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Articles in May-June, 2006 issue of FDA Consumer

• Online version of 'My Family Health Portrait' available in English and Spanish
• First depression patch approved
• Making multiple lifestyle changes can lower high blood pressure
• Ensuring the safety of medical devices
  by Linda Bren
• Stronger warnings for antibiotic Tequin
• New drug for chronic constipation
• New treatment for chest pain
• Guidance on 'whole grain'
• The FDA and product recalls
  by Michelle Meadows
• New targeted therapy for rare stomach, kidney cancers
• Observations
  by Raymond Formanek, Jr.
• Human tissue products recalled
• Prostate health: what every man needs to know
  by Carol Rados
• New vaccine for infants
• Treatment for head and neck cancer
• Treating restless legs syndrome
  by Carol Rados
• Safer fruits and vegetables
• Take the FDA consumer quiz
• Reducing risk of entrapment in hospital beds
• Another option for fungal infections
• New health initiative to improve cancer treatments
• Modernizing medical product development through collaboration
• Keeping up with drug safety information
  by Michelle Meadows
• First generic Flonase