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[TRENDING NEWS] The F.D.A. Is in Trouble. Here’s How to Fix It.

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Author: BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: January 12, 2020 at 05:00AM Some New Year’s resolutions for the incoming boss.

[TRENDING NEWS] These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize

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Author: RONI CARYN RABIN - Publish Date: August 6, 2019 at 07:00AM Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market.

[TRENDING NEWS] To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing

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Author: EMILY S. RUEB - Publish Date: July 9, 2019 at 07:00AM Why do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less startling and more informative. Listen here.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Trade War Spreads to Mexico, Companies Lose a Safe Harbor

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Author: BEN CASSELMAN - Publish Date: June 1, 2019 at 07:00AM Trade tensions led American companies to shift operations to Mexico from China. President Trump’s latest tariff threat has upended that strategy.

[TRENDING NEWS] When Medical Devices Go Unregulated

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Author: THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: May 4, 2019 at 07:00AM Patients suffer as the F.D.A. fails to adequately screen or monitor products.