Tag: Food and Drug Administration

23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup. When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Woj­ci­c­ki on the cover of Fast Com­pa­ny’s Novem­ber issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the com­pa­n… http://flip.it/UoyAS Related … Continue reading 23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

FDA and 23andme: why they did it

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Why The FDA Can’t Be Flexible With 23andMe, By Law David Kroll, forbes.com “One of the challenges is the world has been evolving and yet we have legislation that reflects a different era.”– Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Almost a year ago, at the inau­gur­al Forbes… http://flip.it/690F3 Related articles Why The FDA … Continue reading FDA and 23andme: why they did it

FDA puts foot down on 23andme

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

No DNA Testing For You, Thanks to the FDA By Nick Gillespie, thedailybeast.com Per­son­al genet­ic tests are safe, inno­v­a­tive, and the future of med­i­cine. So why is the most trans­par­ent admin­is­tra­tion ever shut­ting down a cheap and pop­u­lar ser­vice? Because it can. In its infi­nite wis­dom, the Food and Drug… http://flip.it/Np3Bq Related articles Nick Gillespie: … Continue reading FDA puts foot down on 23andme

FDA reigning in medical apps

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

FDA to start reining in the Wild West of medical apps by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, cnet.com The FDA says it is only regulating products that turn smartphones into medical devices it already oversees, such as apps that let your phone act as an electronic stethoscope or give feedback on CPR. The Wild West of mobile … Continue reading FDA reigning in medical apps

23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

How to use 23andMe without giving up your genetic privacy Sarah A. Downey, venturebeat.com Sarah A. Downey is an attor­ney, pri­va­cy ana­lyst, and writer at Abine, an online pri­va­cy start­up in Boston. Find her on Twit­ter @SarahADowney. If you’re like me, the idea of know­ing what’s in your genet­ic pro­file is both… http://flip.it/GpsmW Related articles … Continue reading 23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

Pesticides found in pregnant U.S. women in UCSF study – SFGate

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Toxics found in pregnant U.S. women in UCSF study - SFGate. Related articles Flame Retardant Exposure Among Pregnant Women Drops in California Following Ban (counselheal.com)

FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG | Crave – CNET

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Network Science

FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG | Crave - CNET. Related articles FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG (news.cnet.com) more information on the ninth day at M.I.M (pediatricianfuture.wordpress.com) How EKG Courses Are Presented (basictelemetryclass.wordpress.com)

The American Society of Pharmacognosy

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

  pharmacognosy.us News & Announcements Jan­u­ary 3rd, 2013 “On New Year’s Eve of 2012, the US Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) announced its approval of cro­fele­mer (Fulyzaq™, Salix Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Ltd., Raleigh, North Car­oli­na) — mark­ing the sec­… http://flip.it/CYKFs The American Society of Pharmacognosy Related articles Salix Wins FDA Approval of Dragon's Blood Drug for Diarrhea … Continue reading The American Society of Pharmacognosy

FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression By Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com Today the Unit­ed States Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion approved a device that treats depres­sion using… mag­nets. About 14.8 mil­lion Amer­i­can adults, or 6.7 per­cent of the U.S. adult pop­u­la­tion, are diag­nosed with major depres­sion in … RT @FastCompany: FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating … Continue reading FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression

FDA finally tries to regulate pharma social media, God Help Them

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Security & Privacy

FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information pharma-mkting.com Two days after Christ­mas, on Decem­ber 27, 2011, while most of us were still on vaca­tion, the FDA qui­et­ly issued “Guid­ance for Indus­try Respond­ing to Unso­licit­ed Requests for Off-Label Infor­ma­tion About Pre­scrip­tion Drugs and Med­ical… RT @pharmaguy: FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests … Continue reading FDA finally tries to regulate pharma social media, God Help Them

Biomimetic design kick starts

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Kickstart a Voronoi Design App for Biomimetic Bookshelves and More core77.com Last weekend, New York saw the opening of its first ever Museum of Math (MoMATH)—the first one in the States—which, for all its kid-friendly attractions, probably doesn’t delve into higher-order phenomena such as, say, Voronoi diagrams, in which a… RT @core77: Kickstart a Voronoi … Continue reading Biomimetic design kick starts

33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy, Systems Science

Study Finds A Third Of NYC’s Seafood Is Mislabeled, Posing Health Risks Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (J Dailey)It isn’t just Los Angeles that is having a problem with mislabeled fish — a new study that tested seafood on menus, at grocery stores and in fancy specialty shops in New York City says plenty of the … Continue reading 33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC