http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Fears that legalising euthanasia for very sick newborns would prompt the start of a "slippery slope" and lead to abuse of the option have proved groundless, says the architect of a dedicated protocol used by doctors in The Netherlands, in a special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-slippery-slope-legal-euthanasia-sick.html Other Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news286645537 Governments around the world should stop squandering resources fighting an "unwinnable war" against illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Instead, they should use the cash to curb antibiotic misuse, which poses a far more serious threat to human health, claims a leading ethicist in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scrap-unwinnable-drugs-war-funds.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:30:03 EST news280602901 Conscience clauses, which allow pharmacists to opt out of providing the "morning after pill" without a prescription, risk unwanted pregnancies and undermine the principle of universal healthcare in the NHS, say pharmacists in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-unwarranted-pregnancies-morning-pill-conscience.html Medications Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:30:02 EST news278789690 Parental hopes of a "miraculous intervention," prompted by deeply held religious beliefs, are leading to very sick children being subjected to futile care and needless suffering, suggests a small study in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-deeply-held-religious-beliefs-prompting.html Health Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:30:01 EST news264092850 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 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 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