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What's in a name? If it's a health product, calling it a supplement and not a drug makes a big difference. Tabitha M. Powledge writes about one supplement, a life-extension product called Basis, that bypassed the FDA approval process because it's called a supplement: "Supplements — vitamins, herbal preparations, miscellaneous nostrums — can (and usually are) sold without needing to show that they are (1) safe and (2) effective." Also, the evolution of naked mole rats.
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