FDA Plans to Overhaul Medical Device Approval System November 29, 2018 By MATTHEW PERRONE US health officials said Monday they plan to overhaul the nation’s decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which has...
Spinal-Cord Stimulators Present Problems for Some Patients November 27, 2018 Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device...
FDA Crack’s Down on Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Vapes November 19, 2018 By MIKE STOBBE In a major new effort to curb smoking, a top U.S. health official pledged Thursday to try to ban menthol...
FDA Bans Some Artificial Flavors Due to Safety November 15, 2018 By CANDICE CHOI Six artificial flavors are being ordered out of the food supply in a dispute over their safety, but good luck...
FDA Approves Powerful Opioid Pill as Alternative to IV Painkiller November 7, 2018 By LINDA A. JOHNSON U.S. regulators on Friday approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The...
Federal Agencies Clash on Cellphone Cancer Risk November 7, 2018 Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer...
Forgoing Recalls, Med Device Firms Sometimes Use Doctors to Screen for Defects August 23, 2018 Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the decision to recall a defective product found that medical device...
Autopsy Confirms Exploding Vape Pen Killed Florida Man May 23, 2018 An exploding vape pen hurled fragments into a Florida man’s head, killing him and starting a fire that burned most...
Rodent Infestation, Filth Found Before Egg Recall April 20, 2018 By Jen Skerritt and Megan Durisin Before a U.S. farm voluntarily recalled 207 million eggs, government inspectors found rodents scurrying in manure pits, equipment that was...
U.S. Regulators Consider Ideas for Boosting Medical Device Safety April 19, 2018 By MATTHEW PERRONE U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized...