A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers

A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers

The Food and Drug Administration tentatively approves the manufacturing of silicone breast implants by Inamed Corp.

The move brings the company closer to returning the implants to the market years after they were banned

Experts worry European laws restricting emission limits for medical staff will hurt research and harm patients.

By 2008, it will be illegal for workers to be exposed to electromagnetic fields higher than 300GHz

According to a study published this week, rheumatoid arthritis sufferers who do not get adequate relief from TNF-inhibitors, like etanercept or infliximab, a new drug may provide significant clinical and functional benefits.

Made by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Orencia is the first in a new class of drugs for the condition. On Sept. 6, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously agreed the benefits of Orencia outweigh the risks and recommended the drug receive marketing approval