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Doctors Must Be Held Accountable For Complying With Torture, Experts Argue
July 31, 2008 — Doctors who assist in torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment should face prosecution and licensing punishments, says a new ... > full story -
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New Study Spotlights National Institutes Of Health Grant Outcomes For Clinical Research
July 25, 2008 — Although the need to translate basic science discoveries into the clinical arena is widely acknowledged, a new study has identified reasons why clinical science grant applications receive less ... > full story -
Little Evidence That Treating Varicoceles In Men Boosts Pregnancy Rates
July 24, 2008 — A recent review of studies from the Netherlands finds no evidence that treating varicoceles -- a somewhat common condition in men with fertility problems -- improves a couple's chances of conceiving ... > full story -
Breast Self-Exams Do Not Appear To Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths
July 15, 2008 — A review of recent studies says there is no evidence that self-exams actually reduce breast cancer deaths. Instead, the practice may be doing more harm than good, since it led to almost twice as many ... > full story -
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Private Sector Plays A Critical Role In Drug Development, New Report Argues
June 24, 2008 — A new report examines case histories for thirty-five important pharmaceutical innovations. Skeptics of the private industry assert that the development of new medicines is most attributable to ... > full story -
Newly Approved Ocular Safety Methods Reduce Animal Testing
June 23, 2008 — Two new methods can reduce live animal use for ocular safety testing. The two alternative test methods, the bovine corneal opacity and permeability (BCOP) assay and the isolated chicken eye (ICE) ... > full story -
Should Doctors Be 'Selling' Drugs For The Pharmaceutical Industry?
June 19, 2008 — Are senior doctors who help drug companies sell their drugs independent experts or just drug representatives in disguise? According to the article, drug companies will pay influential doctors up to ... > full story -
Consumers May Fare Better With Peer-to-Peer Online Lending Web Sites
June 19, 2008 — A new study shows that online peer-to-peer lending Web sites may be more attractive to Americans than traditional financial institutions. Online lending sites enable individuals to lend and borrow ... > full story -
Ethical Implications Of Modifying Lethal Injection Protocols
June 10, 2008 — A team of medical, ethical and legal scholars argues in PLoS Medicine that in some US states the modification of lethal injection protocols is tantamount to experimentation upon prisoners without the ... > full story -
Synthetic Biology: Addressing Social And Ethical Challenges
June 8, 2008 — The report of an independent review of social and ethical challenges associated with research into, and the application of, synthetic biology,has just been published. Synthetic biology seeks to apply ... > full story
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