Even omega-3 fatty acids that are added to foods can be a source of confusion.
Rules range from the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which can be a major source of confusion on privacy and security issues, to the 1989 Stark Law which regulates doctor referrals, to the Corporate Practice of Medicine laws which prohibit businesses from employing physicians, and forbid doctors from splitting fees with non-doctors.
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On the other hand, when you stop and think about, among other things, the way the question was framed and the broad scale, the broad cast of the question being asked of people at all different levels of education and information, and so on, it's not terribly surprising, really, that there would be a substantial amount of confusion about this.
In the circumstances, the worst course of action would be to use the present confusion as a pretext for a state of emergency or some other device for curtailing democracy.
"The proliferation of organizations with overlapping oversight and assistance responsibilities is a source of potential confusion among agency personnel and may be an inefficient use of scarce technical resources, " said Jack Brock, director of governmentwide and defense information systems at the General Accounting Office, speaking before Congress in February.
There seems to be a tremendous confusion over who is in control of this and who gave the original orders that allowed this to happen.
To these may be added a familiar mixture of dissent, confusion and parsimony among those who took up arms for Kosovo last year and who must now run the place with the consent of Russia and China.
There seems to be a particular confusion when it comes to the expression of social, moral or religious values in some quarters.
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The confusion and hurt feelings seem to be all a matter of taking that quote out of context.
The win was the 23rd of Wilders' career but will be very welcome as it follows a period on the sidelines after confusion over a routine brain scan which saw him stripped of his titles.
There is some confusion about what the immediate consequences would be of a failure to renew the mandate.
As a result, there can be confusion as well as the use of something that is less than appropriate.
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Although a completely rational robot might be unfazed by the chaos and confusion of the battlefield, it could still make mistakes.
But there should be no confusion, the shot of Bruce at the cafe comes amid a montage of scenes showing each person close to Bruce finding out a bit of information revealing Bruce survived the nuclear blast.
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The Democratic Party received a boost earlier on Friday when anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso appeared alongside party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, saying he wanted to be "at the service of a country that has reached the maximum of confusion".
The Worthington statement to the London Stock Exchange lets it be known that the confusion between these two companies is at the heart of a legal battle Craig Whyte believes he can pursue against the current Ibrox management.
This caused a bit of confusion for my husband, as he thought this meant he would be awake and be able to see the procedure.
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Head teachers have already warned about the risk of confusion and logistical complications when A-levels and Diplomas are both expected to be taught by schools.
Gender confusion prevented a German boy being Matti , because the sex of the baby wouldn't be obvious.
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"The mist of confusion will be cleared only if the regime accepts the party's demand for holding a U.N. inquiry into the assassination as was done in the case of Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri's murder, " said Farhatullah Babar, a spokesman for the party.
"The issue of flexibility in respect of AS certification also needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency, as the option to take a result or not is leading to unnecessary confusion for applicants and higher education institutions alike, " the three bodies warn.
Studies have shown that this type of feedback leads to confusion, and causes a distraction from the essential problem that needs to be fixed.
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