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The Internet Is Better At Discovering Drug Side Effects Than People Paid To Do It

The Internet Is Better At Discovering Drug Side Effects Than People Paid To Do It

By Dan Seitz

Google, it turns out, might actually be right about your drugs. Remember kids, only use Google-approved drugs.

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FDA
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Shoulder Massagers Decided To Start The Robopocalypse Early

Shoulder Massagers Decided To Start The Robopocalypse Early

By RoboPanda

The FDA has issued an alert about the ShoulderFlex Massager manufactured by King International after one death and one near-strangulation were alleged to have been caused by the device.

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DARPA
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The FDA Is Speeding Up The Process Of Turning Us Into Cyborgs

The FDA Is Speeding Up The Process Of Turning Us Into Cyborgs

By Jon Gutierrez

The FDA notoriously takes forever to approve new drugs and medical procedures, all in the name of so-called "safety" and "preventing flipper-babies.

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Canada
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Are You Still Trying To Quit Smoking?

By Ashley Burns | 7 comments

It’s tough to be a smoker these days, what with everyone trying to stop us from vacationing in Flavor Country.

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ENERGY DRINKS
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Can Anyone Stand In Four Loko’s Way?

Can Anyone Stand In Four Loko’s Way?

By Ashley Burns | 13 comments

It doesn’t take a Nobel-winning chemist to know that the combination of caffeine and alcohol isn’t safe.

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Genetic Engineering
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Does Anyone Know You Like The FDA?

Does Anyone Know You Like The FDA?

By Ashley Burns | 10 comments

As a famously macho man, I don’t like anything that someone could even momentarily mistake as sissyesque.

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Scientists Finally Develop A Gooey, Toothpastey Bandage

Scientists Finally Develop A Gooey, Toothpastey Bandage

By Jon Gutierrez | 1 comment

It's right out of a Sci-Fi movie - a spreadable gene-therapy gel that can be put on wounds to help them heal faster.

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Telescope Eye Implant Gets FDA Approval

Telescope Eye Implant Gets FDA Approval

By RoboPanda

The FDA has just approved the "Implantable Miniature Telescope" from California-based company VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies.

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