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Articles in May-June, 2002 issue of FDA Consumer

• First HIV, hepatitis C screening system for blood donors approved
• Study: majority of middle-aged Americans at risk of developing hypertension
• Test your food label knowledge
  by John Henkel
• FDA approves anthrax vaccine license supplements
• Itching for some allergy relief?
  by Michelle Meadows
• First radiopharmaceutical treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Pentobarbital in dog food
• A site for American workers
  by John Henkel
• Manufacturer discontinues only Lyme disease vaccine
• Helping wounds heal
  by Linda Bren
• Observations
  by Raymond Formanek, Jr.
• FDA clears pocket-sized electrocardiograph
• FDA continues work to help prevent mad cow disease
  by Linda Bren
• Aspartame limits
  by Barbara Harvey
• National poison control hot line launched
• Girls and an early start on bone health
  by John Henkel
• HHS reaffirms value of mammogram screening
• Study shows St. John's wort ineffective for major depression
• Finding activities for kids after school
  by John Henkel
• More FDA resources to counter terrorism
• Fighting gum disease: how to keep your teeth
  by Carol Lewis
• HHS, ADA work to boost awareness of diabetes and cardiovascular risk
• Maryland man, Virginia physician sentenced for illegally marketing aloe vera `treatments'
  by Michelle Meadows
• Corrections
• Kava and severe liver injury
• Robots lend a helping hand to surgeons
  by Michelle Meadows
• The `mouth-body connection': is there one?
  by Harold C. Slavkin