An NFL player caught taking ephedra is often subject to harsher penalties than if he snorted cocaine. An Olympic athlete can lose a medal by taking the supplement. Baseball and its union, however, ...

An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest evidence of Ephedra use from the charred remains of the plant in a 15,000-year-old ...

Even the Food and Drug Administration got involved by completing a study Feb. 28 and sending out warnings to sellers or manufacturers of the product that claim it enhances athletic ability. Clearly, ...

The federal government yesterday strongly warned people against using ephedra and said it would seek new ways to regulate the dietary supplement, including warning labels and, possibly, a ban on ...

WASHINGTON -- Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA ...

WASHINGTON - The federal government announced Tuesday that it will ban the diet and body-building supplement ephedra and urged athletes and others to stop taking it immediately because of the serious ...