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FDA Unveils New Drug Labels

A major makeover is coming for those little written inserts that accompany prescription drugs. The new versions are supposed to play up information that's useful to pharmacists and patients while paring down the small-print legal disclaimers.

Confusing medical information is behind many of the estimated 300,000 preventable cases of death or injury that occur each year in the nation's hospitals, Surgeon General Richard Carmona said this week in introducing the new drug-labeling rules. The rules should make it easier to quickly learn the most critical things about a drug, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

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