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FDA and other federal agencies crack down

Thursday, November 19, 2015 Can You Trust Your Dietary Supplement? Seven federal agencies, including the Department of Justice and the FDA, held an extraordinary joint press conference Tuesday to announce the civil and criminal indictments of more than 100 makers and marketers of dietary supplements. Read more ... Related Reading • Vitamin and Calcium Supplements • Evaluating Treatment Products Today's Health News •  New Clues to Easing Side Effects From Parkinson's Drug •  Almost 1 in 10 Americans Has Lifelong Drug Problem •  Light Box Might Help Nonseasonal Depression, Too •  Could Viagra Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Those at Risk? •  Sleep Cycle Changes May Affect Your Health •  Scientists Grow Functional Vocal Cord Tissue in the Lab •  Rare Nervous System Disorder Can Put Pregnancy at Risk: Study •  Controversial Fertility Treatment Resulted in Live Births •  Scientists Spot Gene That Could Make Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics •  Person-to-Person Bird Flu Transmission Likely at Chinese Hospital •  Health Tip: Using Technology to Get Fit •  Health Tip: Getting Ready for Pregnancy •  Gel Injections May Help Heart Failure Patients •  Wives Worry, Husbands Get Frustrated When Problems Arise Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   Diseases and Conditions   MedicineNet Home From Our WebMD Sponsors Feeding a Growing World Follow Us       MedicineNet Newsletters Sign up for the NEW MedicineNet newsletters today! New specialty newsletters include Skin Care & Conditions and Arthritis. MedicineNet Newsletters » Quizzes • Preventing Type 2 Diabetes • Cold or the Flu? • Rheumatoid Arthritis Top Viewed Articles • Sex Makes Happy Couples • Charlie Sheen HIV-Positive • Alarming Antibiotic Use • Child Autism Rates Change • Obesity Rates in U.S. Picture Slideshows • Avoid Diabetes Complications • Finding Relief for Your Cough • Joint-Friendly Fitness Routines • Guide to Erectile Dysfunction • Common Eye Conditions Latest Pet Health Content • What Is Kennel Cough? • Coughing in Cats • Coughing in Dogs • Bronchitis in Cats • 6 Signs of Pet Illness Bonus PDF Booklet Infectious Diseases Book