by 1990, f.d.a. had not put out regulations for these high-risk medical devices, over 100 different types. >> reporter: in fact, according to cross 22 types of important and potentially life- saving medical devices from automated external defibrillators to electro convulsive therapy devices remain without proper regulations. and here we are 22 years later and the appropriate regulations have not been developed? >> that's correct. >> reporter: among these devices, metal-on-metal artificial hips which have been the subject of a recent recall. tiny metal shards can break off releaseing toxins into the bloodstream. it's believed some 500,000 patients could be affected. the metal-on-metal hip was allowed to be grandfathered in on the approval of a similar device already on the market. this, says dr. houser, is a faster and cheaper method to get a product approved. and it's a fundamental and not uncommon problem. >> companies are allowed to supplement a new device on a previous approval without conducting

connie young is with the f.d.a. office of job security, integrity, and recall. >> what we're seeing is a pattern of this risky practice of purchasing unapproved drugs for foreign suppliers. >> reporter: altruzan has the same active ingredient as the cancer-fighting avastin but is sold only in turkey and not approved for use in the united states. according to british authorities, 82 of the counterfeit viles were shipped to the u.s. by river reese supplies, locked here in the u.k., and owned by canadian businessman tom haughton. haughton is under investigation for shipping counterfeit avastin in the u.s., offering avastin for about $2,000 a vile, some $400 less than the manufacturer's price. tom? armen keteyian. we tracked haughton down last month in barbados. he took a strong stance against counterfeits. >> we depend on the government and regulators to make sure the supply chains are indeed safe. i will do everything within my power to make sure this never, ever happens again. >> reporter: the f.d.a. says one distrib

the f.d.a. does so it is unfortunate it's true i wish we had more of those calorie counts everywhere relaxers i one of those who would i like to like killed myself into these things you know like i i want to see the number of calories just so i know you know how much fake out of a hot summer i make it i would say it's only true because i used to be a guy so i like knowing just me i know it totally changes things there's one place where i found out what the calorie count for something was it was like i'm never getting nothing done so i mean it does make a difference but it is this killing regulation right there and now this is the regulation i guess so but sometimes. i mean maybe it is because telling people stop buying it and stuff but i does i don't necessarily stop ordering that product or stop buying it i kind of just like to know that it myself i thought about it i'm just like that i think it's rather obvious already. you guys thanks for joining me tonight big something i make sure that you

the f.d.a. does so it is unfortunate it's true i wish we had more of those calorie counts everywhere we went because i want to see what i like to like killed myself then do these things you know like i want to see the number of calories just so i know you know how much fake out of a hot story or maybe i would get some on here because i used to be a guy so i like knowing just me i know it totally changes things there's one place where i found out what the calorie count for something was and was like i'm never getting that again so i mean it sounds like a different look at the business killing regulation right there you know the regulation i guess so sometimes. maybe it is business telling because people stop buying stuff but i don't necessarily stop ordering the product or stop buying it i kind of like to know that it's ok about it i'm just. like to get started i've already thought i wasn't going to try to deny things if you're doing it i make sure that you come back tomorrow so right advocate mi

the government actually approved this method of coloring and amilya, the f.d.a.as a 4 1/2 billion dollars and this is the kind of stuff they're approving. >> i understand way back when we crushed them up for cleopatra's makeup, but i didn't think we'd be eating them. >> and you had that and. >> i have and i'm not eating chocolate covered ants, but not synthetic and-- >> charlie, you're surprised you've got a gigantic agency, and 4 1/2 billion dollars and this is the best they can do, huh? >> i don't know what to say. all i know, i and the believe i ate or drank beetles. >> i'm sure when the government say it, a long word and researched and everybody else don't read-- >> and lashinsky, are beetles good for you? and can it. >> so glad you asked that. i'm-- charlie, i'm so glad you used that, one thing i can promise you, none of us know, and you can say 4 1/2 billion, charles, as many times as you like, but none of us has a medical degree and i assume-- let me refrain that, rephrase that, i have not seen anything to suggest that this isn't safe. so, is this just an

congressmen have sent a letter to the f.d.a. demanding labeling recently one million signatures were heading into the f.d.a. but we're not going to wait for the federal government it's now happening at state levels in connecticut you know why should we wait for the federal government. well unfortunately the obama administration has been walking lockstep with monsanto and basically has taken some people from monsanto and related organizations and put them into key positions like food safety czar now u.s.d.a. secretary let us keep us id director so basically for dealing with the federal government we're dealing with an arm of monsanto it almost seems to me and tell me if you think there's a far stretch that you can describe us and santo as a pseudo drug pusher i mean if a company like mcdonald's puts a crap in its brokers hawking at consumers on their food and just to throw in some fun suit anyone that went to burger king for alternative food sources would be up in arms it just surprises me that there isn't as much widespread outr

that's because of an f.d.a. decision ten years ago that allowed a new use for a once thought poison drug. serena altschul has the story. >> reporter: dr. alan scott changed the face of america. >> you never know what's going to happen the first time you do these things. >> reporter: in the decades since, his invention has become an industry. >> we tell patients, you know, everything in moderation is good including bowe tox. >> reporter: bowe tox turned ten. complete with some new wrinkles. ahead on sunday morning. >> osgood: the three stooges never seemed to care much about appearances. except when it came to appear being silly. in that particular field, they were masters of the art as martha teichner will remind us, ready or not. >> reporter: larry, curly and mo. as a kid you either loved them or hated them. well now they're back. up to their old tricks in a new movie. >> they're hard to write. >> reporter: really? why? >> because there's high standards. it's the three stooges. >> reporter: low comedy requires

the f.d.a. is considering a proposal to allow some patients medication without a prescription. the idea, to change the status of some drugs from prescription to over-the-counter. they would include common medication to treat high cholesterol, migraines diabetes asthma. under that plan patients would need to answer questions online or at a pharmacy key osing in order to receive -- kiosk in order to receive the medicine. >> kashi, their contrarily is not all-natural. in response, kashi says information being circulated online is inaccurate. it's likely some of the foods includes g.m.o.'s or genetically modified food. they say they remain committed to positive nutrition. >> still ahead adam is back with a final look at our what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lie on one of those, if you want a soft bed you can lie on one of those." we prove e the exact individualization that your body needs. this is your body there. you can see a little more pressure in th

and a lot of times the f.d.a.here's a shortage of these medications so hospitals and doctors can be blindsided by this. so now there's a new act, something called preserving access to life saving medication act which would protect the f.d.a. and these manufacturers have to report that there's a shortage coming up. so we won't get caught as a surprise. so that's part of it. >> it doesn't seem to make business sense to me. especially in a down economy, if there's demand for these drugs to be used, why are companies not making them? >> part of it is also a lot of these medications are going generic and there's not a lot of profit in it. they're not going to spend billions of dollars in creating it and not make that kind of profit so it's all, you know, part of this and i think what's happening right now, a lot of anesthesiologists, you have to dilute down some of the medications or they have to substitute other medications and some of the side effects and issues is what we have to deal with. so we're not seeing it fi

the top three for the first time in leg a straight while england broke one place to seven with the f.d.a. yet to name a new manager head of this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine. now in other news the russian women's water polo team need to secure their place at the london olympics but face stiff opposition at next week's qualifying event in italy and the team had their final training camp in the moscow region ahead of the tournament in the us which starts on sunday nine countries will be secured the top four places which guarantee qualification for this summer's games alexander will take on heavyweights hungry and italy as well as spain in the group stage but sports minister the tali new coach is quite confident the russian tate will be going to london. the come on but you sure i think go team has a great chance to qualify as a little brigade's i believe in our play and all would be capable of and certainly we can expect some good results from them in the future. and finally the russian long coach wolfgang pickler has called for the country's federation to modernize

corporation is voluntarily recalling nearly 60,000 pounds of the raw frozen fish that the f.d.a. says is contaminated. this tuna is used to make sushi in restaurants and grocery stores. this outbreak so far has sickened more than 112 people in d.c., maryland, and 19 other states. 12 have been hospitalized. 100 years ago tonight, the titanic was still steaming toward its tragic fate. it hit that iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on april 14, 1912. less than three hours later, the ship was in half. and on the sea bed almost four kilometers below. one century later, the sinking of the titanic is being remembered around the world and in middle river tonight, dozens of people marked this day with a titanic dinner experience. >> it's so wonderful to see you again. >> i appreciate that. thank you. >> welcome aboard the titanic. >> this is a remembrance and re-enactment of a day 100 years ago to this hour of the fatal -- the sinking of the titanic. >> a pleasure to see you again. >> we're so excited. >> an incredible story. and we all probably have seen the movie. we know about the sinking. on that

and f.d.a. need to be in volved in this what u.s.d.a. has to do is they need to dramatically expand the surveillance program as i said we test point one two percent of the cattle that go to slaughter if we look at japan japan casta every college that goes to slaughter above the age of twenty months in europe many of the countries test all the cars that go to slaughter above the age of thirty months and in some company some countries it's above the age of twenty four months so at the very least what we need to be doing is testing all animals above a given age say thirty months or twenty four months all those animals that go into the feed supply should be tested for b.s.e. second or for mad cow disease the second thing that needs to be done is this test that the government is using they should allow private companies to test their cattle at slaughter if they want and they should be able to label the meat that comes from those animals as b.s.e. tested that that way people can have some choice in the marketplace and then since we know that h

popping up in the news six fish with lesions on their bodies new shrimp with no eyes and more yet the f.d.a. continues to make the claim that the seafood coming from the gulf is perfectly safe for human consumption scientists are in the process of trying to find a direct link to these sick fish and the oil spill at this problem extends far beyond deep water fish to coral sea weed beds dolphins name groves and other species of plants and animals and yet none of this is making much of a difference be had b.p. has proven that it's willing to wipe its hands of the situation well continuing its risky offshore and deep water drilling techniques and even with tougher regulations here in the united states experts say that another oil spill isn't only possible it's inevitable so on the second anniversary of the b.p. oil spill the question shouldn't be whether or not the gulf has recovered but how much are we willing to risk for our energy addiction just something to think about this friday and be sure to tune in to our team next week for a brand new lineup here's a sneak peek at what's in store for

the f.d.a. panel approved the 3-d ultrasound screening which doctors say will better help them identify tumors. in a nationwide study, investigators looked at more than 1,500 women. they found tumors in 100. in 20 of those, the cancer was missed by mammograpy alone but was not picked up until the ultrasound. >> we know that scanning by mammograpy and as well as by ultrasound in the future, it can increase the number of cancers that are visualized and at a smaller stage. >> doctors hope the cover will now be covered by insurance. >> spring time allergies are in full swing. for many that means the inevitable signous infection. doctors say this can be avoided using a nettie pot. flushing the nose cleans out debris blocking nasal passages. salt also has anti-bacterial properties that help fight infection. >> remembering the titanic 100 years after it sank. first a look at events going on around town this weekend. >> this weekend marks the 100 anniversary of the titanic disaster. it went down in 1912

states but at the same time if you look at what's happening on a federal level right now you have the f.d.a. who looks like it mike slashing in the budget if their public image especially goes through saying that well they when it comes to poultry farms we're going to let them self inspect and essentially let them self regulate because it's just too expensive. that's always the argument that the industry should be able to regulate itself and frankly that was the argument that was made back during the time to some clare's that the jungle of the jungle of course was that was the famous novel that was written eighty or ninety years ago at a time right before the first food safety laws were passed in this country and the industry at that mindset was simply you know not to worry about the dangers of the food supply don't worry about the way workers in these factory farms are treated the way animals are treated and ultimately we as a society said no we do have to worry about how all of this is happening and we can't trust the industry to regulate itself we can't trust the fox to car the hen house

odwalla is working with the f.d.a. to determine the cause of the rack. customers can return the drink for a full refund. >> we are over a week away from the deadline for filing your income tax return. a national survey has received surprising answers about what americans plan to do with tax refunds next year. here's chris clackum. >> credit card companies, banks, and anyone that generally extends credit will like hearing what most americans plan to do with tax refunds this year. >> 42% of merneds say they plan to use that income from uncle sam to pay off their debt and pay down bills. why along with fitness magazine surveyed 2,000 people on their spending and saving habits and found most would rather be financially than physically fit. >> 84% of women said they would rather have $10,000 in the bank than jennifer aniston's toned physique. >> she said in this economy, cash is king. so adjust to withholdings if you are getting a refund of $3,000 or more. >> if you are getting higher than that, that probably means you are paying the i.r.s. too much. >> go to

>> a federal judge ordered the f.d.a.o why not they won't allow it to be dispensed without a prescription to young women under 17. though they originally said it should be available to all females of child-bearing age, kathleen sebelius stepped in and limited over the counter access to only those 17 and older. that sparked a backlash from pro-choice community pressuring the administration. center for reproductive society said this -- sh >> the parties will be back in federal court tomorrow. >> bret: how are pro-life groups responding? >> they think it's ironic that they are taking heat from the left because it's been an ally to the pro-choice community. >> we heard michelle obama say for fundraiser for her husband that contraception issue is a huge victory. many people, including myself, president obama has been the most pro-abortion president in history of the united states. >> pro-life leaders were encouraged by sebelius' decision to block over the counter access for plan b. to young women but worried that election year

that's the people at the f.d.a. who i am sure are working hard and i think they will come up with a reasoned approach. but the shear mathematics of the numbers means we will have hiccups along the way. let's hope they are not too much. the other thing i can say, if we reduce drones, the security concerns become reduced, pu so does the -- but so does the innovation that acome anies them. obviously, we have to have a pursuant -- prudent eye toward the safety issues that we talked about. >> when you think about it, when you are thinking about the opportunities that are important, to open the skies, presumably you are not thinking about the set of things that catherine and ken are anxiously wringing their hands about. whether it is peeping toms or government surveillance of crowds without having to deploy personnel. so what are the things we should be excited about here? >> an oilpipeline. there is also in the law enforcement field, i think there are small police departments that wouldn't necessarily be able to afford t

oysters for example have been rigorously tested by the f.d.a.om the gulf still a tough sale, many going out of business or selling just a fraction of what they did two years ago. back to you. >> harris: so sad. i have read that's some of the most safe seafood on the planet because of that testing. >> certainly some of the most rigorously sampled. we are going to sample some tonight, harris. >> harris: nasa's piggy back shuttle ride of the month is on hold for now. shuttle enterprise was set to leave d.c. on top of a 747 monday in route to new york city. rough weather is in the forecast so they have postponed the flighted until further notice. earlier this week, the shuttle "discovery" rode on a 747 to the nation's capital. the permanent home for that, the national air and space museum. the green monster looks pretty good for 100 years old. a very special celebration at baseball's oldest ball yard. we're live at boston's fenway park straight ahead. and one doctor has now linked a woman's death to her two gallon a day coca cola habit. and the soda

one of three nonpartisan bills with the idea given the f.d.a. more teeth to handle the drug shortage crisis a. crisis that involved children not being able to have access to medication that saved their lives. my question to you is, after one year none of these three bills have been brought to the floor. my question is, mr. speaker, why is it that legislation that everybody agrees is desperately needed is taking so long to pass? >> well, the congress is working on this. the senate is getting ready to move a bill. the energy and commerce committee is getting ready to mark up a bill in early may. there is a bipartisan proposal they have been working on that would help the f.d.a. and the drug companies to meet the shortages. but i have also asked where has the administration been? where's the president of the united states been? where's his proposal? why hasn't he talked about this? something that's critically important to our country, as opposed to creating all these fake issues, he's running around the country dealing with? >> they said to talk to

anesthesiologist who founded the cure said it's f.d.a. approved. rounds next week in vegas. what about not drinking the night before? you're willing to have needles stuck in your arms because you're that hung over? >> people do it! >> guy that doesn't drink, donald trump. donald trump, must be a monday. you're back, hope you had a great easter. sadly, we got some very sad news this weekend with the passing of mike wallace. >> well, that's true. he was a friend of mine and did a big piece on me on "60 minutes" a while back and it was such a fair piece. he was a tough guy. he was really a tough guy. but it was such a good piece and such a fair piece that i stayed in with him over the years. he was a friend. my only experience with him is he covered me so fairly. >> and was it -- was it a set-up interview or did he chase you down an alley with a camera? >> well, it was an interview that was set up. i was doing well and they did a piece on me. i figured knocked the hell out of me because it was "60 minutes" and because it was mike and it turned out to

tuna. 60,000 pounds recalled of the raw frozen fish the f.d.a. says is contaminated.sed to make sushi in restaurants and grocery stores. the outbreak has sickened more than 100 people in d.c., maryland, and 19 other states as well as 12 people that have been hospitalized. >> you can keep an eye on e-mail. there is a new scam that looks real. this is what it looks like. what appears to be an apple order confirmation e-mail but will direct you to a link that will take you to a hacked web site. the site then attempts to gain access to your apple store account. if you receive an e-mail that looks like this, delete it, do not click on the link. >> you may be riding a new state-of-the art aircraft. the boeing 737 800. this model is longer. it can now fit 175 customers per flight. as for the flight itself, we're told customers are going to like what they see. >> the aircraft looks different inside. it feels different. it is fresh and bright. there is lighting. we had mood lighting on the aircraft. the overhead bins feel different. they are actually recessed so you have more

the solution is the f.d.a.d we want to know in advance so we can get emergency supplies from overseas. we can ask the drug companies to make more. but that's like a finger in the dike when the holes are coming everywhere. you can't solve the problem that way. we don't need more drugs coming from overseas. >> brian: biotech companies investing all types of money to come up with new drug also no long have an incentive. >> that's great point. they're seeing that and saying, wait a minute, if i'm not going to make a profit, why should i put a billion dollars in developing this drug? on the front lines, in the trenches, i'm worried because a patient comes in with an asthma attack, i don't have the steroid to give him. someone comes in with a life-threatening infection, i don't have the antibiotic to give him. i have patients calling every day saying i'm one of the super responders, but i can't get the chemo any more. >> steve: are these shortages going to kill people? >> they already are. 82% of hospitals believe th

the f.d.a.ed their long awaited changes in how sunscreen needs to be labelled. >> it has to have broad spectrum. what does that mean? >> exactly. in the past, people would go and look for something with a high s.p.f. thinking they're protecting themselves. now, it's not enough. sunscreen must say it has broad spectrum protection meaning it protects against both short wavelength rays that burn you as well as u.v.a. rays. it can't just say s.p.f. it has to protect you equally against both types of rays. >> may be labelled water resistant, not waterproof. got to put it on every two hours. i didn't realize that. what happens? does it get soaked up? >> exactly. even if you're not swimming, it has to be reapplied every two hours. the sun changes the chemicals and it wipes off. every 40 minutes or 80 minutes if you're swimming or every two hours. >> this morning in the 5:00 hour before i had my maybillene applied, you took a picture of my face with the machine. let's take a look at the images. screen l

f.d.a., we wanted to deal on those things but instead, alec has gone into, they've gone to an extreme and so now we have corporations who threatened with boycott of their goods and services are now jumping off of the alec bandwagon and that causes alec to then announce yesterday that we're not going to deal in any more social issues. so i think that is instructive of the power of the people. if the people only know what's happening. the people will come together despite the differences that we have. we can look at each other and say, ok, you are older than i am. plus, you are a white woman, and so therefore we don't have anything in common or i could say that, look, you know, this person over here is -- doesn't have the same sexual orientation i think they should, so therefore i'm going to condemn them to purgatory on that basis alone. or we could look at somebody and say, well, they've got a hoodie on. he's got a hoodie, a black guy in a neighborhood. he can be 9 years old, he can be 15, or he can be 17, but he's still a threatening, he's threatening me. just by his mere presence. we

that's why current f.d.a. regulations require generic drug labels to match brand-name drug labels. but it doesn't make sense to prohibit generic drug makers from updating their labels to accurately reflect new side effects or risks that have come to light. yet, that is the current state of law. so the court dismissed gladys' case just because she was taking a generic drug. let me say that again. because gladys was taking the generic version of her medicine, she was unable to skhraeurpbtd rights under -- vindicate her rights under minnesota law. if gladys suffered the same injuries from the brand name version of the same pill containing the same warning, she would have had her day in court. since the supreme court dismissed gladys' case last june, lower courts dismissed dozens of similar cases because as a recent article in "the new york times" aptly said -- quote -- "what once seemed like a trivial detail, whether to take a generic or brand-name drug, has become the deciding factor in whether a patient can seek legal recourse from a drug company." that doesn't make any sense. justi