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- DIABETES: - ETHICAL ISSUE & CLINICAL INERTIA: - Too few diabetes trials are seeking answers to issues important to patients, including hard CV end points
Too many randomized controlled trials of diabetes drugs are designed with surrogate end points and not with the kinds of end points that actually matter to patients. That's the conclusion of a new ...
- MEDICAL ETHICS & FRAUD: NEJM reviewer under fire for leaking Nissen's rosiglitazone paper to GlaxoSmithKline
(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine of the original rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline [GSK]) meta-analysis by Dr ...
- ETICA: NEJM reviewer under fire for leaking Nissen's rosiglitazone paper to GlaxoSmithKline
London, UK - Dr Steven Haffner (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine of the original rosiglitazone (Avandia, ...
- ETHICS: Medical practitioner call for abortion law reforms
Calls to lower the 24-week time limit were rejected There is no reason why women seeking an abortion should need the approval of two doctors, a group of MPs has said. A report by the ...
- ETHICAL ISSUE: Immigration institute provokes outcry from social scientists
French plan for research integration meets with disapproval. The French government is to create a powerful institute for research on immigration and integration. The move has sparked opposition ...
- MEDICAL ETHICS: Grappling with groups: protecting collective interests in biomedical research
Strategies for protecting historically disadvantaged groups have been extensively debated in the context of genetic variation research, making this a useful starting point in examining the protection ...
- MEDICAL ETHICS: Understanding risks and benefits in research on reproductive genetic technologies
Research protocols must have a reasonable balance of risks and anticipated benefits to be ethically and legally acceptable. This article explores three characteristics of research on reproductive ...
- MEDICAL ETHICS & BRIEF COMMENTARY: The changing face of advances in genetic research and technology can have a profound impact on identity and family dynamics.....
Advances in genetic research and technology can have a profound impact on identity and family dynamics when genetic findings disrupt deeply held assumptions about the nuclear family. Ancestry ...
- MEDICAL ETHICS: Using the best interests standard to decide whether to test children for untreatable, late-onset genetic diseases
A new analysis of the Best Interests Standard is given and applied to the controversy about testing children for untreatable, severe late-onset genetic diseases, such as Huntington's disease or ...
