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  The high-tech world of homebrew e-cigarette designers

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 07:29 pm + 29 comments

  The FDA has yet to make a call on just how safe e-cigarettes actually are, or whether they're a Continue reading…

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  As superbugs gain ground, antibiotic development slows to a crawl

  By Katie Drummond on April 18, 2013 12:15 pm + 27 comments

  Antibiotic resistance is rapidly becoming a critical public health risk, with a growing number of Continue reading…

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  FDA investigating safety of widely-used surgical robot following increased incident reports

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 9, 2013 11:47 am + 16 comments

  The FDA is investigating the safety of a surgical robot that was used in 367,000 procedures last Continue reading…

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  Vaporware: why we still don't know if e-cigarettes are safe

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 11, 2013 01:15 pm + 283 comments

  The rise in e-cigarette use over the past few years has been nothing short of meteoric. Invented in Continue reading…

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  Researchers use Google, Yahoo, and Bing to find drug side effects faster than the FDA

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 7, 2013 10:41 am + 10 comments

  By analyzing search data, researchers can now discover the unknown side effects of prescription Continue reading…

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  Food and Drug Administration approves 'bionic eye' for use in the United States

  By Bryan Bishop on February 14, 2013 07:26 pm + 9 comments

  Those in the US stricken with a particular type of blindness may now be able to get some of their Continue reading…

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  FDA approves first autonomous telemedicine robot for use in hospitals

  By Chris Welch on January 25, 2013 11:40 am + 17 comments

  iRobot and InTouch Health have received the FDA's stamp of approval for their RP-VITA autonomous Continue reading…

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  FDA approves the iStent, the smallest implant ever, for medical use

  By Kimber Streams on June 27, 2012 06:21 pm + 11 comments

  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the iStent, the smallest medical implant Continue reading…

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  iBGStar turns your iPhone into an FDA-approved glucose meter for $99.95

  By Evan Rodgers on May 6, 2012 03:34 am + 50 comments

  There are a lot of iPhone accessories out there, but few are FDA-approved: the iBGStar blood glucose Continue reading…