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Samsung may invest in $100M round for medical imaging startup Exo | TechCrunch

adminMay 27, 2025

by adminMay 27, 2025015

Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported,...

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Sybil Shainwald, Lawyer Who Fought for Women’s Health, Dies at 96

adminMay 4, 2025

by adminMay 4, 2025017

Sybil Shainwald, a lawyer who for nearly half a century represented women whose health had been irreparably and often catastrophically harmed by poorly tested drugs...

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Most Prosthetics Blend In. Her ‘Fun’ Eyes Stand Out.

adminMay 1, 2025

by adminMay 1, 2025025

As a maker of prosthetic eyes, Christina Leitzel was told as an apprentice to treat her craft much as an expert art forger would: create...

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Trump’s Next Tariffs Target Could be Foreign-Made Pharmaceuticals

adminApril 4, 2025

by adminApril 4, 2025030

Newer and more expensive medications are more likely to be made in the United States or Europe. Ireland, in particular, has become a hub because...

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FDA-Approved Artificial Blood Vessel Stirs Concerns

adminMarch 24, 2025

by adminMarch 24, 2025035

When the biotech company Humacyte designed a study to see if its lab-grown blood vessel worked, it decided to measure whether blood was flowing freely...

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Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Who Exposed Gaps in Health Care, Dies at 86

adminMarch 14, 2025

by adminMarch 14, 2025026

Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, whose pioneering research found that older patients with breast and pancreatic cancer got subpar treatment and that patients who grill their doctors...

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For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

adminMarch 10, 2025

by adminMarch 10, 2025027

More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor organs, most needing a kidney. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys become available each year. Twelve...

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F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers

adminFebruary 24, 2025

by adminFebruary 24, 2025031

The Food and Drug Administration has reinstated dozens of specialized employees involved in food safety, review of medical devices and other areas who were laid...

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Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried

adminFebruary 23, 2025

by adminFebruary 23, 2025033

A popular medical monitor is the latest device produced in China to receive scrutiny for its potential cyber risks.  However, it is not the only...

Health

FDA Staffed Up to Review AI and Food Safety. Those Hires Are Now Gone.

adminFebruary 21, 2025

by adminFebruary 21, 2025034

In recent years, the Food and Drug Administration hired experts in surgical robots and pioneers in artificial intelligence. It scooped up food chemists, lab-safety monitors...

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