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Authorship rules for medical journals flouted by pharma industry

(Medical Xpress) -- Rather than ensure the proper attribution of authorship, rules set up by leading medical journals to define and credit authorship of published articles are exploited by the pharmaceutical industry in its ...

Other created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Commentary: Drug companies must report clinical trial results, even when they won't lead to a product

Drug companies sponsoring human trials of possible new medications have ethical responsibilities to study participants and to science to disclose the results of their clinical research -- even when product development is ...

Medications created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sex-changing treatment for kids: It's on the rise

(AP) -- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according ...

Health created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Deeply held religious beliefs prompting sick kids to be given 'futile' treatment

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 Me ...

Health created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Conscientious objection to any procedure doctor's right, say medical students

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.

Other created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 12

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

Experts aim to redefine healthcare and research ethics

In what they acknowledge as a seismic shift in the ethical foundation of medical research, practice and policy, a prominent group of interdisciplinary healthcare experts, led by bioethicists at Johns Hopkins, rejects an ethical ...

Health created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Wombs for rent: Indian surrogate mothers tell their tales

As baby Lili celebrates her first birthday in Australia, far away in India her surrogate mother recalls the day the child was born—and on whom she never laid eyes.

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Slippery slope' fears for legal euthanasia of very sick newborns unfounded

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 ...

Other created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients should have right to control genomic health information

Doctors should not have the right or responsibility to force-feed their patients with genomic information about their future health risks, according to bioethicists writing on May 9 in Trends in Biotechnology, a Cell Press ...

Genetics created May 09, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0