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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked manufacturers of reusable duodenoscopes to provide more information on disinfection of those instruments.  Scopes are used in about 500,000 procedures annually,...

Unfortunately, in the medical field, doctors and other medical personnel often make mistakes.  Though we typically expect that physicians won’t make egregious errors, this is not always the case.  In a recent...

Under federal law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was required to investigate the controversial topic of forced arbitration.  Arbitration is a method of resolving legal disputes that does not involve...

The Associated Press recently reported that a new study has found that medical professionals “frequently misdiagnose breast tissue.”  In many situations, this causes some women to undergo treatment that is...

We have previously blogged about the ongoing debate over the use of power morcellators in a number of gynecological surgeries.  In particular, the device is typically used in laparoscopic surgeries of women...