A loophole could enable manufacturers of alternative medicines to sell their products without having to back them up, federal regulators charge. The Federal Trade Commission wants the Food and Drug ...

The US Food and Drug Administration plans to go after homeopathic remedies that are unsafe for consumers and offer unproven benefits in the treatment of serious illnesses, such as cancer and asthma, ...

Are the homeopathic drugs that you pick up to treat allergies and colds bogus? That question was hotly debated during a Food and Drug Administration public hearing Monday on whether to step up ...

This post is part of our Home Remedy Handbook, a tour of the landscape of home remedies from the iffy to the doctor-approved. Read more here. Thanks to a loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and ...

Drug store giant CVS revealed late last week that it is voluntarily pulling some common cold and flu medicines from its shelves because they don’t work—while many other ineffective products remain on ...

One little word on Zicam's label explains all this: "homeopathic." Zicam and hundreds of other homeopathic remedies — highly diluted drugs made from natural ingredients — are legally sold as ...