Food And Drug Administration articles

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  Side effects may vary: the growing problem of unregulated medical apps

  By Carl Franzen on June 3, 2013 10:30 am + 44 comments

  In 2009, when Apple’s App Store was just over a year old, an app popped up that seemed too good to Continue reading…

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  No shit: can fecal transplants save 14,000 lives a year?

  By Amar Toor on May 24, 2013 11:20 am + 149 comments

  For Rhiannon Maher, the suffering began last August. Maher, then a 20-year-old college student, had 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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  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…