[New England Journal of Medicine, Amy Gutmann, Ph.D] In 2011, a bioterrorism-preparedness exercise conducted by the U.S. government examined the likely result of a large-scale release of weaponized anthrax spores in a city such as San Francisco. Code-…
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[Science Daily] Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
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[American Medical News] Patients’ right to choose who treats them is limited when requests are discriminatory. Health care facilities are advised to have policies for such cases.
When patients make demands about who should care for them based on…
New research encourages increased use of non-poisonous pest control tactics in order to reduce the risk of adverse health complications. The effects of pest control methods are particularly impactful for low-income families with children who live in …
[Kaiser Health News] STERLING, Va. – Perched by a computer monitor wedged between shelves of cough drops and the pharmacy in a bustling Walmart, Mohamed Khader taps out answers to questions such as how often he eats vegetables, whether anyone in …
[Science Daily] Public relations professionals who have provided ethics counsel to senior management are at least as fervent about serving the public interest — sometimes even more so — as they are about their duty to their organizations, a…
[Science Daily] Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty. The analysis of professional misconduct was co-led by a researcher at Albert Einstein Co…
[New York Times] In a bold experiment in performance pay, complaints from patients at New York City’s public hospitals and other measures of their care — like how long before they are discharged and how they fare afterward — will be reflected in …
[Huffington Post By: Matt Freeman] People around the world were shocked recently when news broke that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been quietly skirting UK law and sending military surgeons to Denmark to participate in an archaic training drill…