http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Informed consent is the backbone of patient care. Genetic testing has long required patient consent and patients have had a "right not to know" the results. However, as 21st century medicine now begins to use the tools of genome sequencing, an enormous debate has erupted over whether patients' rights will continue in an era of medical genomics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-genetic-incidental-patient-consent-violates.html Genetics Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:02 EST news287930948 In a paper published in Science Express, a group of experts led by bioethicists in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine provide a framework for the new American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) recommendations on reporting incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ethicists-framework-incidental-gene-sequencing.html Genetics Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:01 EST news287931187 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 A pioneering rehabilitation system has been developed, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those suffering from brain damage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-victims.html Health Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:35:16 EST news277108509 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 The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) explore the ethical dimensions of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) in a new position paper published by the Journal of General Internal Medicine: "The Patient-Centered Medical Home: An Ethical Analysis of Principles and Practice." The text is also available on ACP's website. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-acp-sgim-pcmh-aligns-principles.html Health Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:41:46 EST news262878089 Even as we spend more on healthcare every year, the number of people with chronic health problems continues to rise in developed countries like the United States. Most of these chronic health problems – such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease – can be addressed through lifestyle changes. But knowing that we should make a lifestyle change to improve our health and actually making that lifestyle change are two very different things. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-patient-autonomy-critical-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:16:39 EST news261152188 When making decisions and counseling about risk and management options for deliveries between 22 and 26 weeks (periviable deliveries), obstetricians are heavily influenced by family preferences, particularly by the impression that parents consistently prefer to have everything possible done to prolong a pregnancy or "save the baby" through interventions such as cesarean section. The results of a University of Pennsylvania study are published in the March issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-family-strongly-decision-premature-deliveries.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:30:01 EST news249884714 Having to obtain informed consent for the use of left-over human tissue samples could be hampering essential biobank research says a research group on BMJ.com today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-consent-threatening-biobank.html Other Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:42:36 EST news237004946