Tag: medical ethics
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Widely noted U of L paralysis researcher loses federal funding over concerns about validity of data and oversight of her work
Dr. Susan Harkema Dr. Susan Harkema stepped into the stoplight as a premier medical researcher at the University of Louisville the moment one of her paralyzed patients wiggled his toe....
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KentuckyOne Health turns down ethics panel’s request to remove or change cancer treatment banner advertisement
A Louisville cancer center features a giant banner that says: “FIGHT CANCER WITH 5 or FEWER TREATMENTS.” The treatment, called CyberKnife and performed at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center,...
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Kentucky and online audiences hear discussion of proposed system for patients to report medical errors; comments due July 8
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration is creating a new system for patients to report medical mistakes because existing systems fail to do so, and if all...
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Painkiller epidemic was driven in part by drug makers’ financial relationships with researchers who discounted the risks
For almost a decade, medical officials and experts claimed OxyContin rarely posed problems of addiction for patients. The drug’s label, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, said addiction...