WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ixempra, a new anti-cancer treatment, for use in patients with metastatic or advanced breast cancer.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for the first time, has approved a drug as an over-the-counter weight-loss medication.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Michigan company has recalled as many as 11 million bottles of store-brand acetaminophen tablets because of possible contamination with pieces of metal in the pills, federal health officials said Thursday.