Feds moving to ban ephedra.(Dietary Supplements)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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The federal government will ban ephedra, the adrenaline-like herbal supplement widely used for weight loss and athletic-performance enhancement that has been linked to high blood pressure, heart problems, stroke, and death.

The coming ban, announced Dec. 30 by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan, MD, is the government's first attempt to meet demanding standards set by a 1994 federal law for banning or significantly restricting a dietary supplement...

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