The US Food and Drug Administration plans to go after homeopathic remedies that are unsafe for consumers and offer unproven benefits in the treatment of serious illnesses, such as cancer and asthma, ...

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final guidance “Homeopathic Drug Products,” which describes the agency’s approach toward prioritizing regulatory actions against ...

Are the homeopathic drugs that you pick up to treat allergies and colds bogus? That question was hotly debated during a Food and Drug Administration public hearing Monday on whether to step up ...

Homeopathic drugs have an unusual status in the United States. On the one hand, they are incorporated into the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) within the definition of “drug,” which ...

The Center For Inquiry, a non-profit group with a similar mindset to ACSH, has filed lawsuits against Walmart and CVS for putting homeopathic "remedies" on shelves next to actual over-the-counter ...

A loophole could enable manufacturers of alternative medicines to sell their products without having to back them up, federal regulators charge. The Federal Trade Commission wants the Food and Drug ...

This post is part of our Home Remedy Handbook, a tour of the landscape of home remedies from the iffy to the doctor-approved. Read more here. Thanks to a loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and ...

A new homeopathic treatment for allergies may inspire false hope, experts say. April 7, 2009 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating the claims of a new product intended to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine -- possibly penicillin or derivatives of the ...

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