Cancer Claim Warnings Show FDA Resolve Against Mounting Online Odds
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA realizes more products labeled as supplements but making claims to treat cancer or other serious conditions are available online from firms that have not been identified in ongoing searches by "staff devoted to rooting out health fraud scams."
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