More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might keep their brains safe. But does it work?
Category: Food and Drug Administration
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Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?
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Can a Federally Funded ‘Netflix Model’ Fix the Broken Market for Antibiotics?
The New York Times – Business:Shortages and drug-resistant germs have renewed attention on a $6 billion proposal in Congress that would reconfigure the way antimicrobial drugs are developed and sold.
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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
The New York Times – Business:But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.
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Supreme Court Refuses to Block California’s Ban on Flavored Tobacco
The New York Times – Business:The state’s voters had overwhelmingly supported letting a two-year-old law take effect, and lower courts had refused to put it on hold.
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Vaping Settlement by Juul Is Said to Total $1.7 Billion
The New York Times – Business:The proposed deal would resolve thousands of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation based in Northern California.
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Lasik Patients Should Be Warned of Complications, FDA Draft Says
The New York Times – Business:Draft recommendations by the agency describe dry eyes, visual disturbances and other side effects of the procedure. Surgeons say the benefits are being ignored.
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Juul Agrees to Settle Thousands of Vaping Lawsuits
The New York Times – Business:The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend fueled the teenage vaping crisis.
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FDA Report Faults Agency’s Food Unit for Leaderless Dysfunction
The New York Times – Business:Spurred by the infant formula crisis, a panel found that the agency shied away from tough decisions, sometimes fearing confrontations with industry over enforcement of critical public health issues.
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FDA Considering New Approach to Blood Donation by Gay and Bisexual Men
The New York Times – Business:The agency may put in place a personalized risk assessment to replace the current prohibition on men who have had sex with men in the previous three months.
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Hemp-Fed Cows Get Buzzed, Study Finds, but Will Humans Who Drink Their Milk?
The New York Times – Business:Hemp with high THC content given to Holsteins leached into their milk, according to a group of German scientists exploring the food chain for dairy production.