News tagged with ethical issues


People with dementia less likely to return home after stroke

New research shows people with dementia who have a stroke are more likely to become disabled and not return home compared to people who didn't have dementia at the time they had a stroke. The study is published in the November ...

Neuroscience created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCF patented on induced pluripotent stem cells, iPS cells

A process that prompts a single gene to generate millions of supercharged stem cells, which can then turn into any kind of cell a body needs to repair itself, has been patented at the University of Central ...

Medical research created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug trials in India 'causing havoc to human life'

India's Supreme Court said Thursday that unregulated clinical trials of new drugs were causing "havoc" in the country as it ordered the health ministry to monitor any new applications for tests.

Medications created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No attention-boosting drugs for healthy kids, doctors urge

Doctors at Yale School of Medicine and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) have called upon their fellow physicians to limit or end the practice of prescribing memory-enhancing drugs to healthy children whose brains are ...

Neuroscience created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast