National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...mple, in cases of neglect or abuse and when other safeguards are provided. FDA should change its rules to allow parental waivers, and its rules should be consistent with the policy on HHS-supported research, the committee said. In the vast majority of cases, however, it is best for parents to be involved in ...How harmful are additives and preservatives in childhood vaccines?
...Offit adds that physicians should take appropriate safeguards for children known to have those allergies. For instance, children with allergies to the egg protein found in influenza vaccine can be desensitized to the vaccine. One controversial vaccine-related substance is thimerosal, a compound of mercury used...USP's hospital medication error report supports key patient safety goals
... these precursor events to identify and strengthen safeguards that prevent errors from reaching patients, thus providing safer patient care. Currently, 20,000 records per month--an increase of 5,000 records per month from last year--are being entered into the MEDMARX system from more than 650 participating heal...Foundation trusts threaten core NHS principles
...te Professor Allyson Pollock and colleagues, while safeguards to ensure that equal care is available to everyone who needs it are insufficient. For instance, there are no duties on either foundation trusts or the independent regulator to safeguard the principles of universality and equity. Moreover, it will be ...NIH awards $51 million to fight autoimmune diseases
...ystem is to defend against infection. The body has safeguards to prevent the immune system from attacking its own tissues, but when these safeguards are breached, an autoimmune disease can result. Medical science has identified more than 80 clinical...Organically grown foods higher in cancer-fighting chemicals than conventionally grown foods
... against these pests." The need for these natural safeguards decreases with the use of herbicides and pesticides in conventional agriculture. This decrease is reflected in the total amount of antioxidants the plants produce. "This helps explain why the level of antioxidants is so much higher in organically gro...Researchers recommend community advisory boards to prevent lapses in informed consent
...Public Health. In a climate where formal research safeguards do not always succeed in protecting the rights of human subjects, the need for community-based methods to augment the process of protection is apparent, said Dr. Ronald P. Strauss of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Community advisory...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
...eceptor is so delicate, so crucial to us that some safeguards are in order," says Snyder. "Get too much glutamate -- one of the most abundant chemicals in the body -- and you're in trouble. But having a highly specific process to make one of the neurotransmitters could insure that activating a receptor doesn'...Universal antenatal HIV screening needed in areas of high prevalence
...ifferent cultures. But, they conclude, so long as safeguards are in place to ensure that women can make a fully informed choice, their routine voluntary approach is in keeping with recent guidelines....1930s Fascism Spawned Public Health Initiatives
... "In the Nazi period, health officials developed safeguards againstexposure to deadly chemical toxins at the same time the efforts were alsounderway to use some of those very same toxins to kill millions of Jews andGypsies," says the faculty member in the College of the Liberal Arts. The Nazi effort a...Managed-Care Incentives Should Be Disclosed, Physician Says
... act as patient advocates," he says. "If there are safeguards inplace to make it less likely that incentives cause problems, disclosure couldhelp develop partnerships between doctors and patients for practicingcost-conscious health care."...Planning Researcher Finds Best Neighborhoods Aren't Always Best At Preventing Infant Mortality
...averelatively high infant death rates, despite the safeguards ofeducational and economic stability," said Auffrey who willpresent his work at two upcoming national conferences. The firstis Nov. 6 at the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planningmeeting in Ft. Lauderdale, followed by a Nov. 12 presentation ...