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Articles in April, 1997 issue of FDA Consumer

• Antihistamine poses possible safety risk
• Plan will give consumers better prescription drug info
• When heartbeats go haywire: new treatments can save lives
  by Margie Patlak
• Mammography program receives good report
• Gym owner jailed for GHB sales
  by John Henkel
• Hair replacement: what works, what doesn't
  by Larry Hanover
• New type II diabetes drug may reduce insulin needs
• Importer, executives convicted of selling substandard shrimp
  by Marian Segal
• Drug, biologic approvals up, review times down
• A time to heal: chronotherapy tunes in to body's rhythms
  by Isadora Stehlin
• Rule to protect children from iron poisoning
• Sticking public with impure products puts syrup makers in prison
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Prescription nasal spray OK'd for OTC allergy relief
• Contamination leads to consent decree
  by Dixie Farley
• Health claims approved for whole-oat products
• Protecting against unintended pregnancy: a guide to contraceptive choices
  by Tamar Nordenberg
• Test for home use detects drugs of abuse
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  by Paula Kurtzweil