Cold weather increases the risk of fatal opioid overdoses
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cold weather snaps are followed by a marked increase in fatal opioid overdoses, a new study finds. ...
Tag: Medical/Scientific Ethics
U of Guelph study finds health professionals need to be cautious on social media
For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential ...
Balancing data protection and research needs in the age of the GDPR
Scientific journals and funding bodies often require researchers to deposit individual genetic data from studies in research repositories in order ...
Penn researchers influence CDC’s clarification on prescribing opioids for cancer pain
Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) - To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose ...
Low-priced alcopops pose high risk especially for youth, new study recommends regulation
Four Loko found to be inexpensive, and easily available to young drinkers; researchers recommend regulation and investigationCredit: Photo by George ...
How nurses bring clarity to the nature of social change
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 11, 2019) - History provides an enhanced understanding of the factors that inform social policy. ...
Study finds FDA dermatology advisors receive payments following drug approvals
Fifty-four percent received at least one payment from pharmaceutical companies A team of researchers led by a member of the ...
Safe to breastfeed while on bipolar meds? Jury’s still out
Better-designed studies needed to make informed patient recommendations Prior research on lithium's effects on breastfeeding are sparse, poorly designed Study ...
Dementia and the ethics of choosing when to die
New Hastings Center project addresses foundational questions about end-of-life choices for people with dementia As the American population ages and ...
Where to draw the line between mental health and illness?
Defining mental disorders and illnesses is not straightforward. Notions of whether a certain phenomenon should be classified as an illness ...
McGill University receives funding to create ethics resources for human cell atlas
New policies, tools, and support to enable efficient, ethical international data sharing for this global effort to map all cells ...
For dying patients, early plans can improve quality of life
Researchers encourage more conversation, better documentation of wishes COLUMBUS, Ohio - Careful documentation of a hospice patient's end-of-life wishes - ...
US struggles to keep up as hemp industry grows
U.S. hemp production is soaring, but government oversight hasn't kept up, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News ...
Opioids are not sleep aids, and can actually worsen sleep research finds
University of Warwick led study with Lausanne, Switzerland found patients on a low to high dose of opioids reported only ...
Countries’ essential medicines lists vary greatly from one another & WHO’s model list
Published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, the research analyzes 137 countries that use essential medicines lists to inform government ...
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying
Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according ...
If you could learn every disease your child could possibly develop in life, would you?
Adding genomic sequencing results to traditional newborn screening means a baby could potentially test positive for numerous conditions that might ...
New in Ethics & Human Research, May-June 2019
Parent experiences when approached for research in a pediatric intensive care unit, the role of inclusion benefits in ethics committee ...
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint whistleblower, receives Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism
Foreign-born pediatrician honored by Vilcek and Gold foundations for demonstrating extraordinary humanism in healthcare New York, NY, May 23, 2019 ...
Pain management protocol sends 92 percent of cancer surgery patients home without opioids
Penn study of robotic urologic surgery patients points to key step in overcoming opioid crisisCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A ...
