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Monday, 5 August 2019
These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize
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Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down at Army Lab Over Safety Concerns
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Could a 'Tickle' a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
The tickle treatment is called transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS). The procedure involves placing custom-made clips containing electrodes on the part of your ear called the tragus; that's the small, pointed tip above your ear lobe.
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State OKs New Plan to Cut Toxic Pollution at Plant
Sterigenics said last week that it had just submitted an application for a permit for the proposed facility changes. The company has been the target of protests from Smyrna-area residents concerned about the use of a cancer-causing gas, ethylene oxide, in its sterilization process.
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