http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Any law to make the wearing of cycle helmets mandatory in the UK should apply only to children, because the evidence that cycle helmets significantly protect adults against serious head injury is equivocal, conclude researchers in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-uk-law-helmets-kids.html Health Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:30:03 EST news250359419 In the past decade, a growing number of academic medical centers have begun offering research ethics consultation services, in which bioethics experts help scientists address the ethical and societal implications of their laboratory and clinical experiments. For instance, an investigator may want advice on the social and cultural ramifications of conducting genetic research among an indigenous population. But the role of these consults isn’t always well-understood. Many researchers believe that Institutional Review Boards, which must approve any research involving human subjects, will address these kinds of ethical questions. However, there are some areas of research — such as those involving animal subjects or broad social risk — that fall outside of the regulatory purview of IRBs. The consultation services can help fill this gap, in addition to giving scientists a sounding board for exploring ethical questions early in their research-design process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-magnus-role-ethics.html Other Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:20:01 EST news246786899 Moral imagination is an essential faculty for workers who must overcome the stigmas of ethical conflicts and social rejection associated with certain types of jobs, according to a study carried out at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-moral-key-work-related-stigmas.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:07:01 EST news246546416 The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released the sixth edition of its Ethics Manual, published as a supplement to the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP's flagship journal, and available online at www.annals.org. The manual is intended to facilitate the process of making ethical decisions in clinical practice, teaching, and medical research, and to describe and explain underlying ethics principles, as well as the physician's role in society and with colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-acp-ethics-manual-emerging-issues.html Other Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:27:41 EST news244751249 (Garrison, NY) Shedding light on a question that has baffled research ethics review boards, a new analysis of the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pediatric clinical trials finds that the risks of physical and psychological harm associated with this procedure are no greater than the risks that healthy children face from everyday activities, such as playing soccer or riding in motor vehicles. However, adding an intravenous contrast dye or sedation to an MRI increases the odds of harm and makes them unacceptably high. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mri-pose-minimal-pediatric.html Other Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:56:51 EST news236951801 Doctors and other medical professionals occasionally joke about their patients' problems. Some of these jokes are clearly wrong, but some joking between medical professionals is not only ethical, it can actually be beneficial, concludes an article in the Hastings Center Report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-gallows-humor-medicine-wrong.html Other Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:38:56 EST news236270310 The changing tide of Alzheimer's diagnosis presents new challenges to the public, physicians and lawmakers: if you could find out your Alzheimer's risk, would you want to know? How should doctors tell you your risk? And what does it mean for the many newly diagnosed Americans still in the workplace? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-safeguards-discrimination-early-alzheimer-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:41:35 EST news235327271 (Medical Xpress) -- Concern about the capacity of individuals with schizophrenia to consent to clinical research studies has largely focused on impairment due to psychotic symptoms associated with the disorder. Less attention has been given to the cognitive errors that prospective participants make when undergoing a formal assessment of decisional capacity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-schizophrenia-cognitive-deficits-significantly-impair.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:22:09 EST news232107680 (AP) -- The nation's largest pediatricians' group has issued its first policy on protecting children from sexual abuse by doctors, citing a recent Delaware case and urging medical facilities to screen employees for previous abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-policy-sex-abuse-doctors-profound.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:46:26 EST news230305575 Doctors should be allowed to object to any procedure that conflicts with their personal, moral, or religious beliefs, reveals a survey of medical students, published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-conscientious-procedure-doctor-medical-students.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:05:26 EST news230263509 A Queen's University professor is helping standardize practices for healthcare ethicists who consult and give guidance on medical ethics issues to doctors, nurses and patients across the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical-ethicists-hospitals-standards.html Health Tue, 31 May 2011 11:42:30 EST news226060938 Most medical students feel they lack the skills and legal knowledge required to challenge poor clinical practice and promote better patient care, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical-schools-legal-skills-medicine.html Other Mon, 16 May 2011 19:04:20 EST news224791386 Medical educators need to be aware of the cultural context in which they teach because these outside forces can affect what is taught and how information is received by students. Drawing upon their experiences teaching medical students the same formal curriculum, researchers at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York and in Doha, Qatar, urge other educators to pay attention to cultural patterns outside their medical schools to be sure that their lesson plans don't go astray because of missed cross-cultural signals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-social-context-medical-health.html Other Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:11:40 EST news221836291 How do we assess the current and future quality of life (QoL) for infants and children with life-threatening conditions? In the April issue of Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, "The Quality of Life of Young Children and Infants with Chronic Medical Problems," presents a collection of essays in which physicians, medical ethicists, parents, and caregivers address one of the most contentious topics in pediatric and clinical ethics today, the assessment of QoL). They share their professional and personal experiences and knowledge about this complex topic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-life-threatening-medical-conditions-children-impact.html Health Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:56:35 EST news221820342