Are UK consent rules too restrictive?
...icity about inadequate consent procedures? The new regulations require explicit consent from every patient. Expli...nt samples such as post-mortem tissue, but the new regulations also apply to all samples from living patients, including resected tumours, tiny biopsies, even bloo...Variations in state laws affect elder abuse documentation
... across states because the relevant state laws and regulations vary greatly. In particular, the study found that ...vely relate domestic elder abuse rates to laws and regulations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Domestic elder abuse is abuse of adults or dependent...UCI to lead first public health study exploring link between air pollution and heart disease
... particles in smog, it could lead to air pollution regulations that better protect our health, improved medical treatment and longer and healthier lives for our senior population." The researchers anticipate finding an association between the amount of ultrafine particles in the air and the severity of heart d......board is considering a proposal to impose stricter regulations nationwide on particle mass [size] and chemical composition....New act will restrict patient choice
...ose where they are treated when new community care regulations come into force in January 2004, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. Under the Community Care (Delayed Discharge) Act, local authorities will be fined by the NHS for failing to arrange social care services for patients who remain in hospital longer ...Few hospitalized patients at low risk for pain
...ity's pain management program. These nonselective regulations are based on studies in hospitalized populations a...agement in hospitals, and the widely applied JCAHO regulations may under serve certain patients most in need of pain management. By identifying patients at high o...Companies flout law on tobacco in tooth care products
...t, ten years on, this study shows clearly that the regulations have not been implemented adequately....State-required continuing medical education does not affect heart attack care
...reopening clogged arteries, they said. Since regulations vary from state to state for those state with CME, the researchers believe a nationwide standardized effort is needed not only to ensure that physicians receive appropriate training in their specialties, but that there is a mechanism in place to meas...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...ING RISKS HHS published in 1973 the first general regulations on protecting human participants in research, often referred to as the "Common Rule." These regulations require that risks to participants be minimized; risks be outweighed or balanced by anticipated bene...Study finds low activity levels among nursing home residents regardless of restraint
...matically since the 1990 implementation of federal regulations severely limiting the use of such devices. However... still questionable, the researchers say. "Federal regulations to achieve restraint reduction were conceived largely as a means toward an end - the end being incre...Policy highlights from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
...tural Marketing Service. While the NOP and/or OFPA regulations ban, for example, the use of genetic engineering or ionizing radiation in organic production and handling, neither address food safety or nutrition. Professor Merrigan was formerly the administrator of the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural...Study shows opioid growth factor safe for treatment of pancreatic cancer
...ate Milton S. Hershey Medical Center under federal regulations and was conducted in the National Institutes of Health-funded Penn State General Clinical Research Center. The investigators found that the maximum tolerated dose of OGF administered intravenously was 250 μg/kg. At 250 μg/kg, two patients e...Donor livers not consistently allocated according to medical need
...ity and its implications as they continue to amend regulations for organ allocation," the authors conclude....Physicians have mixed opinions about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical ads
...wing clarification of Food and Drug Administration regulations in 1997, advertising targeted at consumers has grown radically more than doubling in the following three years. This increase has been quite controversial, with several individuals and organizations expressing concern that DTCA could lead to inappr...Computer prescribing systems risk patient safety
... solution to this problem is to have more explicit regulations about when suppliers should implement alerts, say the authors. This would require regular dialogue between suppliers and users. Many of the problems uncovered could be resolved, and this work is now being undertaken by the National Patient Safety Age...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, May 18, 2004
...e hours that residents in training can work. These regulations have caused considerable controversy among educators. Four commentators discuss the effects of the regulations....Broken halide lamps could cause sunburn
...he report chose not to recommend that new industry regulations be created. What they do hope in publishing the article is that it will bring the instances of outbreak to the physicians' attention, so that when treating a patient with these symptoms and under the similar conditions, the doctors would notify their...Beneficiaries with chronic conditions still face high costs under new Medicare drug law
...says. Additional legislation and carefully crafted regulations will be key to ensuring the success of the benefit, she concludes. "The MMA is the largest benefit expansion in Medicare's history, and creates major changes in the program's structure," said Moon. "There is a great deal of uncertainty about whether ...U-M team treating mouth wounds by engineering tissue grafts
...ultra-clean facility that follows the FDA's strict regulations for keeping out potential contaminants. Everyone who enters must wear elaborate protective gear, and before Izumi works with growing tissue samples, he must sterilize the work area and his gloves. Every precaution protects the tissue cultures from ex...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...tensive, costly, complex and evolving governmental regulations and restrictions; the availability on commercially reasonable terms of raw materials and other third party manufactured products; exposure to product liability and other lawsuits and contingencies; dependence on third party suppliers, distributors an...