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Articles in Oct, 1994 issue of FDA Consumer

• FDA considering new food safety plan - actions to prevent food-borne illnesses - Brief Article
• More monitoring for women in cancer drug trial - women in National Cancer Institute tamoxifen study will be evaluated for endometrial changes - Brief Article
• Calming fears, easing pain: children's anesthesia tricky - includes related article on determining the severity of a child's pain
  by Rebecca D. Williams
• Cyanamid fouls fowl data - American Cyanamid Co. cited for inadequate research records for poultry drug testing
  by John Henkel
• Patients withdrawn from Felbatol - epilepsy treatment drug withdrawn from market after several patients suffer from aplastic anemia - Brief Article
• Avoiding problems: liquid medication and dosing devices - includes related information
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• Puritan-Bennett closes two plants - medical device manufacturer
  by Paula Kurtzweil
• 'Mexican vanilla' hazardous - Mexico vanilla product made from vanilla beans and tonka tree beans, which contain coumarin - Brief Article
• TB still a problem - rates of recent transmission of tuberculosis greater than originally thought - Brief Article
• OTC options: controlling dandruff - over-the-counter remedies
  by Audrey T. Hingley
• Committees reject OTC status for Tagamet, Rogaine - heartburn and baldness drugs not recommended for over-the-counter sale because of possible drug interactions - Brief Article
• Understanding pet food labels - includes related articles
  by David A. Dzanis
• Georgia man arrested in GHB seizure - gamma hydroxybutyrate
  by Dori Stehlin
• Shiley agrees to pay government millions - Shiley Inc. will pay $20 million for fines and federal costs associated with its false statements about its Bjork-Shiley 60-degree Convexo-Concave heart valve - Brief Article
• Older Americans take inappropriate drugs - drugs with dangerous side effects not recommended for elderly people - Brief Article
• Stalking the wild mushroom
  by Marian Segal