Are you prepared for the Food and Drug Administration to say that meat and milk products derived from cloned animals are safe for Americans to consume? I am not sure I am, although this week may bring that decision, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In the past, cloned livestock meat and milk producers could not sell those products until the FDA made a decision on the safety of consumers. It seems like that day is now near. Not only are cloned animal products at stake here, but products made from their offspring as well.

With the state of obesity from eating too much processed foods existing in the U.S. already, do we really want to begin eating products made from cloned animals any time soon? I'm quite sure big business wants to produce these products from herds of cloned animals -- but would you serve these products to your family?

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Alzheimer's Disease patients may have a new friend in the medicine game, as the first skin patch meant to treat dementia has just received FDA approval as of early this week.

The 'Exelon' patch provides the same drug that current capsules provide but provides a regular and consistent dose through the skin throughout the day. The patch, like the capsule, will be made by Novartis pharmaceuticals.

Although the drug is not a cure, it does stop the breakdown of a brain chemical that is affected by dementia once the onset of Alzheimer's Disease begins.

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Freezing hearts is not the name of some new pop song, but describes a possible new treatment for abnormal heart rhythms that some advisers are suggesting the FDA approve soon.

A heart condition called atrial flutter could have met its match if the new medical device, made by Cryocor Corp., is approved by the FDA. The device is thread into the heart, where it uses nitrous oxide to freeze heart tissue in seconds or minutes. that freeing directly treats areas responsible for abnormal heart rhythms.

Although the FDA is under no obligation to follow the suggestions of outside advisers, history shows that the federal organization does so most of the time.

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