f.d.a. approved for some conditions, it's widely marketed as a way to improve health and stay young. but there's little data on its long-term effects. today's study looked at older men, most with heart disease, who had low testosterone levels. there was a 29% increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in those given testosterone. cardiologist dr. steve nissen of the cleveland clinic said we need better studies to assess the benefits and risks of testosterone therapy. >> just like women go through menopause, men go through "mano- pause," and that's probably a normal part of male aging, and treating it as a disease may get us in a lot of trouble. >> reporter: urologist dr. elizabeth kavaller said the decision to prescribe testosterone is complicated. >> the risks associated with having low testosterone, and there are risks associated with testosterone replacement. >> before you start treating millions of americans with testosterone, you probably ought to think twice. >> reporter: there a

at the nearby plant, f.d.a. found bathrooms with no running water. >> these things just look like similar patterns to the problems that were going on all along. so you have to ask did the company learn their lesson and, more importantly, did the f.d.a. learn their lesson? >> reporter: ranbaxy declined our request for an interview but in a statement the company said they will take all measures to keep full facilities in full compliance to all regulations. because of ranbaxy's latest manufacturing problems, just two weeks after we visited ranbaxy facilities, the f.d.a. banned a third ranbaxy plant in india from sending drugs to the u.s. now all of their finished drugs sold to americans are made here in the united states. >> pelley: an eye opening investigation, john. thank you very much. and we'll be right back. with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meeti

the f.d.a. moves to ban transfats found in popcorn, desserts, pizzas and margarine. chip reid has details. twitter takes flight. elaine quijano on the bluebird's wall street debut. a former miami dolphin tells us about harassment and racial slurs in the locker room. >> this is common throughout the whole entire nfl. >> pelley: james brown of the "nfl today" on the league's investigation. and the big-city mayor who said this about crack cocaine. >> have i tried it? um, probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> pelley: now has another drunken rant to explain. >> i need ( bleep ). it will be over in five minutes. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by cbs s" with scott pelle this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: goo >> pelley: good evening. they are the ingredients that make cookies, and cakes taste better and piecrusts flakier. today, the food and drug administration said transfats are no longer recognized as safe, and the f.d.a. intends to ban them. chip reid caugh

by the f.d.a. here's how the company promotes the testing kits so that's why the sun makes me sneeze. i might have an increased risk of heart disease arthritis i'll stop chroma tells us a look into the steps we might pass on to our kids foods i might want to avoid hundreds of things about my house getting my twenty three and me results it really opened my eyes the more you know about your d.n.a. the more you know about yourself. but the f.d.a. isn't so sure twenty three and me's personal genome service or p.d.s. does what it promises the order to halt services came by way of a stern letter from the f.d.a. that called out the company for offering the testing and diagnosis services to the public without the regulatory approvals needed in order to market this product in the letter the f.d.a. outlined the work the agency has done with the company in the last five years pointing to fourteen face to face or teleconference meetings and hundreds of e-mail exchanges yet despite years of the back and forth i

thissality ithis facility is rey the f.d.a. two things have happened. one is, either the f.d.a. or the state is in charge of a compounding pharmacy. it will be one or the other. or, the second thing is there's this new outsourcing facility appeared a doctor in virginia or tennessee may choose to buy all of its sterile drugs, for example, from a compounding comg pharmacy that's regulated by the f.d.a. it doesn't have to but it may choose to do that. it may choose to do that. and we believe many will choose to do that particularly with sterile drugs that are sent across state lines without a prescription. so this legislation affects the health and safety of millions of americans. there's a second part of this legislation that was passed this afternoon that is equally important and in some ways more far-reaching. we call it track-and-trace around here. that's the shorthand name for it. four billion prescriptions are written every year -- prescription drugs. and what this legislation does is attach a serial number to each drug that's manufactured that follows it from all the way fro

the f.d.a. intends to ban them. chip reid caught up with the f.d.a. commissioner dr. margaret hamburg. >> transfats increase your risk for heart disease. it turns out that they elevate the so-called bad cholesterol, l.d.l.. >> reporter: will this save lives and avoid heart attacks? >> this action will save lives. the c.d.c. estimates that if we can reduce the levels of trans fat currently in the american diet, we can probably save about 7,000 people from preventible death and prevent about 20,000 heart attacks. >> reporter: trans fat is created by turning liquid vegetable oil into fat. processed food manufacturers use it because it extends the shelf life and improves the flavor of some foods, including snack foods, such as microwave popcorn, crackers, and cookies. packaged siewps, cakeses, pies, and biscuits, stick margarines and vegetable short ningz, and ready-to-use frostings. and some restaurants use transfats in fried foods. the food and restaurant industries are doing little so far to resi

fed chair and food lovers the way or in an attempt to tip the scale in favor of clear arteries the f.d.a. is about to take your trans fats away we'll get saturated in the details later in the show. it's thursday november twenty first four pm in washington d.c. meghan lopez and you are watching r t well political leaders and tribal elders are convening on kabul afghanistan this week to discuss the future of u.s. troops in the country the meeting is known as lawyer progress more than two thousand tribal elders will vote on whether or not to give u.s. troops immunity in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen without such an agreement the u.s. has threatened to pull all troops out of the country and let afghan troops take on the taliban on their own president hamid karzai and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry have a ready a reached an agreement that would provide immunity for u.s. troops for another decade now the tribal elders are have their turn to modify the deal after their vote will go on to afghanistan's parliament then back to karzai for his finals. sure but in a surprising

fed chair and food lovers be aware in an attempt to tip the scale in the favor of clear honorees the f.d.a. is about to take your trans fats away get saturated in the issues coming up. here thursday november twenty first dave him in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching our t.v. well political leaders and tribal elders are competing in kabul afghanistan this week to discuss the future of u.s. troops in the country the meaning is known as lawyer her go more than two thousand tribal elders will vote on whether or not to give us troops immunity in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen without such an agreement the u.s. has threatened to pull all troops out of the country and what afghan troops take on the taliban on their own president hamid karzai and u.s. secretary of state john kerry have already reached a draft agreement to provide immunity for u.s. troops for at least another decade now the tribal elders have their hand at modifying the deal after their vote will go on to afghanistan's parliament and then back to karzai for his signature but it's in a surprising tu

f.d.a.'s radar. in 1997, congress passed a law to define f.d.a.'s role in the oversight of compounding pharmacies. but just two days before the new law was to take effect, seven compounding pharmacies sued to block its enactment. since then, the law and the f.d.a.'s authority to regulate compounding pharmacies have been mired in litigation and uncertainty. the result is that the oversight of even large-scale drug manufacturers like necc has been largely relegated to the states. so how are the states doing their jobs? well, last april i issued an investigative report that took a deep look at how states actually oversee and govern the activities of compounding pharmacies. what i found was a regulatory state of disarray. my investigation found that nationwide most state regulators don't look at the safety of compounding pharmacies. they don't make all their activities and investigations public. some of them don't even know how many compounding pharmacies exist in their states. and states typical

f.d.a. oversight in much the same way as traditional drug manufacturers are today. f.d.a. will know who these outsources are and what they are making, adverse event reports about compounded drugs and have authority and resources to conduct risk-based inspections. in other words, the lines of responsibility are more clearly defined. i give much credit to my friend from tennessee for continually -- what's that will about raising the flag, who has the flag, who is responsible, because we found out it was sort of a confusing mess for everybody about who was responsible and who wasn't, and thanks to senator alexander, we have cleared that up in this bill. the bill offers providers and patients better information about compounded drugs. it directs fapped to make a list of f.d.a. regulated outsourcing facilities that will be available on their web site. requires detailed deald labeling of compounded trution, prohibits false -- drugs, and authorizes current federal law regarding the pharmacy compoun

know i love these rare moments where action of something totally sounds positive to share with you the f.d.a. is working to ban partially hydrogenated oils which are the leading source of trance fats and foods and possibly the cause of up to twenty thousand heart attacks per year across the usa according to f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as you know i would like the chemicals in my food kept to a minimum but the thing is the people at the f.d.a. are surely aware of all the hormones in beef and jim o's being produced why does this band have such a very narrow narrow focus in fact when you look at all the things that americans consume smoke use that to swear health some get the violent band hammer while others are completely tolerated if you ever talk to hardcore marijuana smoker they'll tell you but dude weed is better for you than beer and that's the legal man and they kind of have a point i think there is this is one of those rare instances where a balance position isn't really a good idea well the country could go the libertarian route and let it be everything be legal let people mak

and possibly the cause of up to twenty thousand heart attacks per year across the usa according to f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as you know i would like the chemicals in my food kept to a minimum but the thing is the people at the f.d.a. are surely aware of all the hormones and beef and jim o's being produced why does this band have such a very narrow narrow focus in fact when you look at all the things that americans consume smoke use that to swear health some get the violent band hammer while others are completely tolerated if you ever talk to a hardcore marijuana smoker they'll tell you. dude weed is better for you than beer and that's legal man and they kind of have a point i think there is this is one of those rare instances where a balance position isn't really a good idea well the country could go the libertarian route at let it be everything be legal let people make their own choices or do what i think would be much much better actually really bad all the things that are destructive to our health both of these paths have positive and negative effects but they are a lot be

and possibly the cause of up to twenty thousand heart attacks per year across the usa according to f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as you know i would like the chemicals in my food kept to a minimum but the thing is the people at the f.d.a. are surely aware of all the hormones and beef and jim o's being produced why does the span have such a very narrow narrow focus in fact when you look at all the things that americans consume smoke use that to swear health some get the violent band hammer while others are completely tolerated if you ever talk to a hardcore marijuana smoker they'll tell you but dude weed is better for you than beer and that's the legal when.

no overdosed on it after the study was over but that didn't bother the f.d.a. to lie to a parent lead because the hydro is set to hit pharmacy shelves in a few months. since its super strong and just as potent when crushed it's only a matter of time before people seek it out and get addicted and that brings us to the worst part of this story because alchemy the company that will be manufacturing this very addictive painkiller also manufactures a popular medication called through the trial vitro is used to treat people addicted to pain killers so first they make the potent addictive painkiller and then they make the pill you pop to help you beat your addiction that's not irony that's just straight up crazy crap it's the perfect representation of the circle of life here in capitalism gone wild america we got the boys and i am the cure for you as long as you continue to buy whatever it is we're pushing in this case make no mistake what we're pushing is just straight up heroin tonight but to talk about that by the way me on twitter at the resident. right that doesn

president, the f.d.a. will also know where every drug wholesaler is located across the country and begin to ensure that all wholesalers meet a minimum national standard. mr. president, this legislation, after 25 years, is a model of what can be accomplished through hard work and pragmatism in the united states congress. this bipartisan effort has the support of business groups, such as pharma and bio, as well as consumer groups such as the pew charitable trust and many others. i cannot say enough about the leadership of chairman hank inand ranking member alexander in driving us to get con -- harkin and ranking member alexander in driving us to get a consensus. their commitment to track and trace as well as compounding sets an example that i wish could be replicated many times over. i want to thank senator frank fn and senator roberts for their leadership on the compounding part of this bill. and finally, i want to acknowledge the relentless -- and that's the only way to describe it -- the relentless effort

and are complying with the f.d.a.'s quality standards, and it will do all of that without changing the rules for traditional pharmacies which will continue to be regulated by their state boards of pharmacy. specifically, our bill creates a new option for facilities that want to provide compounded drugs to hospitals and health centers. these entities called outsourcing facilities will be inspected by the f.d.a. and will have high-quality standards and the hospitals that buy from these facilities will be able to trust that the compounded medicine that they buy from outsourcing facilities is safe. and if a compounder chooses not to be either a traditional pharmacy or an outsourcing facility, the f.d.a. will be responsible for making sure that that compounder complies with the normal requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturers. those are the options, unlike what we saw in massachusetts, these facilities will no longer be able to occupy an unregulated no man's land. so under the new law, there will be traditional pharmaci

between 2001 and 2011, f.d.a. documents indicate that at least 25 deaths and 36 serious injuries including hospitalizations were linked to large-scale drug compounding companies including 13 deaths in 2011 alone. between 1998 and 2005, f.d.a. documented at least 38 deaths and 210 injuries from drugs that were contaminated, mislabeled, or caused overdoses because they contained more of the active pharmaceutical ingredient than indicated. these included the deaths of six infants and children, and at least 18 other children paralyzed, burned, hospitalized or suffering from other severe reactions. and these numbers likely understate the actual number of adverse swreants veants because current law unlike what we have in this bill, does not require reporting of adverse events. so our bipartisan investigation concluded that large-scale drug compounders continue to pose a serious risk to public health. at the time of our final report in may we had identified at least 48 compounding companies that had been found to be prod

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