A small corps of culinary detectives discovered that sushi restaurants regularly sell fish that makes customers ill, and that Irish supermarkets sell "ground beef" mixed with horsemeat; this is their story.

The treatment lasts about 15 to 30 minutes, repeated over several weeks, and is noninvasive--all the person feels is a slight buzzing, and there are no side effects.

The U.S. medical discovery-to-patient process moves at a glacial pace and is in desperate need of an overhaul; lessons learned in Silicon Valley can be applied to eliminate bottlenecks. How One Mind for Research and FasterCures are collaborating with industry, universities, and government to tackle the issue.

With new requirements to be honest about how well they protect and how easily they come off, new sunscreen regulations are a step forward, but could still result in you not getting the protection you paid for.

If approved by the FDA, Allergan could market its product to teens--and insurers might be more likely to give the go-ahead for the surgery, which can cost up to $20,000.

MobiUS is a simple medical ultrasound imaging system like many others--but it has one rather astonishing bonus: All you need to use it is the wand, some gel, and a smartphone.