Legionnaires’ disease: Questions and answers
It's hard to overstate the fear that arrived with reports of people mysteriously falling ill and even dying after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia during the summer of...
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The documents showing how drugs got into medical supplements
I don't remember how I came upon the case of USA v. Shengyang Zhou, which formed the basis of my story Friday, but from the moment I found it, I...
Barred from the Games by tainted supplements
Among the victims of tainted dietary supplements are athletes whose careers were derailed or interrupted after they tested positive for banned substances. Swimmer Jessica Hardy, 25, who earned a gold...
Dangerous pharmaceuticals marketed as supplements
Shengyang Zhou assured the American buyers that his Chinese-made weight-loss capsules were safe. Zhou was sure because he had a test — one person eats a whole bottle. Such a...
Barred from the Games by tainted supplements
Among the victims of tainted dietary supplements are athletes whose careers were derailed or interrupted after they tested positive for banned substances. Swimmer Jessica Hardy, 25, who earned a gold...
The documents showing how drugs got into medical supplements
I don't remember how I came upon the case of USA v. Shengyang Zhou, which formed the basis of my story Friday, but from the moment I found it, I...
Dangerous pharmaceuticals marketed as supplements
Shengyang Zhou assured the American buyers that his Chinese-made weight-loss capsules were safe. Zhou was sure because he had a test — one person eats a whole bottle. Such a...
Westchester firm recalls salmonella-contaminated supplement ingredient
Concern over salmonella contamination has prompted a Chicago-area firm to recall nearly 40,000 pounds of a dietary ingredient, a move that in turn prompted several recalls of supplements containing the...
Westchester firm recalls salmonella-contaminated supplement ingredient
Concern over salmonella contamination has prompted a Chicago-area firm to recall nearly 40,000 pounds of a dietary ingredient, a move that in turn prompted several recalls of supplements containing the...
U.S. senators call supplement-makers to account
In response to a Tribune story detailing widespread problems in the manufacture of dietary supplements, Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have sent letters to three major supplement...