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One-Size-Fits-All Limits on Opioids Are Ethically Problematic
The current opioid crisis generated immediate actions at many levels; regulatory requirements were implemented quickly. However, some of these placed seemingly arbitrary limits on prescribing, even for painful surgical procedures.
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Evolving Ethics of Anonymous Sperm and Egg Donors
Traditionally, the identity of sperm and egg donors were kept strictly anonymous, but this is changing. A recent position statement from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine concerns this ethical issue.
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Ethics Consult Can Go Undocumented — to the Detriment of Ethics Department
Many problems can occur if ethics consults are documented sparsely or not at all. Lack of documentation hinders the ethics service from knowing how it is performing.
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Ethical Issues for Individuals Providing Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
There are well-established, significant ethical concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of treatments offered by stem cell clinics. Much less is known about those actually providing these unproven interventions. Now, researchers have collected data about their background and training.
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Social Media Effective Tool to Recruit Youth for Research Studies
The results of two recent investigations reveal that young people and physicians offer differing views about using social media to recruit participants into clinical research trials.
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A Review of Atrial Fibrillation and Current Therapeutic Strategies: Part 2
This two-part series presents a review of the current evidence on atrial fibrillation (AF). The first part included the definition of AF, its classification, risk factors, comorbidities, evaluation, and acute management of newly diagnosed patients. The second part focuses on long-term management, including risk factor modification, rate and rhythm control measures, stroke risk stratification, and anticoagulation management.
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Ethicists Play ‘Vitally Important Role’ in Addressing Widespread Clinician Burnout
A recent report confirms that burnout among U.S. clinicians is occurring at alarming rates and includes recommendations for system reforms and human factors redesign.
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Lasmiditan Tablets (Reyvow)
Lasmiditan is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults.
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One-Fifth of Adults Have a Food Allergy
Do all these people have true food allergies, or just think they do?
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Think You Don’t Smell?
Although showering with hot water and harsh soap daily may not be optimal, studies have shown that regular bathing with good soap and water reduces the risk of infection in individuals colonized with Staphylococcus aureus.