Documentos del sector revelan que el gigante farmacéutico Merck & Co. le pagó a los científicos para que pusieran sus nombres en una investigación sobre Vioxx publicada en revistas médicas ...

Para los niños estadounidenses, el lugar donde han nacido y se han criado tiene una función fundamental en sus probabilidades de mantenerse saludables en la edad adulta, según sugiere un informe ...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine of the original rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline [GSK]) meta-analysis by Dr ...

London, UK - Dr Steven Haffner (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine of the original rosiglitazone (Avandia, ...

Una investigación reciente halla que sigue siendo significativamente menos probable que los pacientes negros de cáncer reciban tratamiento para los cánceres de pulmón, mama, colon y próstata, en ...

  Calls to lower the 24-week time limit were rejected There is no reason why women seeking an abortion should need the approval of two doctors, a group of MPs has said. A report by the ...

French plan for research integration meets with disapproval. The French government is to create a powerful institute for research on immigration and integration. The move has sparked opposition ...

Strategies for protecting historically disadvantaged groups have been extensively debated in the context of genetic variation research, making this a useful starting point in examining the protection ...

Research protocols must have a reasonable balance of risks and anticipated benefits to be ethically and legally acceptable. This article explores three characteristics of research on reproductive ...

Advances in genetic research and technology can have a profound impact on identity and family dynamics when genetic findings disrupt deeply held assumptions about the nuclear family. Ancestry ...

A new analysis of the Best Interests Standard is given and applied to the controversy about testing children for untreatable, severe late-onset genetic diseases, such as Huntington's disease or ...

Los adultos afroamericanos e hispanos con artritis son más propensos que los blancos a desarrollar discapacidad a causa de la enfermedad en las articulaciones, indicaron los resultados de un nuevo ...

Baltimore – When African professionals migrate to the United States or Europe, it’s often called brain drain. In the world of research ethics, at least one training program is causing the opposite ...

La incorporación de cualquier nueva terapia o tecnología médica debe basarse en las llamadas tres E: la epidemiología, la economía y la ética, según sostiene Joseph L. Mathew, neumólogo pediátrico ...

Children exposed to tobacco smoke have impaired arterial endothelial function, which may predispose them to early atherosclerosis, Finnish researchers warn. “Endothelial dysfunction relative to ...