News tagged with ethical concerns
A more ethical way to compare epilepsy treatments
For the first time, a new research methodology recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration has been used to demonstrate that converting patients from one anti-epileptic drug to another - in this case, lamotrigine ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan
In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Authorship rules for medical journals flouted by pharma industry
(Medical Xpress) -- Rather than ensure the proper attribution of authorship, rules set up by leading medical journals to define and credit authorship of published articles are exploited by the pharmaceutical industry in its ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Health-care reform must respect patient autonomy
As President Obama and Congress weigh changes in the nation's health care system they must avoid creating a system where physicians are financially motivated to pressure patients into mandated treatments that conflict with ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Ethicists: Include pregnant women in national childrens' study
An ambitious new national study that aims to follow children from conception through adulthood will miss a golden opportunity to gather data on the most underrepresented population in clinical research - pregnant women, say ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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