MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ethical'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:59:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169711&cid=t_100822_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FnEONkj1S2e8%2F A confusing controversy has broken out in the UK today over an unusual situation in which the Seroquel antipsychotic pill has been found in some packages of the Nurofen Plus painkiller sold by Reckitt Benckiser. And speculation has entered the media that the Nurofen packages, which are available only behind pharmacy counters, may have been sabotaged by animal-rights activists. So far, there is no evidence to suggest this is the cause, which was reported by The Daily Mail. The paper wrote that Reckitt uses animals to test some drugs, although not Nurofen Plus, and that an investigation is under way to determine whether a group or individual activist was behind the switch. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has asked pharmacists, meanwhile, to check their packages (read ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169711 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:20:30 +0100 5169711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069472&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmed-school-applicants-is-the-interview-becoming-as-influential-as-the-grades%2F2011.07.27 This week the Times ran a leading story on a new med school admission process, with multiple, mini-interviews, like speed dating. The idea is to assess applicants’ social, communication and ethical thinking (?) skills: …It is called the multiple mini interview, or M.M.I., and its use is spreading. At least eight medical schools in the United States — including those at Stanford, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Cincinnati — and 13 in Canada are using it. At Virginia Tech Carilion, 26 candidates showed up on a Saturday in March and stood with their backs to the doors of 26 small rooms. When a bell sounded, the applicants spun around and read a sheet of paper taped to the door that described an ethical conundrum. Two minutes later, the bell sounded aga... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069472 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:00:31 +0100 5069472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747885&cid=t_100822_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F-f7KG02PNKo%2F Battles between animal-rights groups and drugmakers is nothing new, but the latest spat between the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and Merck has a couple of interesting twists. To be specific, PETA late last week filed a lawsuit against Merck for refusing to include a shareholder proposal that would require the drugmaker to disclose its use of animal testing in all research. Merck, however, refused to include the proposal in its proxy, prompting PETA to sue. This marks the first time that the animal-rights group has actually gone to court because a company denied a request to include a shareholder resolution in a proxy. But why exactly did Merck deny the proposal? The drugmaker contends PETA failed to prove shareholder status, even though PETA has owned Merck stock ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747885 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:09:46 +0100 4747885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560275&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Flying-a-way-of-life-in-the-medical-profession%2F2011.03.07 In his last post, DrRich analyzed whether the young Wisconsin doctors who stood out on street corners proudly offering fake “sick excuses” to protesting teachers were engaging in an act of civil disobedience. DrRich respectfully kept an open mind on this question, but after careful deliberation concluded that it is very unlikely that their actions constituted classic civil disobedience as espoused by Thoreau or Gandhi. Instead, these doctors were, in a professional capacity, lying. They did not lie in any truly malicious way, however. They lied because they have been trained to believe in a higher cause than mere professional ethics, namely, the cause of social justice. They lied in full confidence that telling lies to advance such a noble cause is a natural duty of the medical profess... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560275 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:00:13 +0100 4560275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455434&cid=t_100822_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F09%2Fshelter-from-the-st-valentine%25e2%2599%25a5s-day-maacre%2F Having, hopefully, just paid at least the minimum owing on their Christmas credit card bills, gluttonous consumers are now being cajoled into the can’t-win Valentine’s Day debacle. Take heart…PLEASE! First of all, what are we teaching our kids when we buy them Flat Stanley-sized boxes of Valentine’s Day cards, so intimately perforated along the edges, [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455434 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:36:55 +0100 4455434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4186928&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F20%2Fpatent-medicine-redux-drug-ads-vs-psychotherapy%2F My father got his M.D. in 1930; I got mine in 1958. Insulin and penicillin came into being during his early years of practice. In my first years as a psychiatrist, tranquilizers and antidepressants changed the landscape of mental health. As doctors, Dad and I both welcomed Medicare in 1965; later on as patients we became grateful beneficiaries. I remember him explaining “ethical pharmaceuticals” — a term that distinguished companies like Merck from hucksters of “patent medicines.” The scandal at Merck about the arthritis drug Vioxx came after his time — he would have been appalled. Recently the line between ethical drug companies and hucksters was blurred by GlaxoSmithKline, which paid a record fine for its bad acts. Until this Glaxo case, drug firms took fines and som... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4186928 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:30:04 +0100 4186928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086269&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-ethics-and-the-amish-bus-driver-rule%2F2010.10.20 Rachel Maddow, in a discussion related to the provision of abortion services, once proposed that we (society) should invoke the Amish Bus Driver Rule (ABDR) whenever medical professionals invoke their personal convictions in refusing to provide legal medical services. The ABDR goes like this: If you’re Amish, and therefore have religious convictions against internal combustion engines, then you have disqualified yourself for employment as a bus driver. (Presumably Ms. Maddow would not apply the ABDR to everyone, since it would disqualify, for instance, Al Gore from utilizing horseless carriages and other fossil-fueled contrivances.) The ABDR would do far more than merely render it okay for doctors to perform abortions and other ethically controversial (but legal) medical services. The... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086269 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:00:58 +0100 4086269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003435&cid=t_100822_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FMjISEd_Kj20%2F In its latest bid to change practices in the pharmaceutical industry, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has written GlaxoSmithKline to complain about the alleged treatment of monkeys at a company from which the drugmaker has purchased animals for use in clinical trials. A few weeks ago, photos from inside Primate Products were leaked to the media, including the NBC affiliate in Miami, where Primate Products has a ‘live animal’ facility and protesters subsequently gathered (see this). “The primates in the leaked photographs were literally ripped apart. They suffered from large, open head and neck wounds that had been crudely sutured together. They were also missing large patches of hair and had gaping bloody holes in their scalps and limbs. These serious inju... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003435 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:55:15 +0100 4003435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3890501&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F21%2Fethical-best-practice-in-an-evidence-based-age%2F There were 2 presentations at this year’s annual American Psychological Association convention, which were important to psychotherapists in particular. With the ever-growing challenge to prove efficacy of each and every treatment, healthcare providers and consumers alike face some confusion as to how much information is enough, or too much. Does every therapists need to give a long presentation about the relative proven efficacy of low-dose medication combined with verbal therapy — and 2 hours gardening per week? (I made up the last part, but hiking and fresh air were a popular cure for quite a long time in 19th Century Europe.) Physicians are acutely aware of the need to know the research, and most ethical codes demand informed consent. Both health and mental health professionals ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3890501 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:20:35 +0100 3890501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833454&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F07%2Freal-mental-health-is-healthyplace%2F Who runs Real Mental Health? Who owns Healthy Place.com? Are they one and the same? These are interesting questions to ask, because you can’t find such information on their websites. What makes it even more interesting is what recently happened to the Real Mental Health website that demonstrates a behind-the-scenes connection between these two sites — a connection not acknowledged anywhere on either site. Real Mental Health is a small mental health community built upon a third-party social networking suite of tools. The website used to reside at realmentalhealth.com. But at the end of May, the site suddenly went away without notice to its members. That’s when the intrigue began. It came back a week later at a different URL (realmentalhealthsite.com), with little explana... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833454 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:56:00 +0100 3833454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610386&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F29%2Fthe-affective-situation-of-ethics-and-mediation%2F Ellen Waldman recenly posted her thoughtful article, “Mindfulness, Emotions, and Ethics: The Right Stuff?” (Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * What role do emotions play in ethical decision-making? Philosophers have long debated the question, disagreeing about both the nature of “the good” and how best to achieve it. Rationalists ground one’s capacity for virtue in logic and deliberate cognition, while moral intuitionists look to one’s capacity for feeling deeply. Immanuel Kant, for example, maintained that right conduct flowed from a sense of duty that functioned independently of emotion. Conversely, David Hume argued that all right action involved sentiment and that reason, stripped of passion, could ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610386 Sat, 29 May 2010 04:01:29 +0100 3610386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538096&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fconnecting-with-patients-a-forgotten-piece-of-medicine%2F2010.05.05 I [recently] visited a small town in west Texas to address a local medical society on the emerging role of social media in healthcare. My presentation involves social media and the evolving relationship that patients share with doctors. I discuss challenges and opportunities -– especially as it relates to transparency, personal boundaries, and even the ethical obligation to participate in the online conversation. I target the disconnected physician and offer education as well as a compelling argument for involvement. When I arrived at the venue I found that the meeting was attended predominantly by physicians much older than myself.  While waiting to speak, I was concerned that my message of connection and changing relationships would elicit pushback. After all, isn’t it this era o... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538096 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:00:16 +0100 3538096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429229&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F31%2Fgoogle-and-facebook-therapists-and-clients%2F With more and more therapists embracing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the question arises — where do you draw the line in terms of boundaries with your patients? Where does a patient’s and therapist’s privacy end or begin on such sites? How do patients and therapists navigate this brave new world of connectedness and “friending”? Dana Scarton over at The Washington Post has the insightful article addressing this issue by talking to a number of therapists across the country. These therapists have had to deal with their own challenges with social networking sites and “researching” people online once it was brought into psychotherapy by a client or a client’s actions. Professional associations haven’t addressed this ki... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429229 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:45:52 +0100 3429229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197712&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2Fpsychotherapy-how-much-is-enough%2F We recently posed a question to the New Mexico Psychological Association listserve about how long psychotherapy should last. We suspected that professionals may have wide disagreement about this issue. It involves a variety of important clinical and possibly ethical concerns. Specifically, the issue is how long should psychotherapy last? Sounds simple enough to answer, but is it? Here are just a few of the thoughts we shared with the NMPA group: Should psychotherapy last until the presenting problem is no longer diagnosable? (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197712 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:36 +0100 3197712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190545&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F02%2F15%2Fthe-monday-sidebar-having-babies-too-old-too-young-too-many%2F Today’s Sunday Sidebar focuses on three different cases that intrigue and mystify me. First up, the 60 year old woman from Western Canadian who recently gave birth to twins. Seems she had her heart set on having children and when it didn’t happen naturally, resorted to IVF treatment in India (Canada apparently has a cutoff age of 50). I’m sorry but having twins at 60 sounds more like a nightmare than a blessing. Keeping up with one infant would be hard enough but two? Even a thirty year old might have problems doing that. Second up, the baby faced 13 year old father in England. These kids (the mother is just 15) might have the energy to raise a child but as we all know, it takes so much more than just energy. It takes money. It takes maturity. And third, there is Octo Mo... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190545 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:34:23 +0100 2190545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144449&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fgene-therapy-success-in-trial-on-bubble.html Great news from the uncontroversial biotech file: "Bubble Boy" disease, named after David Vetter who became famous because he had to be isolated behind plastic shields to prevent infection from a genetic disease that causes severe defects in the immune system, has been effectively treated in human trials using gene therapy. From the story: Gene therapy seems to have cured eight of 10 children who had potentially fatal "bubble boy disease," according to a study that followed their progress for about four years after treatment. The eight patients were no longer on medication for the rare disease, which cripples the body's defenses against infection. The successiful treatment is reported in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medcine and offers hope for treating other diseases with... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144449 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:28:00 +0100 2144449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132560&cid=t_100822_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F01%2F25%2Fanother-rule-or-two-to-circumvent%2F I’m excited. We’ve got more rules to break or circumvent. Are you? http://tinyurl.com/NoMorePens — News Article http://tinyurl.com/BigPharma — Members of PhRMA As you all may have heard, certain pharmaceutical companies have recently adopted a new “ETHICS POLICY” banning all gift-giving to prescribers. They are still allowed, however, to disperse “EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL” as well as meals for “office-based lessons.” [I read this as "LOTION" for "HANDJOBS" or "BREASTS" for "GAWKING' AT" -- with the lotion being slapped with a FORTAMET sticker, of course!] We all know that this is horseshit (what Pharma said — what I said is right on the money). While they cannot give away pens, clocks, stress balls, calendars, scissors, stapler... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132560 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:00:29 +0100 2132560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017827&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F475824743%2Ftop-10-medicalbioethical-movies-youve.html By Emily StephensWhen I got the challenge to write a “Top Ten 2008’s Best…(something)” list, the film major in me cartwheeled, back flipped, and triple-lutzed for joy. This would be a great opportunity to recommend the best medical/bioethical movies of the year.So, I opened a pristine white word document, stretched my fingers like a concert pianist over my ergonomic keyboard, and then….nothing. I’ve been so busy this year that my list of watched movies reads like this: Dark Night…and…um…Dark Night. (Yes, I saw it twice. And, yes, I’m not ashamed to say so.)Wow! I really don’t have a life. Some film major I am.Therefore, I decided to create a Top Ten List for my Favorite Medical and Bioethical movies that you MUST SEE before 2009. So Net Flickers, queue up your lists f... Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017827 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:12:21 +0100 2017827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939310&cid=t_100822_93_f&fid=36697&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjeffreyleow.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F07%2Fcosmetic-discounts-and-medicine-as-a-commodity%2F @ruraldoctoring on twitter for this. “Botox Fridays” anyone? that’s how Dr. Don Mehrabi, a dermatologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., advertises his weekly promotion. The original article from NY Times states salient points on how these tactics have an effect on the public’s perception of the medical profession. Will medical care be viewed as a commodity?   “…such price-cutting blurs the line between the tactics of commerce and the practice of medicine, in which physicians have traditionally encouraged treatments based on a patient’s condition or concerns, not on the doctor’s bottom line. “Promotions in which existing clients receive discounts or special treatment for sending friends to their doctors can also be ethically fraught.” ... monash medical student blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939310 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:15:15 +0100 1939310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1927798&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F02%2Fjonathan-delman-wins-robert-wood-johnson-leadership-prize%2F Jonathan Delman is a psychiatric survivor and a $125,000 winner of the Robert Wood Johnson leadership prize for his community health work in mental health. Delman founded and leads an organization called Consumer Quality Initiatives. This is an agency that surveys people who receive mental health services from Massachusetts. They then analyze the data for ways to make improvements. The agency is staffed mainly by people with mental illness. Delman himself is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and still takes six medications a day to help treat it (three of which, the article notes, are to help him sleep). Being a patient of the mental health system (and making a dramatic “escape” from McLean Hospital here a decade ago), he’s had a tough, uphill battle to gain legitimacy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1927798 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:21:19 +0100 1927798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1682961&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F06%2Fpsychologists-wont-let-go-of-torture-debate%2F A year ago, we reported that the American Psychological Association (otherwise known as the APA, the professional association for half of the nation’s psychologists) banned psychologists from torture interrogations. But since that ban, psychologists against the APA’s stance on torture have not let the matter rest. Why has the debate raged on, despite APA’s insistence it is 100% against torture and psychologists being involved in torture interrogations? A July 1 article in Psychiatric Times helps shed some light on the issue: The American Psychological Association ethics code that was in effect before and through the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks set forth the following enforceable standard regarding conflicts between ethical responsibilities and various forms... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1682961 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:30:13 +0100 1682961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668390&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34745&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgandalwaven.typepad.com%2Fintheroom%2F2008%2F07%2Fthe-ambush-hug.html The session ends. You and your client rise and you move holding the door open…………………………………… ………………….at that moment of passing through she suddenly turns, slides her arms around you, buries her head on your shoulder and says “Doctor I am just so grateful for all you have done” and begins to cry, her tears staining your new Zegna silk tie. Welcome to the ambush hug. As we are fond of saying in Australia, “bugger”. So do you Quickly turn to the side gently breaking her grip with your well honed martial art skills and push her hands to her side and say, “This behaviour is inappropriate. Please do not do this again”, all the while thinking how I will get those tear stains out of my silk tie. Do the half hug.  Hands usually go s... In the Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668390 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:48:19 +0100 1668390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1646374&cid=t_100822_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F342636699%2F The FDA commish is being berated this week in full-page ads in The Washington Post by animal activists, who are frustrated and impatient that the agency has failed to respond to their entreaties to eliminate animal testing used to determine toxicity in drugs. And so PETA, the People for the Ethical Treament of Animals, have placed a cute little beagle alongside von Eschenbach’s hound dog mug in hopes of stirring widespread passion among the public. The ad reads: “Because the FDA guidelines are antiquated, dogs are still forced to ingest, inhale, or be injected with drugs. Those who don’t die outright can suffer for months or even years while their organs fail and they become riddled with cancer and other diseases. Thanks to the FDA, dogs are also purposely infected with disea... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1646374 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:21:02 +0100 1646374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513552&cid=t_100822_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F0u7CIscDfy4%2Fethics-of-tubal-ligation-part-2.html This case report is about a 26 year old woman with no children who had a tubal ligation at age 22. She changed her mind about wanting to have children and came to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center to have her tubes untied. But her tubal ligation was with such a destructive method that tubal reversal was not possible. The question is raised, since there are tubal ligation methods that can be reversed, is it ethical for a doctor to destroy the tubes in a young woman with no children? (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513552 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:30:35 +0100 2513552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909172&cid=t_100822_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F333104754%2Fethics-of-tubal-ligation-part-2.html This case report is about a 26 year old woman with no children who had a tubal ligation at age 22. She changed her mind about wanting to have children and came to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center to have her tubes untied. But her tubal ligation was with such a destructive method that tubal reversal was not possible. The question is raised, since there are tubal ligation methods that can be reversed, is it ethical for a doctor to destroy the tubes in a young woman with no children? (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909172 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:30:35 +0100 1909172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440206&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F13%2Fthe-situation-of-john-yoo-and-the-torture-memos%2F Situationist friend Andrew Perlman recently published a terrific editorial in The National Law Journal on the situation of John Yoo, “The ‘Torture Memos’: Lessons for all of us.” Here are a few excerpts. * * * It is easy to believe that John Yoo wrote his widely discredited “torture memos” because he holds radical views of presidential authority or because he has some unusual moral failing. The reality, however, may be far more ordinary and disturbing: He willfully followed the lead of White House officials who were eager to find a legal justification for torture. The banality of Yoo’s compliance shouldn’t excuse him in any way, but his mistakes can help us understand why attorneys might offer equally troubling legal advice in much less publ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440206 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:15:50 +0100 1440206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300631&cid=t_100822_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F250718885%2F For the past few years, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been feverishly trying - in vain - to convince the city of Chandler, Arizona, to turn away Covance, the clinical research organization, which wants to build a facility in the town. PETA, as you know, objects to animal testing in pharmaceutical development and is trying to convince Chandler officials that the Covance building will spew unwanted medicines into the water supply. Lo and behold, the Associated Press just ran a five-month investigation that found eye-opening traces of a large number of meds in water supplies around the country, prompting vows from congressional, state and local officials to take action to curb the problem (take a look). So PETA seized on this report to redouble its efforts and fired off ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300631 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:57:18 +0100 1300631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064935&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F193952051%2Fsurprising_news_from_neuroscie.html Would you agree that people tend to be hardwired to follow the golden rule? If this question intrigues you, you'll likely also be curious about new research that shows surprising results related to your brain and to ethical actions. Interestingly,  neuron pathways open to support you whenever you do something altruistic. At least that’s what Dr. Donald Pfaff discovered recently. In Pfaff’s new book, The Neuroscience of Fair Play, he shows how selfless acts swing into action from the same neural connections that fired to help up raise children with care.Dr. Pfaff shows how this nurturing neural circuitry seems to spring into action to help us help others. How so?Pfaff explains how ethics, fairness and care work from the brain’s perspective.Neurobiologically, ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064935 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:15:48 +0100 1064935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=985997&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F176384451%2F5_common_conflicts_that_shrink.html Somebody said … It’s amazing what  we’d achieve if we put aside conflict about who gets most credit for innovations. We’d also open new revenue streams if we resolved conflicts in ethical areas.    Check out 5 common conflicts, that cause revenue streams to peter out … and hinder many firms’ long range performance goals. How so? Unconscious conflicts stomp out lasting financial success,  far more than most people realize. If you answer No to any of these questions… conflicts of interest  likely hold back your workplace:1. Would you showcase proven natural remedies … if your salary depended on distributing costly … but less effective drugs … for the same problem? 2. Would you market improved perf... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=985997 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:04:02 +0100 985997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=935338&cid=t_100822_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F167182594%2F On October 3rd, University of Florida doctors treated their first patient in a new study that is evaluating stem cells and their exact role in regenerating blood flow to the heart. They are testing this new and experimental procedure in patients that continue to live with angina and severe heart disease despite all attempts of medicines and other treatments. Just how will the stem cells work? “The general idea is that by providing these cells of blood vessel origin, we hope to either generate new blood vessels from the growth of these implanted cells or stimulate the heart to regenerate new blood vessels from the cells that reside in it,” said study investigator Carl J. Pepine, M.D., chief of cardiovascular medicine at UF’s College of Medicine. “It’s not compl... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=935338 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:10:01 +0100 935338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832684&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F150313893%2Fethics_to_rewire_a_human_brain.html Medical breakthroughs related to the rewired human brain, show us it’s past time to catch ethics up to the electrodes, currents and rebooting efforts now out there. For instance …1. People who experience brain stimulation have been known to turn frowns into smiles when voltage increases. Will that procedure encourage people to over rely on science to solve problems that lead to satisfaction and well-being? 2. Let’s say a person is seriously brain damaged at work. What if the operation to rewire the brain with electrodes  causes the person to awaken and begin to feel better now but create further problems down the road? Should operations take place without people’s prior consent? 3. After rewiring operations some people’s mental health incr... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832684 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:03:09 +0100 832684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=727288&cid=t_100822_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Feggs-from-young-girls-with-cancer-successfully-matured%2F Filed under: Childhood Cancers, Chemotherapy, Research, Daily newsChemotherapy is harsh, which is good when it comes to killing cancer. What's not-so-good is that it can also cause hair loss, inflict nausea, and disable the proper functioning of all sorts of organs -- including the ovaries. Chemotherapy, therefore, can affect female fertility. In some cases, doctors have extracted immature eggs from adult women about to receive chemotherapy, matured them in a laboratory, and then implanted them when the women are ready to have children. Until now, no one had ever tried this with eggs from young girls -- girls who have not yet undergone puberty. But it's just recently happened. Doctors have removed eggs from young female cancer patients and for the first time, have brought the eggs to matur... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=727288 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 727288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=652008&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F121632699%2Flink_what_you_know_to_what_you.html This study showed how cognitive information regulates the coding of motor information through neurons in the basal ganglia. How so? Cells network between purely cognitive and purely motor information. Although it’s still in the early stages … this research encourages people to consider gaps between what we know as a way to improve what we do. What do you think?   (Source: BrainBasedBusiness) BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=652008 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:10:36 +0100 652008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629510&cid=t_100822_97_f&fid=35601&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrhunnybun.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fethical-dilemmas.html This study provides the first clinical evidence for the benefit that combined anti-androgen and anti-heavy metal therapy may have on some children with ASDs. Additional studies should examine androgen and heavy metal mechanisms of action in ASDs, and future ASD treatment protocols should consider androgens and heavy metals.”That's the conclusion of a small, non-randomised, uncontrolled trial. My patient's medical history suggests he may suffer from Autistic/Autistic spectrum disorder too. It's hardly a sufficient base of evidence to warrant antiandrogen therapy in a child, is it? It looks horribly like something along the lines of "vaccines/mercury in vaccines makes your child autistic". That looks like a Daily Mail headline, oh dear.I've contacted the company that make Prostap to see if... A day at the pharmacy. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629510 Tue, 22 May 2007 09:38:00 +0100 629510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470607&cid=t_100822_109_f&fid=34745&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgandalwaven.typepad.com%2Fintheroom%2F2007%2F02%2Fhow_long_before.html How long before we are doing therapy with our clients in an MRI scan. Interesting news just out today on neurophysiological measures of empathy in both clients and clinicians. Hat tip: Eureka. As a total aside Eureka is one of the best news feeders I have found for keeping up to date with breaking science news.There is now converging evidence that, during moments of empathic connection, humans reflect or mirror each other’s emotions, and their physiologies move on the same wavelength. I suppose it is not surprise really to think that we mirror physiologically as much as psychologically with our patients but this seems to be a first step in actually beginning to be able to measure it. Actually measuring empathy is something new. Is this yet another of the clinician’s arts falling to sci... In the Room blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470607 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00:10 +0100 470607