The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released guidance on mobile medical applications to inform manufacturers and distributors which applications would need evaluation and approval by the agency. It seeks public comment on the document through Oct. 19. According to its draft recommendations produced public on July 19, the agency would regulate a little group…
FDA Looks to Technologies to assist Secure Drug Supply
On 3 separate occasions in recent months, the Food and Drug Administration nabbed counterfeit drugs off the Internet—from 24 different Web sites. On a global scale, more than 10 percent of the drugs sold around the world are counterfeit, according to the World Health Organization. The problem, in existence for years, appears to be worsening.…
FDA Considers Web to Study Protected Prescribing
Internet surfers who kind “migraine” or “chronic headaches” into search engines can soon obtain themselves facing a solicitation from the Federal Drug Administration. As lawsuits move by way of the courts about the function of pain-reliever Vioxx in heart attacks, the FDA is thinking about no matter if the net could be utilised to determine…
FDA Approves Surgical RFID Tag
Perhaps a bit far more practical than the implantable RFID chip with patient knowledge approved by the FDA a few months ago, this tag—dubbed the SurgiChip—aims to provide health care workers with accurate surgical details and possibly prevent errors such as the performance of surgery on the incorrect body part or the execution of the…
FCC Launches Wellness Networks Initiative
A federally funded initiative will connect well being care providers and establishments serving rural communities, creating it less difficult for people today living in those locations to get far better well being care at a reasonable expense. The Federal Communications Commission has allocated $417 million to help construct 69 statewide or regional broadband telehealth networks…
Blackhole Exploit Kit Behind USPS Attack
Blackhole Exploit Kit Behind USPS Attack Cyber-attackers hacked one of the websites belonging to the U.S. Postal Service to redirect guests to an attack portal containing Trojans. The attackers utilized a kit to launch the Javascript attack. The USPS national customer assistance center, ribbs.usps.gov, was compromised using the Blackhole Exploit Kit, researchers at Zscaler said…
BlackBerry Bold Tops New Radiation Ranking
BlackBerry Bold Tops New Radiation Ranking Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 scores the highest among popular smartphones for exposing users towards the highest legal levels of cellular phone radiation, in accordance with the latest 2010 Environmental Operating Group ranking. Following the Bold 9700 are the Motorola Droid, the LG Chocolate and Google’s HTC Nexus…
Black Hat Hacker Says Insulin Pump Maker Medtronic Belittles Security Flaw
Black Hat Hacker Says Insulin Pump Maker Medtronic Belittles Security Flaw At the Black Hat security conference earlier this month in Las Vegas, a security researcher stood on stage and demonstrated how a malicious third party could transmit wireless commands to remotely disable his insulin pump. During his Aug. four demonstration, Jerome Radcliffe declined to…
BitLeaps LeapServ Catches Data
BitLeaps LeapServ Catches Data Employing tape backup and recovery had proved unreliable for years at Danlee Medical Items. The final straw came in 2005 when the company realized its tape backup technique hadnt worked for a month straight. So Danlee turned to Laptop Connected Technologies, a resolution provider in Liverpool, N.Y., for support. CRT knew…
Biowarfare and Wellness IT: Spoiling Brand USA
Biowarfare and Wellness IT: Spoiling Brand USA Market-based solutions call for a market place. But this market need to have not be merely the average consumer. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has tried to stimulate business investment in medicines for the developing planet by guaranteeing a market for resulting items. The understanding is “If…