FDA Consumer Health Information Updates
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released its latest listing of consumer health information updates. All articles can be accessed from the agency’s Web page for consumers. You can sign-up for e-mail notices of new consumer updates on an immediate, weekly, or monthly basis.
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-- Facing Facts About Acne
Acne can cause significant emotional distress, as well as permanent scarring of skin tissue. Here's a look at the various types of acne, treatments and tips for keeping acne under control.

-- FDA Expands Access to Investigational Drugs
The FDA has announced changes to the rules to make them broader and clearer for the patient and the treating physician, while still preserving the integrity of clinical trials designed to find out whether a drug has a desired effect on a disease or condition.

-- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: August 2009
The FDA has issued recent safety alerts on these medical products. MedWatch is for reporting any unexpected side effects that occur while using human drugs, medical devices, vaccines and other biologics, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.

-- Warning on Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances
The FDA has warned consumers about products that are being marketed for body building and that claim to contain steroids or steroid-like substances. Although these products are marketed as dietary supplements, they are in fact unapproved and misbranded drugs."