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The Weirdest Things The FDA Thinks Will Kill You

At first glance, the US Federal Drug Administration’s Flickr stream of recalled products seems a bit ridiculous. But if you’re constantly on Flickr and you care about your health, the life you save could be your own. Or, you, know, the laugh.

July 21, 2011
Software

FDA Will Look At Health Apps With A Microscope

So far it’s only been the manufacturers, such as Apple, which have screened any apps for potential wrongdoings, but the US Food and Drug Administration has decided to step in and regulate any app that offers medical or health guidance.

June 23, 2011
News

All The Pictures The FDA Is Going To Put On Cigarette Boxes

In an effort to curb smoking, cigarette boxes in the US will now come with these graphic images of holes in throats, lumpy tumourish lungs and more. They’re supposed to act as a warning label on the dangers of smoking. Some work better than others.

April 22, 2011
News

FDA Finds Rat Droppings ‘Too Numerous To Count’ On Delta Flight

Do you have a fear of flying? It’s only natural. There are many frightening things about air travel that are completely out of your control. And here’s another one: Rats. Pooping rats.

April 18, 2011
Science

Brain Tumor Treatment, On-the-Go

In today’s active, time-constrained world, even tumor patients don’t have time for treatment. What to do? Wear this: The NovoTTF-100A. It’s portable, cancer zapping headgear and it just got FDA approved.

December 9, 2010

FDA Does Not Approve Of How Wicked Lasers Is Making Their Lasers

After Wicked Lasers wowed the internet with their Spyder III super laser, many customers who actually ordered ‘em found themselves high, dry and laserless. Now, another bummer: the FDA has officially decreed that Wicked Lasers’ manufacturing process is no good.

September 25, 2010
Science

How Did One Man Contaminate Half A Billion Eggs?

A single man – poultry tycoon Austin J. DeCoster – was responsible for this year’s salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people across 22 US states and forced a recall of half a billion eggs. How did it get to this point?

July 9, 2010
Science

Telescopic Eye Implants Magnify Life, Help People See Again

Telescopic eye implants have just been approved by the FDA and they’re just as crazy as they sound. It’s literally like attaching a miniature telescope to an eye, magnifying what a person can see by 2.2-2.7 times.

May 18, 2010
Science

Scientists Concerned About Safety Of New Airport X-Ray Scanners

By the end of 2011, two-thirds of US airline passengers will be asked to step through one of 1000 new Rapiscan X-ray machines. But some scientists are concerned about the unprecedented exposure to radiation coming along with them.

May 1, 2010
Science

FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Vaccine

Yesterday, the FDA approved a drug called Provenge. It trains the body’s immune system to fight off advanced prostate cancer. It’s also the first proof we have that immunotherapy works in the fight against the disease.

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