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Articles in Jan-Feb, 1998 issue of FDA Consumer

• Don't buy unapproved home test kits, FDA warns
• Living day-to-day with kidney dialysis: quality improvements continue for devices and clinics
  by Rebecca D. Williams
• Final rule adds warning on devices containing latex
• Skimming the milk label: fat-reduced milk products join the food labeling fold
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Liver injuries prompt warning for diabetes drug
• Drug approval process, food label win accolades
• First combination drug approved for AIDS and HIV
• Dangers of lead still linger
  by Dixie Farley
• Final rules will improve mammography quality
• FOI reading room added to remodeled www.fda.gov
• FDA takes dim view of glow-in-the-dark makeup
  by Tamar Nordenberg
• Devices have record year
• Air aid: medical kits reach new heights
  by Tamar Nordenberg
• Warnings added to Seldane labels
• Incontinence implant approved
• Probe proves effective against antibiotic smuggling scheme
  by John Henkel
• New labels for Children's Tylenol, Motrin stress safety
• Direct to you: TV drug ads that make sense
  by Tamar Nordenberg
• Herbal fen-phen warning
• Unapproved lasers seized
• Drugs of the deep: treasures of the sea yield some medical answers and hint at others
  by John Henkel
• New FDA labeling rules for dietary supplements
• Proposal: don't exclude women from drug studies
• Manufacturer sentenced for selling unsterilized surgical instruments
  by Dixie Farley