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            <title>FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2011</title>
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            <title>Jan. 18 Webinar: Reporting Bad Reactions From Cosmetics</title>
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            <description>Learn how to report a bad reaction to a beauty, personal hygiene or makeup product. Click here to find out how to connect to this 30-minute webinar. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>FDA Warns About Stem Cell Claims</title>
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            <description>Don't be fooled by unscrupulous people who offer hope through unapproved stem cell therapies for diseases or conditions for which few treatments exist. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>FDA Targets Risks From Reused Medical Devices</title>
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            <description>The Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to ensure that reusable medical devices, especially endoscopes, are properly cleaned and disinfected to reduce the risk of infection. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns about a home massager that has caused a death, and gives updated safety information on ADHD drugs and heart disease in children, and TNF blocker drugs that have been linked to reports of cancer. Learn about these safety alerts and others: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm283962.htm (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Know Concentration Before Giving Acetaminophen to Infants</title>
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            <description>FDA is urging consumers to examine the labels of liquid infant's acetaminophen to avoid giving the wrong dose as a less concentrated form of the popular medicine arrives in stores. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA is enhancing its surveillance of arsenic in apple juice while remaining confident in the overall safety of this juice for consumers. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about a potentially contaminated nasal spray, contact lenses that may cause eye injuries, an unapproved drug sold as a testosterone booster, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Nov. 30 Webinar: How FDA Regulates Imported Products</title>
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            <description>Learn how FDA handles the millions of shipments of FDA-regulated products imported into the U.S. each year. Click here to find out how to connect to this 30-minute webinar. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Why is the Great American Smokeout Important?</title>
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            <description>The Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17 is an opportunity for smokers to make a plan to quit smoking. Or even to quit smoking just on that day. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>How Do You Know If Your Child Has ADHD?</title>
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            <description>Not all children with ADHD are overactive. Learn the other symptoms and what to do if you suspect your child may have this disorder. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA has created a new website to help consumers protect themselves from fraudulent health products and schemes. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Lock it Up: Medicine Safety in Your Home</title>
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            <description>Every year thousands of children are hospitalized and some die after
taking medicine not meant for them. FDA pharmacist Connie Jung explains in
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            <title>The Straight Poop on Kids and Diarrhea</title>
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            <description>Diarrhea lasting more than 24 hours can cause your child to become dangerously dehydrated. Learn the signs of dehydration, how to prevent it, and when to call the doctor. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>How Is Diabetes Treated in Children?</title>
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            <description>As more kids are becoming overweight, more of them are in danger of getting type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is also on the rise in children and adolescents. Learn about FDA-approved treatments for kids at (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Oct. 20 Webinar - FDA's MedWatch System: How to Report Adverse Events</title>
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            <description>Did you know that you can report the problems you have with drugs and other medical products to FDA?

Learn more at www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm276165.htm (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Do Baby Products Prevent SIDS? FDA Says No</title>
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            <description>FDA wants the makers of sleep products for babies to stop claiming that their products prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Decorative Contact Lenses: Is Your Vision Worth It?</title>
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            <description>Many stores and websites are selling these decorative lenses illegally without a prescription and putting your vision at risk. Here's how to safely get those Twilight vampire eyes, multi-color lenses, or other fashion lenses. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about a recall of birth control pills, serious allergic reactions in an antipsychotic drug, a drug infusion pump with battery problems, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Fabricant: Supplement Safety Is Priority</title>
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            <description>Daniel Fabricant, an expert on drugs made from natural substances, came to FDA in February to head the agency's Division of Dietary Supplements. Fabricant says he'll use his knowledge of the supplement industry to improve manufacturing practices---part of his overall effort to ensure dietary supplements are safe for U.S. consumers. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>FDA, Multilaterals Team Up for Product Safety</title>
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            <description>FDA is teaming up with multilateral organizations to improve food and drug safety in the United States and abroad. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>High-Tech Devices Help Ensure Product Safety</title>
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            <description>FDA eyes high-tech, portable scanning devices as key to faster, more effective product safety inspections. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Keep Listeria Out of Your Kitchen</title>
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            <description>Keep Listeria at bay by keeping your refrigerator temperature low and carefully cleaning kitchen surfaces. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Do you have a sneezing, stuffy-nosed child? It may be allergies. Read about the many safe and effective treatments for children here. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>The Food and Drug Administration's international office has logged nearly 75,000 hits to its Web pages on the new food safety law as foreign companies that export food to the United States scramble to learn how the law affects them. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Sept. 30 Webinar: Prescription Drug Shortages</title>
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            <description>A record number of prescription drugs were in short supply in 2010, and 2011 is seeing an increasing number of shortages. Learn how FDA helps reduce the impact of drug shortages. Click here to find out how to connect to the 30-minute webinar. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about a home massager that can cause strangulation, a drug to treat yeast infections that is associated with birth defects, an antidepressant that can lead to abnormal heart rhythms, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>FDA: Apple Juice is Safe To Drink</title>
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            <description>FDA says testing shows there is no evidence of a public health risk from the small amount of arsenic found in apple juice (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Kids 'n Fiber</title>
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            <description>Getting kids to eat the fiber they need can be a challenge. Join FDA dietitian, nutritionist, and mom Shirley Blakely and a group of hungry kids in a kitchen for some good-tasting high fiber foods. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA has arranged for pilot projects for produce and processed foodsâ€š designed to track foods to the source of contamination during an outbreak of foodborne illnesses. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>This month, FDA warns about the risk of heart problems when taking a drug to help quit smoking, drug interactions that cause nervous system problems, “dietary supplements” for weight loss that contain a controlled substance, and more. Find out about these and other product alerts by clicking here. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>: FDA's Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science calls for sweeping changes to the tools and methods the agency uses to determine if regulated products are safe for consumers. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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When: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2:00 p.m. ET

Where: To join the webinar, see the instructions here [www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/Basics/ucm267816.htm]

Host: Office of Vaccines Research and Review within FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

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            <description>FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research one of the world's top science centers is celebrating its 40th birthday with a partnership creating the Center for Regulatory Science. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>New enforcement and inspection measures in the Food Safety Modernization Act add muscle to FDA's mission to keep consumers safe from foods that could harm them. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Want to know how medicine might affect your breast milk? There's an app for that, and a whole lot more. The Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidelines for oversight of mobile medical apps to ensure that these mobile apps are safe and effective, and they want you to weigh-in. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>New standards will help protect consumers from contaminated fruits and vegetables. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA meets more goals established by the new food safety law by acting to prevent food smuggling, clarifying its stand on new ingredients in dietary supplements, and other actions. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>This page contains links to all past Consumer Update Analytics web pages. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about birth control pills that may increase the risk of blood clots; Avandia and other diabetes medicines, which carry new restrictions; dietary supplements packaged to look like antibiotics; a recalled blood thinner; and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <title>Barbecue Bliss: Keeping Bacteria at Bay</title>
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            <description>Summer brings out the barbecue grills and bacteria, which multiply in food faster in warm weather. Here are some tips to help prevent food &quot;poisoning,&quot; or foodborne illness. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Theyâ€™ve chosen nine graphic health warnings that will alternate on every cigarette pack, carton, or advertisement in the U.S. by September 2012. To learn more, visit www.fda.gov/cigarettewarnings. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Along with flying saucers and space aliens, nanotechnology used to be science fiction like the movie Fantastic Voyage. But 50 years later, nanotechnology is scientific fact, and federal regulators are laying the groundwork for monitoring a new generation of products. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA is enacting new regulations for testing and labeling of sunscreens to provide consumers with the information they need to choose a sunscreen product that provides the best protection for themselves and their families. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>In response to the growing number of drug shortages in U.S., the Food and Drug Administration is doing what it can to prevent and lessen the severity of the shortages, so patients can continue to receive the medicines they need. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>The thickening product SimplyThick has caused illness and death in premature infants. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>: If you think foodborne illness is only caused by animal products, think again. Last year, the U.S. experienced several large outbreaks of illness caused by fruits and vegetables. Do you know how to make sure the produce you serve is safe? (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>The U.S. has been hit hard by the prescription drug abuse epidemic—our nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. Powerful prescription pain killers called opioids are at the center of this public health crisis of addiction, misuse, abuse, overdose, and even death. FDA is asking the companies that make those drugs to develop a doctor training and patient counseling program to educate prescribers and patients about the safe use and storage of products. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA Web site helps consumers and food producers get involved. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>If your medicine has expired, it may not provide the treatment you need. In
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about a “natural sexual enhancer” that contains a hidden drug, a risky antiepileptic drug for pregnant women, an infusion set that may not deliver enough insulin, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Think you may have a recalled product? Watch this video to learn who to contact and how to identify a recalled product by the numbers and dates on the packaging. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>FDA warns consumers about counterfeit dietary supplements, contaminated alcohol swabs, risky drugs for pregnant women, and more. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Join in activities to celebrate the 4th annual Rare Disease Day to raise awareness of the more than 250 million people worldwide who suffer from rare diseases. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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            <description>Alcoholic beverages to which caffeine has been added as a separate ingredient can pack a potent—and stealthily debilitating—punch. On Nov. 17, the Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four companies that make these products. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)</description>
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