Medical/Scientific Ethics

Colorado School of Public Health and others to build upon prior PFAS-related research Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus received notification of a $1…

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 23, 2019) - Nurse burnout impacts both nurses and patients, and significantly influences the retention of nurses in the healthcare setting, research shows. But could burnout be a symptom of…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An interdisciplinary team of Indiana University scientists studying Medicare data have found an association between health care industry payments to medical providers for non-research expenses and what these providers…

A showcase and briefing on nonclinical technologies WASHINGTON--On Thursday, September 19th, 2019, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine hosted a congressional briefing in cooperation with Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), featuring…

Launched by C-Path and NORD through an FDA grant, the goal of the new platform is to accelerate the development of cures by addressing the need to better characterize rare diseases TUCSON, Ariz. and WASHINGTON, September 20, 2019 -- The…

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 19, 2019) - Disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV between Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino adolescents and their white counterparts are well…

VA study analyzed data on more than 23,000 veteransCredit: Michael Moody Early palliative care is associated with better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, according to a study by VA Portland Health Care System and Oregon…

Postdocs and new investigators will participate in peer review The Journal of Biological Chemistry has launched a program designed to involve scientists at early stages of their careers in peer review. The JBC Early-Career Reviewer…

New England Journal of Medicine article shows patients are significantly less likely to receive life-saving treatments if they are not currently marriedCredit: Jeff Chase, University of Delaware Unmarried patients with cancer are less…

Researchers have found that focusing powerful non-invasive magnet stimulation on a specific brain area can improve the symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This opens the way to treat the large minority of sufferers who do…