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Tag: MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC ETHICS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals president receives award for work to prevent FDA dog tests
WASHINGTON–President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee–a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members–for his unwavering commitment to prevent and replace animal tests and…
Outpatient antibiotic prescriptions written without documented reason 18% of the time
PORTLAND, Ore. – A study of outpatient visits to health care providers in the United States during a one-year period suggests 18 percent of antibiotic prescriptions were written without a documented reason for doing so. The findings , published today…
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
New in Ethics & Human Research
To help protect research, experts agree on a definition of predatory publishing
Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, and other institutions from around the world have agreed on a consensus definition of predatory publishing. Led by Drs. Agnes Grudniewicz,…
New drugs more likely to be approved if backed up by genetics
New analysis confirms human genomic data could predict success in clinical trials
Vanda Pharmaceuticals president receives award for work to prevent FDA dog tests
WASHINGTON–President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee–a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members–for his unwavering commitment to prevent and replace animal tests and…
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
New in Ethics & Human Research
To help protect research, experts agree on a definition of predatory publishing
Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, and other institutions from around the world have agreed on a consensus definition of predatory publishing. Led by Drs. Agnes Grudniewicz,…
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
AMES, Iowa – The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by drug overdoses. David Peters, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa…
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
AMES, Iowa – The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by drug overdoses. David Peters, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa…
Reducing risk in AI and machine learning-based medical technology
To manage the risks, regulators should focus particularly on continuous monitoring and risk assessment, and less on planning for future algorithm changes
American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health launch real-world data impact award
Grant seeks to support patient-centric research through funding and access to real-world oncology dataset
American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health launch real-world data impact award
Grant seeks to support patient-centric research through funding and access to real-world oncology dataset
Neuro interface adds tactile dimension to screen images
Thereby allowing monkeys to control a cursor with their brain
Neuro interface adds tactile dimension to screen images
Thereby allowing monkeys to control a cursor with their brain
New index maps relationships between poverty and accessibility in Brazil
Researchers from the School of Engineering in Trinity College Dublin have developed a new spatial index that measures the connections between poverty and poor accessibility. The research, recently published in the Journal of Transport Geography , builds on previous work…
Australian GPs widely offering placebos, new study finds
Active and inactive alternatives offered to patients
New index maps relationships between poverty and accessibility in Brazil
Researchers from the School of Engineering in Trinity College Dublin have developed a new spatial index that measures the connections between poverty and poor accessibility. The research, recently published in the Journal of Transport Geography , builds on previous work…
Australian GPs widely offering placebos, new study finds
Active and inactive alternatives offered to patients
Life, liberty — and access to microbes?
Poverty increases the risk for numerous diseases by limiting people’s access to healthy food, environments and stress-free conditions. In a new essay published November 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology , Suzanne Ishaq and colleagues at the University of…
Life, liberty — and access to microbes?
Poverty increases the risk for numerous diseases by limiting people’s access to healthy food, environments and stress-free conditions. In a new essay published November 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology , Suzanne Ishaq and colleagues at the University of…
Who is left behind in Mass Drug Administration?
Ensuring equity in the prevention of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is critical to reach NTD elimination goals as well as to inform Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have unmasked inequities in the delivery…
Simulations suggest embryo selection based on traits like height or IQ is still far off
There have been concerns about the idea of “designer babies” for almost as long as in vitro fertilization and technology to screen embryos for inherited disorders have existed. While the recent live births resulting from human embryonic CRISPR editing have…
Simulations suggest embryo selection based on traits like height or IQ is still far off
There have been concerns about the idea of “designer babies” for almost as long as in vitro fertilization and technology to screen embryos for inherited disorders have existed. While the recent live births resulting from human embryonic CRISPR editing have…
Study — disparities in care among homeless adults hospitalized for cardiovascular conditions
Homeless adults are substantially less likely to undergo potentially life-saving procedures for emergent cardiovascular conditions
Most physicians and other faculty in large medical center experienced sexual harassment
New Rochelle, NY, November 18, 2019–A new study has shown that the majority of women (82.5%) and men (65.1%) working at an academic medical center reported at least one incident of sexual harassment by staff, students, and faculty during the…
Study — disparities in care among homeless adults hospitalized for cardiovascular conditions
Homeless adults are substantially less likely to undergo potentially life-saving procedures for emergent cardiovascular conditions
Most physicians and other faculty in large medical center experienced sexual harassment
New Rochelle, NY, November 18, 2019–A new study has shown that the majority of women (82.5%) and men (65.1%) working at an academic medical center reported at least one incident of sexual harassment by staff, students, and faculty during the…
Mapping disease outbreaks in urban settings using mobile phone data
Researchers from EPFL and MIT have shown that human mobility is a major factor in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue even over short intra-city distances. In a paper published in Scientific Reports , the team…
J.M.K. Innovation Prizes go to 10 transformative early-stage initiatives
J.M. Kaplan Fund reports on innovation trends from 1,300+ submitted ideas and opens funder access to trove of proposals
J.M.K. Innovation Prizes go to 10 transformative early-stage initiatives
J.M. Kaplan Fund reports on innovation trends from 1,300+ submitted ideas and opens funder access to trove of proposals
What happens when we die? Insights from resuscitation science
Experts discuss the latest scientific research on death, as well as new studies that are exploring the human mind and consciousness at the time of death
Hospitals given latitude to select transplant candidates don’t prioritize sickest patients
Analysis of the US heart transplant system shows how hospitals can take advantage of organ allocation rules so that less critically ill patients receive higher priority for transplants
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds
Hospitals given latitude to select transplant candidates don’t prioritize sickest patients
Analysis of the US heart transplant system shows how hospitals can take advantage of organ allocation rules so that less critically ill patients receive higher priority for transplants
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds
Drug discount cards could actually cost patients more
New research published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reveals that brand-name drug discount cards are leading to higher health care spending in Canada–increased costs that are ultimately passed on to patients. Brand-name drug discount cards–also known as…
Use of locum doctors rising despite limited evidence on quality and safety
There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients, according to new research published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . While the…
Drug discount cards could actually cost patients more
New research published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reveals that brand-name drug discount cards are leading to higher health care spending in Canada–increased costs that are ultimately passed on to patients. Brand-name drug discount cards–also known as…
‘Crowd-diagnosis’ thousands seek out diagnoses from strangers on social media
Physician-diagnosis, self-diagnosis, and a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association led by Dr. Alicia Nobles and Dr. John W. Ayers of UC San Diego discovered a new type of diagnosis. Crowd-diagnosis: when the public seeks…
New transmission model for Ebola predicted Uganda cases
MANHATTAN, KANSAS — A new risk assessment model for the transmission of Ebola accurately predicted its spread into the Republic of Uganda, according to the Kansas State University researchers who developed it. Caterina Scoglio, professor, and Mahbubul Riad, doctoral student,…
As large chains grow to dominate dialysis, patient outcomes decline
Acquisitions by for-profit dialysis companies hurt patient health, survival and transplant rates
Women scientists author fewer invited commentaries in medical journals than men
Boston, MA – Women scientists were 21% less likely to author invited commentaries in medical journals during a five-year period than men with similar scientific expertise, seniority, and publication metrics, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard…
NIH pairs cutting-edge neuroethics with ground-breaking neurotechnologies
NIH BRAIN Initiative collaboration looking at clinical research considerations
ACP, leading organizations announce agreement on call to action to reduce gun violence
Call to action offers recommendations to mitigate gun violence across the country
Animal Study Registry could improve data quality and reduce wasted lives
The irreproducibility of preclinical data is impeding scientific progress and the development of effective new medical therapies. The Animal Study Registry was launched in January 2019 as a response to the reproducibility crisis and the scientific community’s quest for greater…
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