Topic: Food and Drug Administration

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating extra soy for one year doesn't help postmenopausal women cut their cholesterol levels, new research shows. The findings support the Food and Drug Administration's 2007 move to reevaluate its decade-old decision allowing soy product makers to ...

Raging hormones: Unproven 'bioidenticals' for menopause contain estrogen too, experts sayEDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of ...

Tips on hormone use, coping with menopauseWhat to do if menopause makes you miserable? Start with a visit to your doctor. If you don't have one you really trust, fix that problem before you try to tackle the rest, women's health experts ...

Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it will not seek Food and Drug Administration approval for its developing postmenopausal osteoporosis drug because of certain study results and safety concerns. The company said the drug met its late-stage study goals of reducing the ...

What's Wrong With Bioidentical Hormones? By Sherri Stockman The term bioidentical hormones is not scientifically accurate, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. They FDA warned compounding pharmacies to stop using the term in 2008, as it is misleading and "non-scientific." ...

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A natural, safer alternative to dangerous prescription drugs" "Can slim you down by reducing hormonal imbalances" "Prevents Alzheimer's disease and senility" All of these claims have been made by marketers of compounded "bio-identical" hormones, also known as "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" (BHRT). ...

An experimental drug from Pfizer could benefit certain women with osteoporosis, federal advisers said Monday, despite concerns of side effects. A Food and Drug Administration panel of experts voted 9-3 that the benefits of Fablyn could outweigh its risks, including blood clots ...

Federal regulators say a drug from Pfizer and Ligand Pharmaceuticals effectively treats osteoporosis, though they are concerned about deaths, blood clots and other problems seen in company studies. The Food and Drug Administration noted Thursday that women treated with Pfizer's Fablyn were ...