FDA Warns About Using Apps to Diagnose Concussions

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers this week against using a phone or tablet exclusively in concussion diagnosis.

“Products being marketed for the assessment, diagnosis, or management of a head injury, including concussion, that have not been approved or cleared by the FDA are in violation of the law,” said Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, in a statement. If the FDA takes action against specific companies or devices though warning letters, it will post them publicly, according to Popular Science.

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