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Tag: MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ETHICS
Synthetic biology: Risk reduction, uncertainty and ethics
Joyce Tait, Innogen Founder and co-Director, has an interdisciplinary background in natural and social sciences including risk assessment and regulation, policy analysis, technology management, strategic and operational decision making in companies and public bodies. Tait speaks about re-engineering biological components…
‘True scientific integrity calls for customization, not standardization’
It is It is a much-discussed question in academia: what is threatening scientific integrity and what can we do about it? Horbach’s research reveals that the Achilles heel of scientific integrity tends to be carelessness and the processes themselves. Two…
Synthetic biology: Risk reduction, uncertainty and ethics
Joyce Tait, Innogen Founder and co-Director, has an interdisciplinary background in natural and social sciences including risk assessment and regulation, policy analysis, technology management, strategic and operational decision making in companies and public bodies. Tait speaks about re-engineering biological components…
‘True scientific integrity calls for customization, not standardization’
It is It is a much-discussed question in academia: what is threatening scientific integrity and what can we do about it? Horbach’s research reveals that the Achilles heel of scientific integrity tends to be carelessness and the processes themselves. Two…
How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults and what to do about it
New report outlines common sense approaches to solving America’s healthcare cost crisis
How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults and what to do about it
New report outlines common sense approaches to solving America’s healthcare cost crisis
ESMO reaffirms commitment to education as key lever to make cancer prevention effective
World Cancer Day 2020
The Human Brain Project is coming to Athens with an exciting Open Day on February 3, 2020
On February 3rd, 2020 the European Human Brain Project (HBP) will hold its annual Open Day at Megaron International Conference Centre in Athens, Greece. The Open Day is the biggest annual outreach event of the HBP and presents the latest…
The Human Brain Project is coming to Athens with an exciting Open Day on February 3, 2020
On February 3rd, 2020 the European Human Brain Project (HBP) will hold its annual Open Day at Megaron International Conference Centre in Athens, Greece. The Open Day is the biggest annual outreach event of the HBP and presents the latest…
Ethics and Human Research, January-February 2020
Exploitation in ‘crowdsourced’ research, oversight of right-to-try access to experimental drugs, and more
Ethics and Human Research, January-February 2020
Exploitation in ‘crowdsourced’ research, oversight of right-to-try access to experimental drugs, and more
Action needed to ensure research is carried out ethically in global health emergencies
Governments, funders, and research bodies must take action to ensure that research is undertaken ethically during global health emergencies, says a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Lancet Planetary Health: Discriminatory redlining practices in the 1930s associated with present-day rates of emergency department visits due to asthma
Current rates of emergency department visits due to asthma are around 2.4 times higher in areas that were redlined – deprioritised for mortgage investment- in the 1930s, than in areas rated as the least risky investments (63.5 versus 26.5 visits…
Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires new approach
Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in Science
ICUs receive higher satisfaction scores for end-of-life care than other hospital units
The findings may inform care in other parts of the hospital to improve end-of-life experiences
ICUs receive higher satisfaction scores for end-of-life care than other hospital units
The findings may inform care in other parts of the hospital to improve end-of-life experiences
Study: Pharmaceutical companies marketing stimulants to physicians
Boston – Results of a new study show that a large number of physicians in the US may have received marketing payments from pharmaceutical companies that produce stimulant medications. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Grayken Center for…
New research uses physiological cues to distinguish computer-generated faces from human ones
Human heartbeats are the basis of the science, published in SPIE and IS&T’s Journal of Electronic Imaging
Study: Pharmaceutical companies marketing stimulants to physicians
Boston – Results of a new study show that a large number of physicians in the US may have received marketing payments from pharmaceutical companies that produce stimulant medications. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Grayken Center for…
Cultural difference play crucial role in when people would sacrifice one to save group
Cultural differences play a pivotal role in how people in different parts of the world perceive when it is acceptable to sacrifice one person to save a larger group, new research has shown. An innovative new research, led by Edmond…
New research uses physiological cues to distinguish computer-generated faces from human ones
Human heartbeats are the basis of the science, published in SPIE and IS&T’s Journal of Electronic Imaging
Cultural difference play crucial role in when people would sacrifice one to save group
Cultural differences play a pivotal role in how people in different parts of the world perceive when it is acceptable to sacrifice one person to save a larger group, new research has shown. An innovative new research, led by Edmond…
ISSCR statement on ethical standards for stem cell-based embryo models
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see…
Judges deny abortion care to teens
Minors seeking to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent face denial, humiliation in court
ISSCR statement on ethical standards for stem cell-based embryo models
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see…
ISSCR statement on ethical standards for stem cell-based embryo models
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see…
Judges deny abortion care to teens
Minors seeking to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent face denial, humiliation in court
Judges deny abortion care to teens
Minors seeking to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent face denial, humiliation in court
Vermont releases report by nation’s first state-led AI taskforce
Recommendations include the establishment of a permanent commission
Vermont releases report by nation’s first state-led AI taskforce
Recommendations include the establishment of a permanent commission
PREVAC-UP: The Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccination extends follow-up
Public health efforts successfully stopped human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus in West Africa in 2016 after the worst Ebola outbreak in history. However, the threat of the disease is still real, as the recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic…
Participants in environmental health studies vulnerable to re-identification
Analysis highlights privacy risks associated with public data sharing
PREVAC-UP: The Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccination extends follow-up
Public health efforts successfully stopped human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus in West Africa in 2016 after the worst Ebola outbreak in history. However, the threat of the disease is still real, as the recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic…
PREVAC-UP: The Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccination extends follow-up
Public health efforts successfully stopped human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus in West Africa in 2016 after the worst Ebola outbreak in history. However, the threat of the disease is still real, as the recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic…
Participants in environmental health studies vulnerable to re-identification
Analysis highlights privacy risks associated with public data sharing
Participants in environmental health studies vulnerable to re-identification
Analysis highlights privacy risks associated with public data sharing
Palliative care in hospitals linked to decrease in use of ICU; treatment intensity
A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that implementing hospital-based palliative care services in New York State reduces treatment intensity at the end of life for hospitalized patients. Findings are online in JAMA Network Open…
Palliative care in hospitals linked to decrease in use of ICU; treatment intensity
A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that implementing hospital-based palliative care services in New York State reduces treatment intensity at the end of life for hospitalized patients. Findings are online in JAMA Network Open…
Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status
In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to research published this month in the journal Health Affairs . This new research…
Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status
In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to research published this month in the journal Health Affairs . This new research…
Extending Medicare Part D rebates to beneficiaries would save seniors $29 billion over 7 years
New actuarial analysis released by the West Health Policy Center quantifies the financial impact of Medicare Part D policy proposals
Extending Medicare Part D rebates to beneficiaries would save seniors $29 billion over 7 years
New actuarial analysis released by the West Health Policy Center quantifies the financial impact of Medicare Part D policy proposals
Study finds racial/ethnic disparities in pain treatment by emergency responders
Whether or not a patient receives pain treatment when seeking emergency medical services may depend, in part, on their race or ethnicity, according to a new study by Portland State researchers. The study was published in the journal Medical Care…
Long-acting contraception has proven highly effective but is restricted by some hospitals
CU Anschutz researcher calls for more study into the impact of these restrictions on health care consumers
Long-acting contraception has proven highly effective but is restricted by some hospitals
CU Anschutz researcher calls for more study into the impact of these restrictions on health care consumers
Animal-assisted interventions positive for people’s health but more research is needed
The impact of animal-assisted interventions for both patients and health services could be substantial, but more rigorous research is needed, says Dr Elena Ratschen and Professor Trevor Sheldon from the University of York. Dr Elena Ratschen from the Department of…
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network produces supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine
Issue highlights highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and control
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network produces supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine
Issue highlights highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and control
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
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