Marketing “wearable caffeine” can get you in trouble with FTC, the regulatory watchdog over advertising
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Marketing “wearable caffeine” can get you in trouble with FTC, the regulatory watchdog over advertising

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to settle charges with two marketing companies promoting "shapewear garments" with "slimming claims for caffeine-infused products." FTC vigorously [...]

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Wearable Health Technology: Health Care Dream or Privacy Nightmare? (published by LegalZoom)
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Wearable Health Technology: Health Care Dream or Privacy Nightmare? (published by LegalZoom)

LegalZoom published Wearable Health Technology: Health Care Dream or Privacy Nightmare, on the heels of Apple's announcement of the Apple Watch. The article makes the point that the Apple Watch [...]

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FTC requires mobile apps to include disclosures, adding to FDA mobile medical app regulatory requirements
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FTC requires mobile apps to include disclosures, adding to FDA mobile medical app regulatory requirements

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that mobile apps need to provide consumers with more disclosures, and also protect the privacy and security of consumer data--thus adding to the [...]

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Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks
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Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks

The private practice of medicine increasingly is disappearing or morphing into concierge medicine, direct pay, or practice through giant health systems, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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