AMA commends minor league baseball's ephedra ban.

(From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release)

The American Medical Association (AMA) applauded baseball's decision to ban ephedra from the minor leagues. In Oct 2002, the AMA testified before Congress on the dangers of the dietary supplement ephedra and urged the FDA to ban dietary supplements containing ephedra from the market. The AMA concurs with the National Institutes of Health guidelines for obesity treatment that say certain prescription drugs may be useful in some obese patients, but diet aids containing ephedra are not recommended for …