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Alcohol labels should carry ‘Alcohol Facts’ box listing nutrition and allergens, regulator says

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Labels on alcohol could soon feature more thorough information on allergens and nutritional value, if a set of new proposals from the U.S. Treasury Department is approved. 

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How the FDA’s new nutrition labels could prod the food industry to get healthier 

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A new government proposal to display nutritional labels on the front of food packaging is aimed at helping Americans make more informed choices about what they eat. An eventual side effect, research and expert commentary suggests, could be nudging the food industry to make healthier food, too.

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MAHA-friendly bill in Texas would put warning labels on foods with any of 44 additives

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Greg Abbott aims to help close the gap by slapping warning labels on foods that contain any of 44 additives and dyes. an experiment in using warning labels about additives, rather than nutrients like salt or fat, to shift how people eat. A Texas bill now before Gov. But if he does, it will be the first of its kind in the U.S.,

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Merck drug-label controversy, Astellas pulling an application, and more

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The information, however, is not in the label because the drug — originally manufactured by Merck — was never fully tested in this population. As the original brand-name manufacturer, however, Merck continues to have legal responsibility for the labeling, which means that all available versions lack the details.

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STAT+: Drug may make chemotherapies less effective in cancer patients with obesity — but many doctors are in the dark

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The information, however, is not in the label because the drug — originally manufactured by Merck — was never fully tested in this population. As the original brand-name manufacturer, however, Merck continues to have legal responsibility for the labeling, which means that all available versions lack the details.

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Off-label treatment for alcohol use disorder is linked to slower liver decline, study suggests

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But a different medication, one frequently used off-label for the condition, could provide greater benefit to patients with alcohol-associated liver disease, a new study suggests.  WASHINGTON — There are three FDA-approved drugs for treating alcohol use disorder.

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Boots Paracetamol batch recalled after being wrongly labelled as Aspirin

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Almost 120,000 packs of Boots Paracetamol have been recalled because of a packaging error where they are incorrectly labelled as Aspirin on the foil blister.