Phenylpropanolamine is commonly found in appetite suppressants and cough or cold remedies. Case reports have linked the use of products containing phenylpropanolamine to hemorrhagic stroke, often a ...

The FDA is taking steps to remove phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride from all drug products due to the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

Mr. Abraham used his fortune to donate to super PACS supporting Democrats and to efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

His death on June 29 was confirmed by American Friends of Bar-Ilan University, where he had served on the board, according to ...

S. Daniel Abraham, the New Yorker who became a billionaire by tempting dieters with Slim-Fast meal-replacement shakes and selling his company in 2000 to Unilever NV, has died. He was 100.

The beverage was intended to constitute breakfast and lunch followed by a “sensible” dinner, as its television commercials advised.

Manufacturers insist concern over the decades-old ingredient — called phenylpropanolamine and found in products ranging fromDexatrim to Triaminic — is overblown.

The Food and Drug Administration issued an unusually strongwarning Monday, telling Americans to immediately quit using drugscontaining phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, which is found Dexatrim,Tavist-D ...

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The official ruling relies heavily on the large volume of pill material found in the CU student’s stomach, which was never ...

Slim-Fast roared into the weight-loss market in the 1970s, and Mr. Abraham used his fortune to back Democratic candidates and push for Mideast peace.

S. Daniel Abraham, entrepreneur who turned a line of meal-replacement shakes into the weight-loss powerhouse Slim-Fast, has died at the age of 100.