Read more FDA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/358/fda.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:48:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and endangered—bluefin....http://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74468/blindness-cure-could-be-1st-human-stem-cell-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first-ever clinical trials of stem cell treatment of humans could be under way early next year if a Massachusetts biotech firm wins FDA approval. Advanced Cell Technology yesterday applied for a license to use embryonic stem cells left over from IVF treatment, to aid people suffering from a rare...http://www.newser.com/story/74468/blindness-cure-could-be-1st-human-stem-cell-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 5:41:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74017/fda-demands-safety-data-on-energy-drinks-with-alcohol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA has taken action against companies that make alcoholic energy drinks, giving the firms 30 days to provide evidence to support their claim that caffeine and booze are a safe combination. A group of concerned scientists have said there is no evidence to support the claim that the drinks...http://www.newser.com/story/74017/fda-demands-safety-data-on-energy-drinks-with-alcohol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 18:20:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72646/clove-cigarettes-banned-enter-clove-small-cigars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor one California importer of smokes, an awful lot has come to rest on the precise definition of a cigar. After a ban on clove cigarettes went into effect last month, Kretek International slyly began importing Djarum-brand clove “small cigars." They're quite similar to Djarum’s clove cigarettes, though they come...http://www.newser.com/story/72646/clove-cigarettes-banned-enter-clove-small-cigars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 16:05:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71851/fda-ignored-data-on-risky-mri-dye.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn May 2006, Danish medical regulators came to GE with troubling findings. Twenty-five patients with weak kidneys had developed NSF, a rare and sometimes fatal disease, after undergoing MRIs, and all 25 had been injected with GE’s Omniscan dye. Since then, the GE dye, along with other so-called “contrast agents”...http://www.newser.com/story/71851/fda-ignored-data-on-risky-mri-dye.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 8:51:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking daily.” First...http://www.newser.com/story/70491/flavored-cig-ban-is-silly-kids-dont-smoke-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 11:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68488/soda-drinker-finds-frog-in-his-throat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida man who found a frog in his can of Diet Pepsi wants the company to jump forward with an apology, CNN reports. The man started gagging after taking a swig from the can, his wife says, and found something heavy remained inside the can after he emptied it...http://www.newser.com/story/68488/soda-drinker-finds-frog-in-his-throat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 4:12:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66420/fda-cracks-down-on-swine-flu-snake-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hysteria over the swine flu pandemic has spawned its share of magic cures, and health authorities are busy combating the snake oil salesmen, the Financial Times reports. Nearly half of the warning letters sent by the FDA to manufacturers and retailers since May have been issued to those hawking...http://www.newser.com/story/66420/fda-cracks-down-on-swine-flu-snake-oil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 13:05:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65983/after-e-coli-outbreaks-food-industry-looks-to-tracing-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the wake of health scares like the 2006 E. coli outbreak traced to tainted spinach, the food industry is scrambling to reassure the public—and hoping to head off a congressional response, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voluntary efforts are under way to make tracing easier. For example, one...http://www.newser.com/story/65983/after-e-coli-outbreaks-food-industry-looks-to-tracing-tech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 13:30:00 CDT