After a lengthy investigation, the FDA has determined that fresh tomatoes now available in the domestic market are not associated with the current outbreak. As a result, the agency is removing its June 7 warning against eating certain types of red raw tomatoes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it is launching a two-year fellowship program aimed at attracting scientists, engineers and health professionals to the agency.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached a settlement with California hearing device manufacturer Advanced Bionics LLC and its president and CEO Jeffrey Greiner over alleged violations of federal law.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is revising the way it communicates to drug companies when a marketing application cannot be approved as submitted.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified manufacturers of fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs that a Boxed Warning in the product labeling concerning the increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture is necessary.

A long-term follow-up of people with alcoholism admitted to the same treatment program showed a relatively high mortality rate, early occurrence of liver disease and lifestyle-related deaths, and some differences among ethnic/racial groups.

Researchers from Wake Forest University's Baptist Medical Center say that long-term cocaine use causes profound changes in the brain, affecting 50 different proteins in the nucleus accumbens, a region of the brain known to be deeply involved in addictions.

Researchers say that compulsive drug use may be less due to pleasure-seeking than the desire to avoid the symptoms of withdrawal.

University of Minnesota researchers have found that while middle-school girls who share regular family meals see beneficial effects throughout their teenage years on substance-using behaviors, boys do not experience the same effects from a regular family presence at the dinner table.

Public health officials in England have warned establishments that sell alcohol that their lackluster performance on voluntary guidelines to restrict alcohol promotions could lead to tougher laws on sales.

Children who were exposed to alcohol in the womb due to their mother's drinking can be born with a wide range of birth defects and disabilities known as fetal...

Growing up in an alcoholic home can affect children in ways they may not even realize. For Jaie, it took a string of failed relationships and three divorces before...

Brazil has become the most recent country to adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward driving under the influence of alcohol, passing a law making it illegal to drive with any...

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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...

Profound article today (July 8, 2008) in the New York Times highlighting “growing body of evidence that alcohol abuse is rising among veterans of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, many of them trying to deaden the repercussions of war and disorientation of home. While the numbers remain relatively small, experts say and studies indicate that [...]

The recent extraordinary death of a mentally ill person in a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital emergency room is quite ordinary in some ways. Many of the mentally ill on the streets of major cities are ignored. Things are slowly changing however. The public wants to protect Medicaid, care for veterans and give parity to mental healthcare [...]

An historic action only possible from inside the beltway: Bob Beckwith

Agenda for the 2008 ACMHA Summit On March 12-15, the American College of Mental Health Administration will host its annual Summit in Santa Fe, NM. This Summit will discuss mental health and substance use care in the national election, in state health reform initiatives, and in primary care settings.  A major goal of this Summit is [...]

On March 12-15, the American College of Mental Health Administration will host its annual Summit in Santa Fe, NM. This Summit will discuss mental health and substance use care in the national election, in state health reform initiatives, and in primary care settings.  A major goal of this Summit is to advance Whole Health Campaign [...]

This question might seem obvious at first glance, but don’t discount the vital role staff play in patients’ recovery

Conflicting requirements cost providers valuable resources

Keep an open mind to prevent promising opportunities from slipping away

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