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 ...

Barbara J. Michal’s son died in 1997, one of dozens of people whose deaths are linked to the once-popular diet drug ephedra. So she praised a federal judge’s decision Monday to allow a nationwide ban ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Attorneys for the Minnesota Vikings claim the diet supplement ephedra contributed to Korey Stringer's death from heatstroke at training camp in 2001 and that Stringer's remains weren't ...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Minnesota Vikings attorneys claim that Korey Stringer's use of the controversial supplement ephedra can be linked to the heatstroke that killed him during training camp in 2001, ...

The ban is likely to be met with litigation from manufacturers who dispute the agency's assertion that ephedra is a health risk. It was blamed in the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to ban the use of ephedra in dietary supplements. Ephedra, which is commonly used as a weight loss aid and athletic performance enhancer, has been linked to ...

The Food and Drug Administration sent letters to eight companies and individuals yesterday warning them to stop offering products such as "Space Cadet Capsules" and "Druids Fantasy Capsules" as ...

Congressional investigators have linked ephedra supplements made by San Diego-based Metabolife International to a disproportionate number of serious side effects among consumers younger than 30. In ...