily on hold, the FDA chews over its options in regulating the addition of the ubiquitous stimulant to food and drinks.

2013-04-29 00:00:00