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The Department of Health and Human Services.
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This letter is in response to your two Citizen Petitions, requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) require a cancer warning on cosmetic talc products.Abstract:
This letter is in response to your two Citizen Petitions dated November 17, 1994 and May 13, 2008, requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) require a cancer warning on cosmetic talc products. Your 1994 Petition requests that all cosmetic talc bear labels with a warning such as \"Talcum powder causes cancer in laboratory animals. Frequent talc application in the female genital area increases the risk of ovarian cancer.\" Additionally, your 2008 Petition requests that cosmetic talcum powder products bear labels with a prominent warning such as: \"Frequent talc application in the female genital area is responsible for major risks of ovarian cancer.\" Further, both of your Petitions specifically request, pursuant to 21 CFR 1 0.30(h)(2), a hearing for you to present scientific evidence in support of this petition.read more
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From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
TL;DR: From Neurons to Neighborhoods as discussed by the authors presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how children learn to learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior, and examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.
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An official ATS/IDSA statement: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases.
David E. Griffith,Timothy R. Aksamit,Barbara A. Brown-Elliott,Antonino Catanzaro,Charles L. Daley,Fred M. Gordin,Steven M. Holland,Robert Horsburgh,Gwen A. Huitt,Michael F. Iademarco,Michael D. Iseman,Kenneth N. Olivier,Stephen J. Ruoss,C. Fordham von Reyn,Richard J. Wallace,Kevin L. Winthrop +15 more
TL;DR: Diagnostic Criteria of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Key Laboratory Features of N TM Health Careand Hygiene-associated Disease Prevention Prophylaxis and Treatment of NTM Disease Introduction Methods.
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2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Paul K. Whelton,Robert M. Carey,Wilbert S. Aronow,Donald E. Casey,Karen J. Collins,Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb,Sondra M. DePalma,Samuel S. Gidding,Kenneth Jamerson,Daniel W. Jones,Eric J. MacLaughlin,Paul Muntner,Bruce Ovbiagele,Sidney C. Smith,Crystal C. Spencer,Randall S. Stafford,Sandra J. Taler,Randal J. Thomas,Kim A. Williams,Jeff D. Williamson,Jackson T. Wright +20 more
TL;DR: Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have translated scientific evidence into clinical practice guidelines (guidelines) with recommendations to improve cardiovascular health.
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Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression
Jim Sidanius,Felicia Pratto +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory of intergroup relations from visiousness to viciousness, and the psychology of group dominance, as well as the dynamics of the criminal justice system.
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Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002
TL;DR: The authors in this article estimated the direct medical and indirect productivity-related costs attributable to diabetes and calculated the total and per capita medical expenditures for people with and without diabetes in the United States.
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Acute administration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in pregnant Long Evans rats: association of measured tissue concentrations with developmental effects.
TL;DR: Low-level TCDD exposure during the perinatal stage of life can produce adverse effects within the developing pups and that tissue concentration measured during a critical period is the appropriate dose metric to predict adverse reproductive and developmental effects is found.
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Disposition of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and non-ortho polychlorinated biphenyls in pregnant long evans rats and the transfer to offspring.
TL;DR: A dose-dependent increase in hepatic sequestration was seen with TCDD, Pe CDD, 4-PeCDF, OCDF, PCB 126, and PCB 169, and the transfer to offspring was reduced at higher doses.
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The role of the NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health.
TL;DR: The Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health (ORWH) was created in 1990 to carry out three major mandates: to strengthen, develop, and increase research into diseases, disorders, and conditions that are unique to, more prevalent among, or more serious in women.
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Tissue disposition of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in maternal and developing long-evans rats following subchronic exposure.
TL;DR: These concentrations of TCDD within fetal tissues after subchronic exposure are comparable to those seen after a single dose of 50, 200, or 1000 ng T CDD/kg administered on GD15, a critical period of gestation.
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Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
TL;DR: WebWatch is designed to keep readers in the forefront of the ever-expanding number of electronic resources on Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine issues, provide guidelines on how to evaluate the material, and supply regular updates on new on-line locations and developments on the Web.