A Benevolent Artificial Intelligence Will Usher In Utopia
A benevolent AI (artificial intelligence) could usher in utopia... but will augmented intelligence destroy it?
4 Ways to Minimize the Risk of an FDA, FTC or Private Plaintiff, Healthcare Fraud Label When Marketing Healthcare Products
Whenever you market a healthcare product, beware of potential FDA and FTC enforcement as well as private plaintiffs who can sue for false advertising, unfair competition, deceptive and misleading [...]
Will FDA Act if You Link Dietary Supplement Claims to Testimonials or Scientific References?
Can a dietary supplement company link to scientific references that show that that the dietary supplement product is effective in treating a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or hypertension?
The Next Healthcare Revolution is Inside You: Wearable Health Tech Legal & Regulatory Issues Will Astound Us
If you want to know where the next healthcare revolution will come from, look inside. Physical medicine becomes virtual medicine, becomes mobile healthcare, becomes wearable health and then [...]
Federal bill to boost health IT innovation by exempting low-risk medical software and mobile apps from FDA regulation
Senators Bennet and Hatch reintroduced the Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers' Health (MEDTECH) Act, to "cut red tape at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and help [...]
FDA Approves 23andMe’s DNA Personal Genome Test for Bloom Syndrome Carrier
FDA approved marketing for 23and Me's Bloom Syndrome Carrier test, months after halting the company's marketing of direct-to-consumer genetic tests. FDA now classifies genetic carrier screening [...]
Daily Journal Publishes “FDA’s General Wellness Guidance is Welcome News”
The Daily Journal published FDA’s General Wellness Guidance is Welcome News by healthcare and FDA lawyer Michael H. Cohen. The article (Cohen.P.0129) goes through FDA's general wellness guidance [...]
9 Keys to Managing Risk of FTC enforcement (especially with anti-aging and weight loss claims)
If you market your healthcare products, FTC enforcement can stop your sales in their tracks. All it takes is a search - yes, good old keywords - and you're in line for significant penalties for [...]
Virtual reality in medicine and health will deepen our access to Spirit
Virtual reality in medicine and health will augment and expand our sense of reality - yet it's only a harbinger of deeper access to consciousness.
Daily Journal publishes “Future of Medicine is Just a Tap Away” as lead front-page article
The Daily Journal, California's largest legal news provider, published Future of Medicine is Just a Tap Away, by healthcare & FDA attorney Michael H. Cohen.
