Chinese Doctors Transplant Heart From Brain-Dead Patient
...-dead patient, the surgery is of great medical and ethical significance," Chen Zhonghua, director of Institute of Organ Transplantation of Tongji Hospital under Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Central China's Hubei Province, said yesterday. The successful operation shows China has the nece...UK doctor Charged By GMC For Professional Misconduct
...earch, for having not obtained the approval of the ethical committee, and for having obtained funds that they deemed improper, and for subjecting children to needless and wide-ranging investigations. Reports have though suggested that there are no major studies to prove the link between vaccinations and au...Celebrity Chef Promotes Family Meals
...erships should be encouraged backed by appropriate ethical guidelines. This report came close on the heels of the research which showed that expenditure on frozen foods had fallen almost 3% over the past year and sales of meat products and frozen ready meals down more than 8%. Since then the family meal ...Sexually Abused Males Found Struggling In heir relations with Healthcare Providers
...th care environments. To do otherwise breaches the ethical obligation to 'do no harm'." Source: EurekAlert...Experts From India, US To Discuss On Bioethics In Research
With the focus on the need to adopt ethical principles and practices in clinical research , experts from India and the United States will meet //here for three days begining Tuesday to discuss the issues of bioethics in research in the field. The workshop, which will provide special training...Facing up to the ‘complete face transplant’ isse
...the process. To quote Butler,” We applied to the ethical commission to use the selection tools we have on p...e or four weeks ago. And the final stage is to get ethical approval to do the procedure. Obviously there is a big question mark about Wednesday, but my feeling...New Obesity Guidelines Will Trouble US Children
...om drug companies and emphasising that an internal ethical scrutiny system ensures independence from sponsors. Source: Eurekalrt...Bank of Stem Cells to Give Hope to Sick Children
.... Given that we throw away cord blood there are no ethical objections to its use and we believe stem cells from cord blood are the best way forward.’ ‘The more samples we have in the NHS bank, the more chances there are for finding successful matches for transplantations to help those suffering from disord...To Ape or Not To Ape? Bridging Missing Links in Medical Research
...ositive strides in the medical field and if it is ethical to use animals that are so close in resemblance to humans, for the purpose of medical testing. Scientific data shows the closeness in the DNA profile, 97.7 percent of the DNA in apes and humans is similar. Rick Bogle, a keen animal rights champion, ...Clinical Trials Involving Humans Should Be Registered: WHO
...ng transparency in medical research and fulfilling ethical responsibilities to patients and study participants,' World Health Organisation (WHO) Assistant Director-General Timothy Evans said yesterday. As part of the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, a major initiative aimed at standardising...Results of Clinical Trials Vary According to Source of Funding
...industry funded clinical trials as well as certain ethical concerns, according to background information in the article. Whether recognition of these concerns has affected contemporary clinical trials was unknown. Paul M. Ridker, M.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Jose Torres, B.A., of Harvard Medi...Varicose Vein Treatments Turn Out To Be A Viable Health Investment
...cancer,” he said. Those questions have created an ethical debate about how and where to invest health care resources, he added. Michaels’ technology cost assessment suggests that varicose vein treatment is a good buy. The study tested the varicose vein treatments for three different groups — patients with ...Nurses in South Africa Face Challenges
...public receives knowledgeable, competent, safe and ethical nursing care with Grade 10 as the prescribed entry requirement for a course for enrolled nurses and auxiliary nurses. SANC requires a four-year degree or diploma from one of the 95 institutions approved by the SANC is necessary to become a profess...Young or Old-Who should be first?
...ited stocks of the bird flu vaccine a "fundamental ethical dilemma’ was being faced by society as to who shou...ealth, propose the consideration of an alternative ethical framework. According to the researchers vaccines protecting against any new form of the H5N1 strai......or subsequent pregnancies. This has raised several ethical questions. IVF labelled as a method that bypasse...omen after menopause and thereby several legal and ethical concerns as well. Only time will tell whether IVF has served as a boon or a bane to manknd....Save Budhia - The Indian Wonder Kid
...se cases. It’s not just a sporting issue; it’s an ethical one and could even be termed as child abuse. In the drive to produce the best sporting talents, the recruitment and training of potential 'Olympic' winning sports professionals is starting earlier and earlier,' he said in a radio show for the BBC. ...Australian Government To Fund For A Stem cell Research Center
...lt stem cell research is that it doesn't raise the ethical problems that many people think is associated with embryonic stem cell research. Mr. Abbott also said that the Commonwealth Government is committed to ensuring that Australia remains a world leader in health and medical research. The Nationals' Lead...Stem Cell Therapy Regenerates Heart Muscle In Heart Attack Patients
...ed from the adult bone marrow. This eliminates the ethical concerns associated with harvest of embryonic stem cells that are derived from human embryos that have been discarded for reproductive purposes. As these cells are in primitive stages of cell development, placement of these cells from a donor to a ...More Funding Needed For Stem Cell Research in India
...ships, more funding and a regulatory framework for ethical practice,' Ganguly told the gathering late Thursday evening. Stem cell research dated back to the 1930s and there has been tremendous progress in the field in Britain, Japan, Australia and the US, he noted. 'While in some cases Indian medical lab......ls from embryos or foetuses, they have avoided the ethical and political issues it could cause. The researchers also saw about a 25 percent improvement in treated rats affected with a condition equivalent to human cerebral palsy. But, the researchers only observed them for 14 days. Unlike the rats in the ...