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Neurosurgeon Driven by Greed Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence. Prosecutors allege Dr. Aria Sabit profited by performing unnecessary invasive spinal surgeries.

Million-dollar lawsuit claims surgical fire ruined 86-year-old woman's life. Suit: Prep wasn't allowed to fully dry before electrocautery, she says.

Prosecutor: New England Compounding Center president viewed company as his "personal ATM machine". NECC head pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 patients.

UnitedHealth acquires Surgical Care Affiliates in $2.3 Billion deal. Insurance giant adds outpatient surgery chain of 205 surgical facilities to its growing roster of doctor groups and clinics.

Trial to begin for pharmacist linked to deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. Opening arguments set for Monday in trial of Barry Cadden, the owner of the New England Compounding Center.

FDA: Battery-powered mobile medical carts could be a fire hazard. The agency has received reports of explosions, fires, smoking and overheating related to lithium batteries.

Trendelenburg patient's fall leads to long legal battle. Surveillance video contradicts patient's claims, limits damage.

$1.2 Million awarded in anesthesia death. Anesthesiologist says it was a pre-existing blood clot -- not his off-target nerve block -- that caused patient's death.

In rare move, FDA bans powdered gloves. Agency says powdered gloves present an unreasonable health risk to medical professionals and their patients.

CRNAs left out of new VA policy. Department of Veterans Affairs to withhold full authority from nurse anesthetists and maintain the physician-led model.

Cellphone-assisted surgery? After power outage, Ohio surgeon completes surgery aided by light from her staff's cellphones.

Senate finance committee takes aim at concurrent and overlapping surgeries. The first would be prohibited, the second more tightly regulated.

Negligence complaint ties lung paralysis to improper placement of regional block. Man alleges his permanent lung injury occurred during placement of interscalene brachial plexus nerve block.

Surgeons remove thyroid gland by making 3 small incisions inside the mouth underneath lower lip. Endoscopic transnoral thyroidectomy is part of a near-scarless endoscopy evolution.

Anesthesiologist dealing with fallout following racially insensitive Facebook post about First Lady.

Bill promotes pricing transparency and protects physicians from EHR penalties. The Senate is expected to vote on the 21st Century Cures Act early next week.

Donald Trump picks staunch Obamacare critic Tom Price, MD, as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 6-term representative from Georgia has a detailed plan for replacing Obamacare.

Appendectomy patients don't need an overnight stay. Researchers found little differences when they compared patients discharged on the day of an operation with those hospitalized overnight.

A look back at OR Excellence.

Drug-resistant fungus linked to 4 deaths in U.S. hospitals. The CDC says Candida auris has been identified in a total of 13 cases here.