http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In an opinion article published in this week's theme edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association focusing on comparative effectiveness research, a team of Johns Hopkins University bioethicists argues forcefully for streamlining federal restrictions on at least some low-risk clinical comparative effectiveness research, instead of easing them – as is now proposed – solely for low-risk social and behavior research involving surveys, interviews and focus groups. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-bioethicists-urge-regulatory-burden-low-risk.html Medical research Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:08 EST news253884280