Stent Surgery Could Be a Lasting Solution for ED ?
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is the inability to develop or maintain erection of the penis. ED is a sexual dysfunction commonly known as male impotence. Some of the important causes of ED include...
View ArticleFDA 101 ?
FDA 101 is a part of FDA, Food and Drug Administration's transparency initiative. It was initiated to explain to the public what the agency does, in a user-friendly manner.
View ArticleThe FDA's CORE Network
CORE Network is the FDA's comprehensive plan aimed at managing outbreak response and coordinating post-response activities. CORE Network stands for Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network.
View ArticleThe MDUFA -a brief understanding
The MDUFA stands for Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act.This term is quite self-explanatory. It means the fee the FDA collects from medical device manufacturers to review medical devices and...
View ArticleThe Medical Gas Safety Act
Although in use for long before the birth of the FDA in 1938; medical oxygen had an initiative undertaken for its safe use only with the passage of The Medical Gas Safety Act by the FDA in 2006.
View ArticleProduct changes and new 510 (K) submissions
One of the most common questions that medical device manufacturers face is about when to make new 510 (K) -relating to premarket notification -submissions when changes are made into the product. A 510...
View ArticleThe Orphan Drug Act ?
One of the landmark legislations of the US Congress, the Orphan Drug Act, completed three decades of its existence in the first week of January, 2013. At the time of its passage, it was hailed as a...
View ArticleThe Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) From GlobalCompliancePanel
As one of the leading economies of the world with all-round development; the US attaches an extremely high degree of importance to food safety. Since large sections of the diverse population eats food...
View ArticleMarketing A Medical Device From GlobalComplaincePanel
If manufacturing a medical device is one thing; marketing it is an altogether different one. It obviously goes without saying that a manufactured product is useless in itself unless it reaches the market.
View ArticleFDA regulation of pet food
The FDA regulates food meant for both humans and pets. Regulating animal food is done through its wing, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).
View ArticleUnderstanding Hospital Information Systems
At its core, the concept of Hospital Information Systems (HIS), also sometimes referred to as Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS) is self-explanatory. It can be referred to as the hub in...
View ArticleWhat is hospital management?
Hospital management is a broad area that relates to management of all aspects of a hospital. It may be termed as the pivot that coordinates all elements of a hospital, ranging from patient care to...
View ArticleWeight loss surgery as cure for Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes, as we are all aware, is a killer disease. One in about nine Americans has diabetes, and most diabetics are Type 2 diabetics, meaning that the body does not produce enough insulin to balance...
View ArticleGene therapy for cancer
Being one of the potent killers of mankind; cancer has no known, completely effective cure. Although treatments aimed at managing cancer and reducing mortality have been around for some time and have...
View ArticleWhat is biodiversity?
Biodiversity is a term used to describe the biological diversity of the entire planet. In this are included all varieties and species of life, ranging from the smallest to the most complex....
View ArticleEating disorders -anorexia nervosa
An abnormality in a person's eating habits is the simplest definition of an eating disorder. These disorders may take the form of excessive dieting in order to remain slim in a condition known as...
View ArticleEating disorders II-bulimia
Bulimia is a condition in which a person having it consumes extremely high quantities of food. This is done compulsively, almost as quickly as finishing which, the person throws out everything of what...
View ArticleWhat is Nutrition ?
Nutrition starts from the womb, and in most cases, ends in the tomb. We all need it from start to finish. This is an indication of how important food and nutrition have been for mankind's...
View ArticleWhat is skin care?
Beauty is skin deep", is an age-old aphorism, but in science, the skin is not something that needs being belittled. It is a very important part of the human body. It is the largest organ in the human...
View ArticlePreventing skin cancer
Skin cancer is fastest growing kind of cancer in the US. It is estimated that one in less than nine Americans has skin cancer. If a person reaches the age of 65; he or she is likely to be one of about...
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