WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether a leading ephedra seller lied about the safety of the long-controversial dietary supplement. The Food and Drug ...

Only months after the herb ephedra was pulled from the market, government regulators and scientists have become increasingly alarmed about a new generation of herbal weight-loss products -- ...

Hundreds of ephedra-containing supplements are currently available in the United States. Ironically, ephedra supplements vastly outnumber conventional prescription and nonprescription medications ...

Droves of dieters, body builders, and athletes snatched all the ephedra they could after a federal ban threatened their supply earlier this month. The herbal supplement contained in many brand name ...

Ephedra may soon vanish from stores pending a federal ban, but those who know about herbal supplements say something else, like synephrine, will take its place. Ephedra, a herbal supplement, has been ...

Ephedra, an herb found in weight-loss and bodybuilding supplements, is unsafe even when taken in recommended doses and should be restricted, according to doctors who studied reports of bad reactions ...

WASHINGTON -- A leading senator took the Bush Administration to task Wednesday for its failure to act on the potentially dangerous food supplement ephedra. "Today I am asking the Secretary of Health ...

The Bush administration’s announcement that it plans to ban ephedra came several weeks after lawsuits forced Metabolife, the last major manufacturer of products containing the risky drug, to stop ...

Purpose: The effect of Metabolife Ephedra-Free on blood pressure (BP) and hemodynamics was studied. Methods: Healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to take a single dose of Metabolife Ephedra-Free ...

Illinois becomes the first state to ban the sale of the controversial diet supplement ephedra. Under the new law, anyone caught selling ephedra will face up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine. But ...

Brooklyn company Kingsway Trading, Inc. recalled a batch of its 1.06 oz bottles of “Well Balance Xanthium & Siler Combo (Bi Yan Pian)." The supplements contained ephedra herba, or ma huang, an ...