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Surgeons have implanted a pacemaker in the abdomen of a 16-year-old patient to help treat a debilitating stomach condition that can cause symptoms such as nausea and bloating and result in malnourishment and significant weight loss. This is the first ... Read More
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that new requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) would go into effect today. The new regulations are aimed at making children’s products safer and increasing consumer confidence in the ... Read More
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a warning to diabetes health care professionals, hospital risk managers and patients about a brand of glucose test strips that may falsely report elevated blood glucose results, which may mask significant hypoglycemia ... Read More
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