Medical Devices
From simple items like tongue depressors and bedpans to complex technologies such as pacemakers, surgical implants and prosthetics, learn how FDA-regulated medical devices affect you.
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Medical Devices
- Is It Really 'FDA Approved?'
- Help Keep a Sick Child Safe: Learn How to Use a Hospital Crib
- FDA Encourages More Participation, Diversity in Clinical Trials
- The 3Rs of 3D Printing: FDA's Role
- How to Report Product Problems and Complaints to the FDA
- What Women Should Know About Essure Permanent Birth Control
- Cochlear Implants: A Different Kind of 'Hearing'
- 'Lucky 13' Tips for a Safe Halloween
- Mammography: What You Need to Know
- Dianne Murphy: A Unique Insight Into the World of Pediatric Medicine
- Traumatic Brain Injury: FDA Research and Actions
- Treating Head Lice
- What to Know When Buying or Using a Breast Pump
- Contact Lens Solutions With Hydrogen Peroxide: To Avoid Injury, Follow All Instructions
- Medical Devices that Treat Obesity: What to Know
- Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC): A "Cool" Trend that Lacks Evidence, Poses Risks
- Colorectal Cancer: What You Should Know
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: March 2016
- Always Tired? You May Have Sleep Apnea
- 'Colored' and Decorative Contact Lenses: A Prescription Is A Must
- Focusing on Contact Lens Safety
- What To Know If Your Child Wants Contact Lenses
- Improving Your Odds for Cervical Health
- Shoring Up the Still-Emerging Science of Neonatology
- FDA Proposes New Safety Measures for Indoor Tanning Devices: The Facts
- Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays
- Fighting Diabetes' Deadly Impact on Minorities
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: June 2015
- FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: April 2015
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: March - April 2015
- FDA’s MedWatch Safety Alerts for Consumers: December 2014 – February 2015
- Don't be Misled by "Latex Free" Claims
- Laser Toys: Not Always Child's Play
- Avoid Fetal "Keepsake" Images, Heartbeat Monitors
- More Choices Available for Diabetes Management
- FDA Builds Closer Ties with Mexico
- 3D Technologies Poised to Change How Doctors Diagnose Cancers
- Treating Migraines: More Ways to Fight the Pain
- FDA Explores New Uses for MRI Scans
- WANTED: Consumers to Report Problems
- Filling in Wrinkles Safely
- Personalized Medicine and Companion Diagnostics Go Hand-in-Hand
- Did You Know? FDA Supports Research to Reduce Health Disparities
- FDA Teams Up for Novel Campaign on Risks of Decorative Contact Lenses
- Blood Pressure Monitoring Kiosks Aren't for Everyone
- Protecting Your Vision: Facts and Fiction
- Beware of False or Misleading Claims for Treating Autism
- FDA Broadens Its Vocabulary
- FDA Historians Share Lessons From Agency's Past
- Five Tips for a Safer Spring Break
- FDA Speeds Innovation in Rare Disease Therapies
- Devices in Public Places Restart Hearts
- Some Wart Removers are Flammable
- Check Adult Portable Bed Rails Often for Safer Use
- Nipple Aspirate Test is No Substitute for Mammogram
- Hearing Loss Signals Need for Diagnosis
- FDA Helping to Advance Treatments Tailored to You
- Island Office Protects Consumers Near and Far
- Keeping Up with Progress in Mobile Medical Apps
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Don't Be Misled
- Safety Problems With Your Child's Medical Device?
- FDA Forges Partnerships in Latin America
- Users of Last CFC Inhalers Must Soon Switch
- Clinical Trials Shed Light on Minority Health
- FDA Invention Fights Counterfeit Malaria Drugs
- FDA Wants YOU (to Get Involved)
- Making Health and Health Care Equal for All
- Zebrafish Make a Splash in FDA Research
- FDA Team Advances Women's Health
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2013
- 5 Things to Know About Breast Implants
- Report Kids' Problems With Medical Products
- Searching Online for 'Hemorrhoids'?
- Inked and Regretful: Removing Tattoos
- Jonca Bull: FDA Fights Health Disparities
- Making Medical Devices Safer at Home
- Is Rinsing Your Sinuses Safe?
- FDA Continues Dialogue on 'Nano' Regulation
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2012
- Toothbrush Can Chip Teeth and Cause Choking
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: January 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2011
- FDA Targets Risks From Reused Medical Devices
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: November 2011
- FDA Targets Gastric Band Weight-Loss Claims
- Consumer Update: FDA and Partners Working to Prevent Surgical Fires
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: October 2011
- Don't Be Fooled By Health Fraud Scams
- Improperly Discarded 'Sharps' Can Be Dangerous
- How Is Diabetes Treated in Children?
- Oct. 20 Webinar - FDA's MedWatch System: How to Report Adverse Events
- Do Baby Products Prevent SIDS? FDA Says No
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: September 2011
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: August 2011
- FDA Modernizing Regulatory Science
- July 28 Webinar: Home Use of Medical Devices
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: June 2011
- FDA Proposes Health 'App' Guidelines
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: May 2011
- Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants: Updated Safety Information
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