Posts Tagged ‘Federal Drug Administration (FDA)’
Is This the Reason Some Restaurants in China are Serving Opium?
The China Food and Drug Administration is investigating 35 restaurants in China for potentially using powdered (and possibly addictive) opium poppies to season their food. They detected morphine and codeine as well as other poppy derivatives in the food. The Chinese restaurants involved might view using powdered poppies as an innocuous way to keep patrons…
Read MorePrescription-Free Healing Pleasures of Summertime
Prescription-Free Healing Pleasures of Summertime By Dr. Lynn R. Webster Now that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has heightened its warning that taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, it’s a good idea to find alternatives that come with no side effects. Fortunately, summertime can be the perfect…
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