Health

Over the Counter Drugs: Tummy Turmoil
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A vague queasiness stirs in your stomach. Queasy quickly turns to severely nauseated. A sour bubble rises in your throat, and you dash for the bathroom in a cold sweat. Whatever the cause, the nausea and vomiting of an upset stomach are nasty.

Medical Devices and Electromagnetic Interference
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
How could a nurse work without a beeper? An ambulance without a two-way radio? A doctor without a cellular phone? Today's medical professionals rely heavily on wireless communication devices to help them do their jobs efficiently.

In-Home Tests Make Health Care Easier
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Tests that can be done in the home and bought without prescription are helping people stay healthy. Such tests include blood pressure monitors, blood glucose monitors, and devices to detect hidden blood in the stool and blood cholesterol levles.

Middle Ear Infections : Prevention, Antibiotics
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Although the causes of otitis media aren't fully known, several factors increase a child's risk for developing ear infections: Bottle-feeding. Bottle-fed babies are two to three times more likely to develop otitis media in the first year of life

Middle Ear Infections : Treatments, Diagnosis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
For now in the United States, antibiotics and tympanostomy tubes remain the most common and accepted tools for treating acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion. Both approaches have benefits.

Middle Ear Infections
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medical thinking is changing on how to treat middle ear infections-that all-too-common childhood malady. The greatest debate is about the role of antibiotics and tympanostomy tubes in chronic otitis media.

Hematopoietic Growth Factors
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Hematopoieticfl refers to blood cell formation. Hematopoietic growth factors are cytokines that stimulate blood cells to proliferate. Three have been licensed. Like most cytokines, they have long names and short acronyms.

Hormone-Like Proteins: Putting Body Mechanics To Work
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Hormone-like proteins act as communicators between the cells in our bodies. Scientists are now producing large amounts of these proteins through genetic engineering, testing them for medical applications, and sometimes even altering them.

Learn About Pet Food Labels
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Much as reading human food labels helps in planning good human meals, knowing what to look for on a pet food label can help owners pick appropriate food for their pets.

Human Tissue Transplants : Cost
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA, Congress and industry agree on one critical aspect about pending legislation: Regulating human tissues requires resources. As Kathryn Zoon, Ph.D., director of FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, says

Human Tissue Transplants : Sperm and Ova, Tissue Brokers
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Reproductive tissues, primarily sperm and ova, are presently not regulated by the federal government and are exempt from FDA's interim rules. Though this industry has some degree of self regulation and state monitoring, it is not without its problems.

Human Tissue Transplants
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Transplants of human tissues, such as cornea and bone, can be modern miracles. But they can also transmit disease such as HIV and hepatitis. FDA has tightened controls of transplanted human tissue to minimize risks, and is considering additional action.

Alternatives to Regular Blood Transfusions
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A growing number of alternatives to regular blood transfusions enables patients to feel safer and in some cases lessen the need for transfusion. Such alternatives include a new drug to stem bleeding in heart surgery.

Toxic Waste : Final Tally
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
He explained that pesticide residues were not detectable in 41 of the 43 samples of fin fish tested, while the remaining two samples had only trace amounts (levels too low to be accurately characterized).

Toxic Waste : Uncooperative Lobsters, Radiation and Rough Seas
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA survey efforts were directed towards collecting important bottom-dwelling seafood. Setting traps for lobsters within the dump site for bottom-feeding lobsters was an important facet of the operation.

Toxic Waste
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In the stormy waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast, FDA, along with agents from other federal and state agencies, sampled fish from an area that served as a dumping ground for toxic and radioactive materials from 1953 to 1976.

Dental Amalgam: Filling a Need or Foiling Health?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Amalgam has been used in dentistry for 150 years and remains the most widely used material to fill cavities in decayed teeth. Recently, scientists have been investigating whether mercury vapor escaping from silver fillings poses any health problem.

Medical Product Problems
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA replaced five forms with one, simplifying reporting about adverse reactions and other problems with products it regulates. Products causing problems will come off the market faster under MedWatch - and that means increased safety for consumers.

Getting a Grip on Hand Problems: Carpal Tunnel, Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Hand problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, nerve spasms, and various forms of arthritis can be disabling. Early diagnosis and treatment can aid recovery. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most frequently reported RSI, with 192 cases

Robotics Surgery: Robots in the Operating Room
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Your surgeon may have a new assistant at your next operation: a 7-foot-tall, 500 pound, jointed steel arm with a tiny drill for a hand. This computer-operated device is oneof several robots expected to take a more active role in the operating room.