Month: April 2012
Appeals court hears case of graphic tobacco ads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government on Tuesday defended graphic tobacco labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs as accurate and necessary to warn consumers about the risks of smoking. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday asked an appeals court to undo a lower court ruling that said such labels were unconstitutional, violating tobacco companies’ free-speech rights. …
Court weighs graphic health warnings on cigarettes
A federal appeals court Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people, with two of the three judges questioning how far the government could go.
Calif. Finds Toxins in ‘Nontoxic’ Nail Polishes
U.S. Spends Too Little on Public Health Initiatives: Report
TUESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) — The United States needs to spend more on its chronically underfunded public health system and use that money more efficiently, according to an Institute of Medicine report released Tuesday.
U.S. Panel Rejects Ovarian Cancer Screening
U.S. Teen Births Hit Record Low
TUESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) — The number of American teens giving birth has dropped to an all-time low, federal health officials reported Tuesday.