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Testimony from a psychiatrist in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has highlighted how clinical documentation, incomplete information, and retrospective interpretation of psychiatric records can become central evidence in legal proceedings without resolving underlying questions of diagnosis or criminal responsibility.

A Georgia woman alleges that a pathology specimen mix-up led to an erroneous cancer diagnosis and an unnecessary hysterectomy. The lawsuit highlights the potential consequences of laboratory identification failures and diagnostic verification breakdowns.

A legal nurse consultant outlines what nurses can expect during a deposition and how attorneys use deposition testimony. The guidance emphasizes preparation, accuracy, and legal counsel during pretrial proceedings.

A case of chemotherapy-induced menopause left unmanaged for six years prompted a physician’s pointed critique of survivorship care failures, highlighting the clinical and legal stakes of untreated premature ovarian insufficiency following gonadotoxic therapy.

ACOG released its first maternal immunization schedule formally diverging from federal vaccine recommendations, following its February 2026 withdrawal from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices over concerns about the committee’s scientific integrity.

An Oregon gastroenterology group was hit with a $25M wrongful death verdict after a 43-year-old patient with obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension died during a routine outpatient colonoscopy, with liability centered on the decision to perform the procedure in a lower-acuity setting despite a risk profile that plaintiffs argued warranted a hospital environment.