Public morally obliged to take part in scientific research, says leading ethicist
...te in research should be compelling for anyone who believes there is a moral obligation to help others, and/or a moral obligation to be just and do one's share." "Little can be said to those whose morality is so impoverished that they do not accept either of these two obligations," he says....HIV testing should be routine part of primary health care for sexually active
...quest counseling, or when the health care provider believes counseling is appropriate. ...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
... of the earliest stages of a heart attack. Steptoe believes the review has important implications for clinicians. "Physicians and cardiologists need to talk to patients with ACS (acute coronary syndromes) about their experiences in the hours leading up to the cardiac event," he says. For example, if a heart a...Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...ion among patients diagnosed with CFS, and Bateman believes that ultimately CFS may be found to involve more than one disease. In the absence of a cure, Bateman has found that the most effective treatment for CFS combines improving symptoms with medication, helping patients retain physical conditioning when p...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...th in countries across the world. Professor Marmot believes that better working conditions have a huge impact on mortality rates, as does education. It isn't always health policy that impacts on the health of a nation. Key facts set out in Professor Marmot's paper include: Life expectancy at birth ranges fr...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...f Public Health (Health Policy and Administration) believes the adoption of such a system may require a large-scale reorganization of U.S. health care. "Assuming that regionalizing care could be done with perfect clinical accuracy, we estimate that you would need to transfer more than 500,000 Americans from t...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...mechanism by which HPMC works is unclear, Yokoyama believes that it acts as a fat regulator. The compound appears to slow down the absorption of fats either in the stomach, small intestine, or both preventing high fat levels from overwhelming the digestive system, he says. The compound also seems to facilit...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...tting people off methamphetamine," says Janda, who believes that highly specific methamphetamine antibodies can be made in a laboratory and then used as a clinical treatment for addiction. In theory, antibodies to the drug could be mass produced and administered at therapeutic levels that are high enough to c...Study shows risk of cardiac death after radiation for breast cancer has dramatically decreased
...et tumors, while sparing healthy tissue." Giordano believes that this study will encourage patients in need of radiation therapy for breast cancer to proceed with treatment without fear. "A substantial number of women, especially those who are older, don't get radiation when they should - for example after a ...New study shows how very low-carb diets take off the pounds
...ill be lost by cutting 1,000 calories." Boden also believes that the carbohydrates actually stimulated the patients' big appetites during the regular-diet week. "Participants went from an excessive caloric intake to a normal caloric intake for their height and weight when we reduced their carbohydrates. This...Age shouldn't be a factor in kidney transplantation
...ty. It is a concept that is in evolution." Stratta believes that with careful patient selection, the kidneys from expanded criteria donors may function for as long as kidneys donated under the standard criteria, about eight to 12 years. He cautions, though, that "long-term follow-up is needed to ultimately de...Openness is key to winning the war over MMR
...e itself as more of a threat to their children. He believes that the explanation for the reversal lies not with Wakefield or even with parents who took his claims seriously, but with a failure of leadership by health professionals, lack of support for them from policy makers (including the prime minister), an...Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...companies. We are defending the people." Cockburn believes that "the suffering of millions of patients could be eased by issuing public health warnings from available information that is currently kept confidential by the pharmaceutical industry." "Our report urges a change to mandatory reporting by drug co...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
...hwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, believes that many patients avoid screenings because they think having colon cancer will mean having a colostomy bag for the rest of their lives. When colorectal cancer is discovered, surgery is almost always the preferred treatment. However, Dr. Stryker wan...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...specially when a predator is nearby and the monkey believes that it hasn't yet been discovered by the predator...g increase in sharing of intimate feelings." Kalin believes that the degree to which a person may be willing to call for help probably depends on a variety of f...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
...d that virtually everyone with schizophrenia (94%) believes that daily functioning is part of successful treatment for schizophrenia and most (83%) believe with the right medications, people with schizophrenia should be able to lead full lives. In addition to Drs. Weiden, Schooler and Harvey, Peter F. Buckle...Concerns over the future of children's health care in British general practice
...people by establishing special teenage clinics. He believes that the new contract does not encourage general practitioners to focus on children's care. It offers additional remuneration based on a points system, but child health surveillance gets just six points. In contrast, cervical screening can get 22 poi...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...s, did they cause the mice to see again? Chen also believes that this combination BCL-2 and scar prevention technique could work to regenerate other Central Nervous System tissue, increasing the possibility that spinal cord patients could walk or move again. This work has important implications. "The possibil...How often should women get mammograms?
... younger women is very low. However, Zelen said he believes screening women between 40 and 50 has merit because their breast cancers are more aggressive. If women underwent mammograms every two years beginning at 40 and then annually starting at 50, there would still be a 33 percent reduction in mortality....Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
A majority of Americans believes it is appropriate to use reproductive genetic testing to avoid having a child with a life-threatening disease, or to test embryos to see if they will be a good match to provide cells to help a sick sibling, a new report of the Genetics and Public Pol...