IBM promised to revolutionize healthcare with their famous AI supercomputer Watson. An AI doctor with all the knowledge from all the worlds medical research.

Kent cigarettes thought they struck gold in 1952 when they unveiled the  “greatest health protection in cigarette history”, an innovative new filter called Micronite.

This super absorbent tampon's slogan was “it even absorbs the worry.”

Nothing fosters confidence in dental care like a brand specializing in weapons. In the 1960s...

Thalidomide was a pharmaceutical innovation that caused severe birth defects.

Theranos promised to make blood-testing easier, cheaper and less painful.

Do you sometimes feel nervous, irritable or sad? If you are a woman, then you might suffer from hysteria.

A lobotomy was a surgical procedure to treat psychiatric symptoms by destroying brain tissue in the prefrontal cortex.

The artificial trachea did not work. Macciarini was convicted of clinical misconduct and research fraud. The scandal cost many people their lives

Psychological debriefing was a new form of psychological treatment introduced to prevent these psychological problems.

The biggest advantage was that the insulin no longer needed to be injected with syringes.