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How to Evaluate Medical ResearchHow trustworthy is medical research? How can health care providers and consumers evaluate studies?
The Ethics of Using Animals in Medical ResearchThe medical community has come a long way to provide better preventions and cures on diseases. For example, Jonas Salk's discovery of the polio vaccine fixed once very fearful disease. But, some of these discoveries came with a cost: animals.
Saliva: Surprising Applications in Medical ResearchRecently, a group of scientists led by Professor David Wong of UCLA conducted researches using saliva as a way to explore proteins and RNA for diseases. Who would have thought that saliva had such abilities?- Animal Rights Issues in Medical ResearchUnfortunately there is a lot of animal suffering in medical research. My view is that this could be minimized by supporting orthomolecular research.
- Is it Okay to Use Animals in Research?In this essay I give an overview of the arguments for and against the use of animals in research and experiments.
- Medical Research Grants- Find the CureWithout question, medical research is vital and necessary to the lives of people across the world
- Would You Let Your Child Participate in a Medical Research Study?New medicine, treatments, and vaccines - they all need to go through various stages of research and clinical trials before they are approved for general use. If you had the option, would you let your child participate in a medical research study?
- Whole Body Donation: A Gift that Could Save Future GenerationsThis is an article which offers information and honors those give the greatest of all gifts, It explains whole body donation and the importance of such a gift.
- The Use of Animals in Medical ResearchThe development of an ethical approach to the use of animals in medical research.
Class B Dealers Sell 'Lost Pets' to Medical Research LabsYou know how hard it is when a family pet goes missing, and then actually stays lost. But now something even worse is happening as these 'lost pets' are being picked up and sold to universities for dissection and medical research in its science labs.- Medical Research Funding Approved by SenateAt the end of March an increase in medical research funding for pancreatic cancer was approved by the U.S. Senate.
- President Signs Bill for Medical ResearchLast week President George W. Bush signed a bill that provides funding for most federal spending, including medical research for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2007.
- The Dangers of Sex Discrimination and Excluding Women from Medical ResearchSex discrimination has been a social problem for over 100 years. There are many different areas that have discriminated against women, trying to keep them out. Perhaps the most dangerous area that has tried to keep women out is medical research.
9-11 Security MeasuresFederal and state governments are spending 75 billion dollars a year to protect us against terrorism. Is it really worth it?
New Medical Research Findings Explain Right Wing Political ViewsLike other Developmental Disabilities, there is no known effective cure, let alone treatment, for being a Republican. It is more often than not a hard wired lifetime condition. Some people will not like this news.- The Role of a Clinical Research AssociateAlthough the role of a research associate may seem relatively simple, the tasks performed by associates are essential for laying the groundwork of any research study.
Brilliant Advances in Canadian Medical ResearchMajor contributions have been made to medical research by Hoffer, Osmond, Saul, and other Canadians. I have discussed Averback, a brilliant neuropathologist, in previous articles.- Understanding the Headlines About Medical Research: When Does it Mean Something?This article is about understanding headlines about medical research.
- Cultivate the Habit of Writing a Diary for Rekindling Your SpiritBenefits of writing a diary.
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- Fetal Cell Transplantation: The Ethical DebateA discussion of both sides of the debate on the use of fetal tissue for medical research.
- Most Medical Research is Just Recycled InformationOur lives are filled with information, some is beneficial and a lot is useless trivia. Why does it take a research project to determine the obvious
- My Experiences with Medical Research StudiesIt started out innocent enough.
- Using for Animals for Medical ResearchThe pros and cons of using animals in medical research.
- The Use of Animals for Medical Research: A Mother's DilemmaI have a dilemma. As an animal lover, I don't want to see animals suffer. But, as a mother, I am grateful for the medical advances which produced vaccines for my daughter as a result of animal research.
Did You Shake Your Patients Hand Today ?Doctors now do research on how to greet patients. Refer to the latest paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine, June 2007 issue, specifying research at Northwestern University.- Pseudocyst of the Pinna: Ear Disorder Common in MenFor many men, a pseudocyst develops in the ear but does not produce pain.
- Re-Evaluating an American National Health Plan Program...I can attest to the fact that survival alone is where our determination and will power is focused to achieve recovery. The financial aspect doesn't even run a close second.
Robin Cook's "Seizure" Questions Ethics in Medical ResearchThis article reviews the book written by Dr. Robin Cook entitled "Seizure."
Human Guinea PigsFor decades the medical profession has used human beings as guinea pigs in a variety of experimental research. Are these studies ethical or just result of corporate greed?- The Ethical Involvement of Human Subjects in ResearchUses ethical philosophies to construct a code of conditions for which human involvement in medical research should be applied.
