April 9, 2003 (San Diego, CA) -- After Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler died during spring training earlier this year, the spotlight again turned on the dietary supplement ephedra. The Chinese ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - 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 ...

We are part of The Trust Project. While the Feb. 17 death of 23-year-old Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler was a shock, ephedra's role in it wasn't. The amphetamine-like stimulant used for ...

WASHINGTON -- Food and Drug Administration investigators are looking into the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler as they try to decide just how dangerous the herbal stimulant ephedra ...

It was the government's first-ever ban on a dietary supplement, one that comes eight years after the Food and Drug Administration first began receiving reports that ephedra could be dangerous. "The ...

WASHINGTON – The federal government announced on Tuesday a ban on the sale of ephedra, an herbal supplement used for weight control that has been linked to a number of deaths and harmful side effects.

The first comparative study to examine the risk of taking ephedra with that of taking other commonly used herbs calls into question the herbal stimulant’s current standing as an unrestricted dietary ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Food and Drug Administration investigators are looking into the possible link between ephedra and the death of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher, says the agency's chief, who worries the ...

Labels indicating risks of heart attacks, seizures or death will now be required for all products containing the herbal supplement ephedra, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last Friday.

A 13-year tally of deaths and poisonings from the dietary supplement ephedra show a spectacular decline after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of weight loss products containing ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ephedra is linked to more than 100 times as many reports to US poison control centers as other herbs, and the substance should be banned or restricted out of safety ...

WASHINGTON -- Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA ...