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Technology

Brain-machine interface startup Paradromics closes $7M seed funding round | Mobihealthnews

With their technology, developers at Paradromics want to help people with blindness and deafness use prosthetic devices to connect to the world around them.

Google is hiring people to work on improving visits to the doctor's office with voice and touch technology | CNBC

Google is hiring for its Medical Digital Assist project, looking for people to use voice technology to make care more accurate and accessible. The project is part of Google Brain, itself part of Google's AI division.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA clears first generic film strip of addiction drug Suboxone | The Associated Press

Mylan and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories will sell the generic version of the strip. Brand-name Subxone costs $200 per month; with this approval, regulators hope to make the drug more accessible for more people.

Safety, quality and clinical practice

Scant abortion-related ER visits suggest there's no medical basis for restrictive laws, study says | Los Angeles Times

More people go to the emergency room because of colonoscopies and wisdom-tooth-removal surgeries than they do because of abortions, according to a new study. The findings support the argument that abortions are safer than many procedures legislators don't seem interested in regulating.

In other news

Kellogg issues massive Honey Smacks cereal recall over Salmonella risk | Reuters

Kellogg is recalling 1.3 million cases of Honey Smacks across the U.S. because they might be contain salmonella. This is the latest salmonella outbreak in the U.S.; contaminated melon was recalled earlier this month.