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Medical products are devices, equipment, instruments, and software that are used for diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases and medical conditions.

 They might include home testing or sample collection kits, assistive canes and walkers, medical apps, or wearable items like adult diapers or compression stockings. Regulations help protect the effectiveness and safety of medical products.

Common Questions & Answers

What are common types of medical products?
Commonly used medical products include home glucose monitors for diabetes, nerve stimulation devices for migraine, adaptive disability devices, reading glasses to support vision loss, walkers, apps to support people with a specific health condition, and wearables to track certain health problems.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures the safety and effectiveness of any medical product you use. Federal regulations require medical devices to meet certain requirements before retailers can legally sell them in the United States.

Proper use of medical products helps you get the most support for your condition, accurate testing results, or the correct protection against disease or injury. It also minimizes the risk of unwanted effects or errors.

Medical devices assist in various therapeutic interventions by detecting problems, measuring levels, or otherwise adjusting or restoring the body’s structure and function to achieve a health goal. This usually does not involve the immune system or the use of chemicals.
The key to using any medical product is to closely follow the instructions and seek advice from a healthcare professional before use.
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Justin Laube, MD, is a board-certified integrative and internal medicine physician, a teacher, and a consultant with extensive expertise in integrative health, medical education, and trauma healing.

He graduated with a bachelor's in biology from the University of Wisconsin and a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. During medical school, he completed a graduate certificate in integrative therapies and healing practices through the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. He completed his three-year residency training in internal medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles on the primary care track and a two-year fellowship in integrative East-West primary care at the UCLA Health Center for East-West Medicine.

He is currently taking a multiyear personal and professional sabbatical to explore the relationship between childhood trauma, disease, and the processes of healing. He is developing a clinical practice for patients with complex trauma, as well as for others going through significant life transitions. He is working on a book distilling the insights from his sabbatical, teaching, and leading retreats on trauma, integrative health, mindfulness, and well-being for health professionals, students, and the community.

Previously, Dr. Laube was an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Health Center for East-West Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he provided primary care and integrative East-West medical consultations. As part of the faculty, he completed a medical education fellowship and received a certificate in innovation in curriculum design and evaluation. He was the fellowship director at the Center for East-West Medicine and led courses for physician fellows, residents, and medical students.

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Asal Naderi, MD, is an assistant clinical professor of allergy and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Her areas of focus include allergic rhinitis, asthma, chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis, chronic urticaria, angioedema, food allergy, drug allergy, and primary immunodeficiencies.

She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California Los Angeles and then received her medical degree from Saint Louis University. She completed her internal medicine residency at University of California Irvine, and her fellowship at the University of California Irvine. She has been a principal investigator in clinical trials for asthma as well as chronic sinusitis.

Outside of the office, she enjoys exercising, cooking and spending time with her family and friends.

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Rabia de Latour, MD, is a therapeutic endoscopist and gastroenterologist at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where she serves as the director of endoscopy and chief sustainability officer at Bellevue Hospital. She is the host of Sirius XM Doctor Radio Internal Medicine Show.
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Resources
  1. Medical devices. World Health Organization.
  2. Products and Medical Procedures. Food and Drug Administration. October 5, 2023.

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