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Articles in Jan-Feb, 2005 issue of FDA Consumer

• Produce safety action plan available
• Sentence ordered in drug counterfeiting case
• Report: prostate cancer, breast cancer leading newly diagnosed cancers
• Genetics play role in response to asthma drug
• Labeling changes for mifepristone
• Straight talk on braces
  by Linda Bren
• Keeping—or creating—a beautiful smile
  by Terry R. Pracht
• OTC defibrillator for cardiac arrest
• New drug to treat most common lung cancer
• HHS buys 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine
• Living with and controlling asthma
  by John Henkel
• Observations
  by Raymond Formanek, Jr.
• Two dietary supplements contain undeclared ingredient
• Use caution buying medical products online
  by Michelle Meadows
• Technology for safer surgery
• New treatment for multiple sclerosis
• Americans slightly taller, much heavier than 40 years ago
• Take the FDA consumer quiz
• Regulatory initiatives for dietary supplements
• Noninvasive treatment for uterine fibroids
• Site aims to nip underage drinking in the bud
  by John Henkel
• Americans over 50 at risk for bone fractures
• HHS 'quitline' helps Americans stop smoking
• A medical militia at the FDA
  by Carol Rados
• Is it a cold or is it the flu?
  by John Henkel
• Artificial heart helps people awaiting transplants
  by Michelle Meadows
• FDA improves safety of human cells and tissues
• Safeguards for children taking antidepressant strengthened
  by Carol Rados
• Curbing the staggering suicide rate
  by John Henkel