The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn’t extend patients’ lives, say congressional investigators.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday to users of personal emergency-response buttons worn around the neck that they present a potential choking hazard.

The Food and Drug Administration has warned Allergan Inc. that the Web site for its eyelash thickener Latisse is misleading because it avoids or downplays risks associated with the product.

The Food and Drug Administration has determined that the nasty lump a Florida couple found inside a can of Diet Pepsi earlier this summer was either a frog or toad.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that laboratory tests on popular smoking devices known as electronic cigarettes have found they contain carcinogens and other toxic chemicals dangerous to humans.

Although you may think that bottled water is a safer option than tap, two new reports show that the store-bought stuff is actually less regulated than the water you get out of your faucet for free.

People who abuse prescription drugs often do so believing the pills are safe because they are prescribed by doctors and approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

A government advisory panel voted Tuesday to recommend eliminating prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with narcotics—such as Vicodin and Percocet—because of their risk for overdose and for severe liver injury.