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Jun 11, 2008
Examiner.com -
of assault and disturbing the peace in February, so I'm guessing that his memory may have been clouded then by some combination of ephedra and steroids. ... -
Jun 12, 2008
Natural Products Industry Insider, AZ -
In 2002, Metabolife supplied FDA with 14000 reports of ephedra-related events that the company had previously not disclosed to the agency. Consequently, Ellis and Metabolife were indicted on several counts of making false statements, and subsequent civil suits forced the ... -
Jun 30, 2008
RedOrbit, TX -
Perhaps the best-known case of a supplement that pulled from the shelves after it was found to be potentially dangerous was ephedra, which was banned by the ... -
Jun 12, 2008
NutraIngredients-usa.com, France -
By Shane Starling 12-Jun-2008 - An industry-led campaign to educate Congress staff about dietary supplements in sports nutrition has kicked into action with the first in a series of meetings with key personnel. More than 70 delegates ... -
Jun 17, 2008
Examiner.com -
Of course these were full of ephedra back then - which is a no-no today. You can still find literature for this company proudly proclaiming to be "now Ephedra Free!" You would think that for a product that has been around for so long it would have ... -
Jun 30, 2008
RedOrbit, TX -
For example, Ephedra or Ma Huang, an herbal weight loss product, was banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after a professional baseball player died during 2003 after consuming the product. "You have to know what you are doing. You have to ... -
Jun 2, 2008
Modesto Bee, CA -
Herbs that have been found or suspected to cause high blood pressure include licorice, ephedra, Asian ginseng and rosemary essential oil. -- Drs. Kay Judge and Maxine Barish-Wreden ... -
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
American Chronicle, CA -
Pungent herbs include ephedra (Ma Huang), purple perilla (Zi Shu), aucklandia root (Mu Xiang), cyperus tuber (Xiang Fu) and green tangerine orange peel (Qing Pi) as well as chuanxiong rhizome (Chuang Xiong), Chinese angelica root (Dang Gui) and safflower (Hong Hua), etc. ... -
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
NPIcenter (press release), Canada -
This is the second study from Haller to cite findings supporting Advantra Z. In "Hemodynamic Effects of Ephedra-Free Weight-Loss Supplements in Humans," ... -
May 26, 2008
United Press International -
KINGSVILLE, Texas, May 27 (UPI) -- Dietary supplements with the promise of helping weight loss are becoming more prominent, but a US pharmacist says beware. ...
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May 29, 2008
NutraIngredients.com, France -
By Shane Starling 29-May-2008 - The Danish Medicines Agency has issued a public warning against an illegal ephedrine-containing supplement that has been linked with several adverse event reports and one death. Reported reactions to Denmark's official ... -
Jun 9, 2008
Natural News.com, AZ -
Pseudoephedrine is one of the two active ingredients, along with ephedrine (in the plant Ephedra sinica and other plants in the Ephedra genus). E. sinica has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years to relieve and treat allergies, ... -
Jun 9, 2008
San Diego Reader, CA -
By Don Bauder | Posted June 9, 2008, 5:43 pm Michael Ellis, one of the founders of Metabolife, today (June 9) was sentenced to six months in custody for lying to the Food and Drug Administration. In 1998 and 1999, Ellis and Metabolife sent letters to the FDA ... -
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
San Diego Business Journal, CA -
Michael Ellis, the former National City police officer who founded Metabolife International, the San Diego maker of a hugely popular weight loss supplement, was sentenced to six months in federal prison June 9. Ellis, 55, pleaded guilty in November to a ... -
Jun 9, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
A diet-pill company's co-founder and former chief executive has been sentenced to six months in prison for making false statements to federal regulators about the safety of a top-selling product. A federal judge in San Diego also fined Michael Ellis ... -
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Los Angeles Times, CA -
Michael J. Ellis, the founder and former president of dietary supplement maker Metabolife International Inc., was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for lying to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ... -
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune, United States -
By Mike Freeman The former chief executive of dietary supplement maker Metabolife International was sentenced to six months in federal prison yesterday for lying to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding an ephedra-based weight-loss product. ... -
May 19, 2008
Washington Post, United States -
Sen. John McCain's campaign instituted a policy last week that prohibits staff members from lobbying and restricts the lobbying activities of others connected to the campaign. Sen. Barack Obama has long had an anti-lobbying policy. A comparison of the ... -
May 19, 2008
Houston Chronicle, United States -
By BENNETT ROTH BY THE NUMBERS WASHINGTON — In the years since George W. Bush moved into the White House, former Texas Congressman Tom Loeffler has parlayed top-drawer political ties into a lucrative lobbying practice that has reaped more than $32 million in business. ... -
May 20, 2008
Detroit Free Press, United States -
If John McCain is going to have a chance in November, he’ll have to convince voters that he’sa reformer and not just a continuation of the corporate-run Bush administration. So the Sunday resignation of McCain?s finance honcho, Tom Loeffler, was a major hit to ...
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