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 ...

Some of the weight-loss aids that have quickly emerged to replace the now-banned substance ephedra may carry risks of their own, a small study suggests. Researchers at the University of California, ...

While citrus aurantium may have fewer side effects and be easier to obtain than prescription diet pills, I think the risk, cost and lack of clear benefit of supplements containing this compound do not ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A consumer group petitioned the government Wednesday to ban food supplements containing ephedra, an herbal stimulant that had been linked to heart attacks, strokes and seizures in ...

Its only been a few weeks since the Food and Drug Administration announced the ban on products containing the herb ephedra, but the health food industry has hardly skipped a beat. As a substitute for ...

One lot of over-the-counter weight loss drug Lipodrene w/25mg Ephedra Extract Dietary Supplement has been recalled for the presence of an illegal ingredient that the FDA says can cause several serious ...

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 ...

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 ...

Call them the ephedra wars. For the past five years, the FDA has been trying to restrict the availability of ephedra, an herbal stimulant and the active ingredient in hundreds of popular diet aids and ...

A federal judge Thursday struck down the FDA ban on ephedra, the once-popular weight-loss aid that was yanked from the market after it was linked to dozens of deaths — including that of Baltimore ...