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J&J must pay $4 million in punitive damages in latest asbestos cancer trial | Reuters
Johnson and Johnson will pay $4 million to a woman who said she got mesothelioma from being exposed to asbestos in Johnson and Johnson baby powder. The company is also currently dealing with 9000 cases alleging that its talc products cause ovarian cancer.
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Artificial intelligence is evolving fast. Can the FDA keep up? | Stat
So far this year, the FDA has approved three products that diagnose problems with AI Most recently, on May 24, the agency approved a product that uses AI to diagnose wrist fractures.
Data Cubed's ResQ app uses video game technology to tackle opioid addiction | Medcity News
Data Cubed is one of five finalists in the Robert Wood Johnson Opioid Challenge, whose winners will be announced in September. In the ResQ app, a user moves an avatar through a city.
With new approval, MemoryMD preparing to distribute its wearable EEG system | Mobihealthnews
The FDA has cleared MemoryMD's EEG headset, a device called the NeuroCap that nurses and medical assistants can use in hospitals for easier-to-deploy EEGs.
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They shared drugs. Someone died. Does that make them killers? | The New York Times
A man and woman though they were buying heroin, but it was actually fentanyl. The woman died, and the man was charged with murder.
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