Mind-bending definitions

WASHINGTON - In a Washington now famous for torturing the meaning of the word "is", the FDA has lost another battle in its efforts to regulate dietary supplements in a case that argued over the meaning of the word "article."

Ruling for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Judge Dale Kimball last week ruled that that Pharmanex Inc. should be allowed to market its Cholestin product as a dietary supplement, and set aside FDA's decision that it should be regulated as a drug...