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Brain death – How to cope with it

...sion for the relatives of these victims is to give consent to the medical staff attending on these brain dead patients to stop life support- thereby accepting the fact that the person in question is actually dead. Families often find it difficult to accept that a relative who is still warm with no apparent...

How do patients benefit of clinical trials

... trial, even though the information given prior to consent should have made this clear. And less than 40 per .... But virtually all were happy with the informed consent process. Greater knowledge and understanding of what the cancer trial was all about was linked to ha...

FDA attacks American Red Cross for blood violations

... Despite a promise made by the Red Cross in a 1993 consent decree to make substantial improvements in the quality control of its blood program, inspections over the past two years have revealed persistent and serious violations of blood safety rules. FDA inspectors said they found several violations includ...

FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane

...ve that they are not pregnant as well as to sign a consent form, showing that they are aware of the potential risks. The FDA added that pharmacists would now be restricted to dispensing a one-month supply to ensure that these restrictions are followed. The typical treatment period is about six months. In o...

Clinical trials need to be more frank

...his is wrong. It goes against the idea of informed consent - because the patient doesn't have all the facts - and it could lead to conflict of interests....

The Indian Government has given the nod to conduct Human volunteer trials inorder to develop preventive AIDS vaccines

...e HIV subtype C virus to create resistance after a consent id obtained from the volunteer due to the risk of possible HIV infection. In the second phase, the vaccine is given to a smaller group of high-risk individuals -- sex workers, drug users and homosexuals -- to check for the efficacy of the dosage. T...

Unpleasant Memory of Food could Be Used to Treat Obesity

...ir consent, but Loftus suggests that parents could consent to it. "There is little to stop parents from providing these suggestions to their children." -(IANS) Medindia on Obesity: Obesity may be defined as a condition in which there is an excessive amount of body fat. This is one of the most commonest...

New Anthrax Vaccines Will Take time

...received the anthrax vaccine.The FDA would have to consent before doctors could try the immune globulin on any patients, but using this kind of immune system cell as therapy has worked for other diseases, Lucey said.Immune globulin wouldn't replace antibiotic treatment. But antibiotics kill only anthrax bact...

Scandals Can Affect Medical Research

...nd donations from living children with appropriate consent and ethical approval, say the authors. “During the height of the controversy, press reports suggested that the only proper response to any use of children’s tissue was skepticism and questioning of professional motives.” Anecdotal experience also su...

Wisdom Teeth: To Be Or Not To Be?

...removed. Now here is a dilemma if any. How can you consent to get a tooth removed and that too one which has not yet erupted? Your dentist is right, says a recent article published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The article tracks a study in which 254 patients who avoided getting their w...

Outsourcing clinical trials to India

...idelines on "good clinical practices" and "patient consent norms" are in line with global rules, while saying commentators have also questioned consent from illiterate patients. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Worlds Largest Cord Blood Bank to be started in India

...way as waste the donor’s family must give informed consent and pay a one time fee of about $280. In return the bank will provide stem cells free to the family when needed. Potential customers are families with inherited blood disorders like Thalassemia. Histostem claims the cord blood is also marketable as a...

Birth Defects Caused By Acne Medication Can Be Minimized By Voluntary Pregnancy Prevention

...percent of the women reported signing the informed consent required by SMART prior to taking the drug. The study has given valuable insights into factors that hinder the success of pregnancy prevention programs. If these issues are addressed in an appropriate way, then the birth defects caused by such tera...

Web Based Psychotherapy for Depression

...e study almost half of the patients withdrew their consent in participating in the program as they felt that the program was too exhaustive and it had too much of work to be done. The remaining recruits were very happy of the web-based therapy and they showed a significant improvement with a decrease in thei...

Teenage Girls May Not Need Parents Consent For Abortion

...er-16s girl to have abortion without their parents consent or knowledge. The case which has been brought by M...essary for teenage children’s to get permission or consent from their parents before performing an abortion. Nathalie Lieven, FPA said, "Parents were no long...

Time For Jodhpur Residents To Have A Health Check: New Hospital Coming Up

...ew tertiary care hospital in Jodhpur following the consent of the Government to provide land for construction.// The hospital would be built with all ultra-modern facilities. The Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), engaged in research dealing with arid regions has agreed to provide 100 acres of...

Widespread Commercialisation Of Human Organ Donation In China

... organ retrieval can only take place after written consent has been obtained from family members to do so or in case of an unclaimed body is the only rope of hope left for such victims. In spite of religious beliefs that require the availability of the whole human body for afterlife ceremonies, organ trade...

Safety Of Indian Sex Workers At Risk Due To Poor Condom Usage

...m usage in our country is largely dependent on the consent of the male partner alone. However the introductio...tionize the existing trend, as it does not involve consent from the male partner...

Stem Cell Bank In UK Would Require 150 Embryo-Derived Stem Cell Lines

...tilization (IVF) embryos, after a written informed consent has been obtained from potential parent....

POCKET To Protect Children’s Privac

...om children’s below the age of 13 without parental consent there are websites which does not follow the rule. To overcome these pitfalls, the Virginia research team has devised a user friendly, reliable and cost effective program to enable the parent to protect the child’s personal information during online ...

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