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Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-empathy-key-role-moral-judgments.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 May 2013 04:58:03 EST news288417470 (AP)—A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that moved some in the courtroom to tears. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-irish-court-die-paralyzed-woman.html Other Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:01 EST news286447535 (HealthDay)—Over the last 30 years, the incidence of nephrectomy at post-chemotherapy (PC) retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) has steadily declined, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-nephrectomy-lymph-node-declining.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news284215403 The Supreme Court will soon decide whether generic drug manufacturers can be sued in state court for a drug's design defects after federal officials approved the brand-name version. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-court-drug-maker-sued.html Medications Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:49:41 EST news282919775 Despite declining fertility, women over age 40 still require effective contraception if they wish to avoid pregnancy. A review article outlines the risks and benefits of various contraceptive options for these women. The article, based on current evidence and published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), is aimed at helping physicians find the best methods for their patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-contraception-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:01 EST news281614739 (HealthDay)—Laser hair removal is the most commonly litigated cutaneous laser surgery procedure, with physicians being named as defendants even when not performing the procedure, according to research published in the February issue of JAMA Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-patients-increasingly-sue-botched-laser.html Other Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:30:01 EST news281362407 US consumers are being offered a vast range of smartphone apps to track or manage health, but only a small number of people are using them, according to a survey. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-apps-abound-usage.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:15:23 EST news278568901 You may have to be over a certain age to be a contestant on "Deal or No Deal", but children as young as five start to maximize their profits - in cookies - when making decisions similar to those on the show, according to research published January 9 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Valerie Dufour and colleagues from the National Center for Scientific Research in France. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-year-olds-smart-decisions-games.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:00:01 EST news276969319 (HealthDay)—Serum metal levels of cobalt and chromium are elevated at all postoperative time points up to 36 months following metal-on-metal lumbar disc replacement, according to research published in the November issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-serum-metal-lumbar-disc.html Other Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:00:01 EST news275416429 It's one of the toughest questions patients and their loved ones can discuss with physicians: When is further medical treatment futile? The conversation can become even more difficult if patients or their families disagree with health care providers' recommendations on end-of-life care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-conflicts-end-of-life-mayo-experts.html Health Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:28:33 EST news273252503 At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients they're handing over—or at least they strive to. In reality, they might not spend enough time talking about the toughest cases, according to a study led by the University of Michigan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-shift-simple-hospital-handoff-conversations.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:00:06 EST news271953874 (AP)—The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says some Idaho abortion laws are likely unconstitutional, including one barring medication-induced abortions. But the judges didn't pass judgment on Idaho's fetal pain law, saying a woman who sued over the law doesn't have standing to challenge it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-appellate-court-idaho-abortion-law.html Other Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:36:08 EST news266600159 A Swiss hospital announced Friday that it has lifted a moratorium on religiously-motivated circumcisions imposed in July in the wake of a court ruling in neighbouring Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zurich-children-hospital-circumcision.html Other Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:45:34 EST news263803528 The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a paper, Statement of Principles on the Role of Governments in Regulating the Patient-Physician Relationship, which recommends principles for the role of federal and state governments in health care and the patient-physician relationship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-internists-principles-role-patient-physician-relationship.html Other Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:51:37 EST news263649089 (Medical Xpress) -- Differentiating melanomas from other pigmented skin lesions in primary care is challenging - but a device used by Australian and British doctors to determine whether a patient has a melanoma has been found to be less accurate than GPs using their eyes and judgment, according to a researcher at The University of Western Australia.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-molemate-cancer-tester-accurate-doctors.html Cancer Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:20:00 EST news262329589 AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) recommends a restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy for stable adults and children, according to new guidelines being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Physicians should consider transfusing at a hemoglobin threshold of 7 to 8 g/dL, as the evidence shows no difference in mortality, ability to walk independently, or length of hospital stay between patients on a liberal transfusion strategy or a restrictive strategy. Wide variability in the use of transfusions in the United States indicates that in many settings patients are receiving unnecessary transfusions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-aabb-guidelines-red-blood-cell.html Other Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:35:46 EST news252002132 The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ASTRO's official clinical practice journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-astro-brain-metastases-guideline.html Cancer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:57 EST news247921422 (Medical Xpress) -- A recent study from the Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, has found children with social phobia are judged as less attractive and are less liked by their peers, than children without anxiety disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-children-social-phobia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:22:08 EST news247814512 Adults and adolescents often adjust their behaviour and opinions to peer groups, even when they themselves know better. Researchers from the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, studied this phenomenon in four-year-olds and found that preschool children are already subject to peer pressure. In the current study, the researchers found that children conformed their public judgment of a situation to the judgment of a majority of peers in spite better knowledge. (Child Development, October 25, 2011). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-peer-pressure-preschool-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:50:13 EST news238751392 Physicians who once only grappled with learning the language of medicine must now also cope with a health care world that has turned hospitals into factories and reduced clinical encounters to economic transactions, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians lament. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-buzzwords-medicine-economics.html Other Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:25:04 EST news237659094 (AP) -- Starting next year, a new law in New York says student athletes suspected of suffering concussions should be immediately removed from games. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-ny-require-benching-students-concussions.html Health Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:02:50 EST news236602959 An English judge ruled on Wednesday that a brain-damaged, minimally conscious woman should not be allowed to die, in a landmark case about the right to life-supporting treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-english-court-landmark-right-to-die.html Other Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:01:53 EST news236422906 (Medical Xpress) -- People's moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brain-circuitry-role-moral-sensitivity.html Neuroscience Fri, 27 May 2011 16:30:01 EST news225732393