Researchers Say New Blood Test Detects TBIs, Not Concussions
A new blood test approved by the Food and Drug Administration is being characterized by the agency and news reports as a way to detect concussion. But a University at Buffalo expert on concussion says...
View ArticleU.S. Regulators Consider Ideas for Boosting Medical Device Safety
U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants...
View ArticleRodent Infestation, Filth Found Before Egg Recall
Before a U.S. farm voluntarily recalled 207 million eggs, government inspectors found rodents scurrying in manure pits, equipment that was coated with grime and food debris, and outside a swarm of...
View ArticleAutopsy Confirms Exploding Vape Pen Killed Florida Man
An exploding vape pen hurled fragments into a Florida man’s head, killing him and starting a fire that burned most of his body, an autopsy report said. The Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner’s autopsy...
View ArticleForgoing Recalls, Med Device Firms Sometimes Use Doctors to Screen for Defects
Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the decision to recall a defective product found that medical device firm managers may rely on their physician-customers to screen out detectable...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Clash on Cellphone Cancer Risk
Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason for people to worry. No...
View ArticleFDA Approves Powerful Opioid Pill as Alternative to IV Painkiller
U.S. regulators on Friday approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision by the Food and Drug Administration came over objections...
View ArticleFDA Bans Some Artificial Flavors Due to Safety
Six artificial flavors are being ordered out of the food supply in a dispute over their safety, but good luck to anyone who wants to know which cookies, candies or drinks they’re in. The dispute...
View ArticleFDA Crack’s Down on Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Vapes
In a major new effort to curb smoking, a top U.S. health official pledged Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and tighten rules governing the sale of most flavored versions of...
View ArticleSpinal-Cord Stimulators Present Problems for Some Patients
Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life. It wouldn’t fix the nerve damage in his...
View ArticleFDA Plans to Overhaul Medical Device Approval System
US health officials said Monday they plan to overhaul the nation’s decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which has long been criticized by experts for failing to catch problems with...
View ArticleBreast Implants Highlight Medical Device Safety Tracking Issues
To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually – a tiny fraction of the hundreds of...
View ArticleConcerns Remain for Yuma-Area Agriculture Industry After E. Coli Outbreak
The calendar has turned over to a new year, but the agriculture industry in southwestern Arizona’s Yuma area isn’t forgetting an E. coli outbreak last April that dealt financial setbacks to growers and...
View ArticleFood Inspections, Drug Reviews at Risk as Shutdown Slows FDA
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a government shutdown prevents it from doing some routine food safety inspections, and that the agency is weeks away from running out of...
View ArticleFDA Warns Doctors of Rare Cancer With Breast Implants
U.S. health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare cancer linked to breast implants after receiving more reports of the disease. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter...
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