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She kissed - and told. A crooked eye doctor already in prison for health care fraud is in more trouble — after his mistress gave the feds compelling evidence he lied about his hand injury and impotence.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Based on a report from its Food Safety Working Group, the Obama administration is claiming progress -- if not perfection -- in its campaign to improve food safety.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation's health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans.

A framework for the Obama administration was released Friday....

Television doctor Mehmet Oz says apple juice contains too much poisonous arsenic - and the feds say he's out of his tree.

The feds have ditched the age-old triangular guide to eating well in favor of a circular plate they hope diners will load up with fruits and veggies.

Parents perplexed about how much Tylenol to give their babies may get some help because the feds are considering dose information for kids under age 2.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA and the Federal Trade Commission are cracking down on manufacturers of products that claim to prevent, treat, and cure sexually transmitted diseases, the agencies announced Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials are cracking down on bogus pills and supplements that their makers claim will cure or prevent sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, herpes and genital warts....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal safety regulators say a popular hair smoothing treatment called Brazilian Blowout can release unsafe levels of the chemical formaldehyde, posing a risk to hair salon workers and their customers....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will plead guilty to charges it marketed an epilepsy medicine for unapproved uses and pay $422.5 million in civil and criminal penalties, federal officials announced Thursday....