The FDA has given approval to a prescription medication used to treat morning sickness that was pulled off the market 30 years ago after hundreds of lawsuits claimed it caused birth defects.
What are some words you associate with the phrase "temporary tattoo?" Probably things like "boardwalk," "awesome," "vacation," "crooked," and "flaky." If you're talking about henna tattoos, however, your temporary tattoo word cloud might include things like: "hives," "boils," and "rash." That's because, according to a…
Yo, girl. I got your text late last night, but I'm not exactly sure what "haha, so funny. Justin Timberlake in a sweet chimpanzee banana hat" means. Sure, that sounds funny, but I just need you to clarify what you meant when you wrote it. Huh? You don't even remember sending it? Well, maybe that's because you're…
The U.S. Food and Drug administration has sent an official warning to Lancôme's parent company, L'Oreal—previously guilty of Photoshopping the crap out of Julia Roberts, among other offenses—for making extreme, probably hyperbolic promises in their advertisements for certain anti-aging skin products.
Sketchy diet pills? So '90s. For the first time in over a decade, the FDA has approved two new weight loss drugs: Qysmia and Belviq. According to writer and "infectious-disease specialist" Kent Sepkowitz, the drugs are cause for celebration, not just because of rising medical costs and obesity-related deaths but…
It's no secret that Americans love our prescription drugs; we'll take them for just about any reason. But when it comes to our children, we aren't always as enthusiastic about dosing them up. A new study is out from the FDA about what's being prescribed to kids and teens these days, and it reveals some surprising…
If you ask any of the bazillion "pro-life" dudes who bravely stand for zygotes by standing against emergency contraception, they'll tell you that the morning after pill — or Plan B if you want to get brand-namey — is an abortifacient because it prevents fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman's uterus. The FDA will…
The makers of high fructose corn syrup are no doubt crying sugar sweet tears into their sodas today over the news that the FDA has ruled that they cannot change the name of their product to "corn sugar." The Corn Refiners Association had asked to change the name because they said people had a "bad impression of HFCS…
On the heels of last week's recommendation that Truvada be approved for the prevention of HIV infection, the FDA yesterday took another big step in the fight against AIDS. An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, which would be the first HIV test sold over-the-counter for…
It appears we're on the cusp of a major breakthrough in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. The FDA said yesterday that Truvada, a drug currently used to treat patients with HIV, appears to be effective at preventing HIV infection in healthy people. This would be the first drug of its kind and would obviously have a huge…
Not that you have ever, ever overindulged on alcohol, but if you had, you'd know that it can result in some serious pain the next day. Fortunately, a company in Las Vegas is pioneering a new, extremely convenient way to help you recover quickly from your retched suffering. Hangover Heaven promises to rid you of your…
As the FDA considers making it less of a pain in the ass for people with chronic ailments to get their meds, some health care advocates think now might be the time to lift the prescription requirement on another daily pharmaceutical that must be endlessly renewed: birth control. But without a doctor to look at them…
Although women of all ages use more prescription drugs than men, they're not very good at taking them as directed, according to a new study that's a more depressing read than Valley of the Dolls. (At least Neely O'Hara was diligent about taking her speed.) And it's not because they're lazy or forgetful — it's because…
An FDA panel voted today to recommend approval of the weight-loss drug Qnexa, despite concerns that it causes birth defects and heart problems — and the fact that some consumer watchdogs are against the drug.
So many of us smear our mouths in lipstick multiple times a day, but how often do you stop to think about what exactly is in it? Well, here's one terrifying ingredient it might have: lead. Lead? Yes, and lead is some serious shit. So just how much danger are we all in if we want to keep our lips looking sumptuously…
Last month, the FDA asked a panel of outside experts whether the blood clot risk for newer birth control pills like Yaz and Yasmin was significant enough to pull the drugs from the market. The panel found that the risk is worth it to prevent pregnancy (which is an even bigger clot risk), but the narrow margin didn't…
After more than 30,000 women in France received dangerously toxic breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), new information has come to light that's making it clear the now-bankrupt company should probably have been shut down a long time ago.
If you weren't sufficiently enraged by the Obama administration overruling the FDA's decision to make Plan B available to teens under 17 without a prescription (which would have made it easier for all women to obtain emergency contraception), now there's concern that the new birth control rulings out of Washington…
Recently Dr. Oz whipped parents into a frenzy by reporting that apple juice contains dangerous levels of arsenic. The FDA fired back that America's resident poop expert had flubbed his results by testing for both safe organic arsenic and harmful inorganic arsenic, and said issuing warnings about kids drinking juice…
