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TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a problem in the OR
By Stacey Naggiar and Kerri Zimmer  NBC News    A new report suggests doctors across the country are…
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C-HIT Story Sparks US Senators’ Request For Probe of State Medical Boards Physician Oversight
New Haven Independent by Lisa Chedekel | Feb 20, 2012 8:00 pm.   Three U.S. senators are asking…
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Substantially Unsafe – Medical Devices Pose Great Threat to Patients; safeguards Must be Strengthened, Not Weakened
February 2012  www.citizen.org   Regulation of medical devices—a $350 billion industry that includes…
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