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- Law for biomedical research on humans by end 2012: Official
- Time for a change?
- Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime
| Law for biomedical research on humans by end 2012: Official Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:47 PM PST ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Kolkata, Dec 27 - The law on biomedical research on human subjects, which will keep a tab on unethical medical practices and help those who abide by medical science ethics, will be in place of end of 2012, an official of the union health ministry said Tuesday. 'Everybody should do trials by following ethical practices. If a therapy is approved, the doctor is authorised to use it and practice. But if you do anything beyond that, whether it is drugs or cells, then it is an experimental practice which is unethical,' said Health Research Secretary Vishwa Mohan Katoch on the sidelines of a workshop 'Stem Cell and Research'. 'Earlier, there were guidelines to stop such kind of things. But now these guidelines have been given shape of a bill. By end of 2012, it will be in place. This law will also have the authority so that nobody who is working ethically faces any kind of problem. Every new medical research and experiment on humans will come under this,' he said. 'This bill will also monitor all kinds of foul play in terms of research and experiment. Under this bill, any research on human beings will be covered. If after four trials it is proved that a certain therapy is working, then its ok. But if you are treating somebody without any evidence, then it's unethical.' According to Katoch, anybody found guilty under this bill will face severe punishment, including imprisonment. Katoch, who is also director general of Indian Council of Medical Research -, said stem cell therapy has immense potential. 'Stem cell therapy has immense potential. But potential is one issue, as some forms of it are proven, some are not. And those which are not proven, there is hope for that also. There is a proper scientific process and there will be guidelines which will be changing with a changing scenario. If there is a new indication, and if it is proved after four trials, then it will come up in the website,' he said. Katoch added that the department... http://www.rxpgnews.com    |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have discovered a way to make time stand still -- at least when it comes to the yearly calendar. Using computer programs and mathematical formulas, Richard Conn Henry, an astrophysicist in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and Steve H. Hanke, an applied economist in the Whiting School of Engineering, have created a new calendar in which each new 12-month period is identical to the one which came before, and remains that way from one year to the next in perpetuity. Under the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar, for instance, if Christmas fell on a Sunday in 2012 (and it would), it would also fall on a Sunday in 2013, 2014 and beyond. In addition, under the new calendar, the rhyme 30 days hath September, April, June and November, would no longer apply, because September would have 31 days, as would March, June and December. All the rest would have 30. (Try creating a rhyme using that.) Our plan offers a stable calendar that is absolutely identical from year to year and which allows the permanent, rational planning of annual activities, from school to work holidays, says Henry, who is also director of the Maryland Space Grant Consortium. Think about how much time and effort are expended each year in redesigning the calendar of every single organization in the world and it becomes obvious that our calendar would make life much simpler and would have noteworthy benefits. Among the practical advantages would be the convenience afforded by birthdays and holidays (as well as work holidays) falling on the same day of the week every year. But the economic benefits are even more profound, according to Hanke, an expert in international economics, including monetary policy. Our calendar would simplify financial calculations and eliminate what we call the 'rip off' factor,' explains Hanke. Determining how much interest accrues on mortgages, bonds, forward rate agreements, swaps and others, day... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime Posted: 27 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Despite current public and expert opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of committing violent crime. However, there is an increased risk of individuals who have experienced previous traumatic brain injury going on to commit violent crime according to a large Swedish study led by Seena Fazel from the University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Swedish Prison and Probation Service, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The authors say: The implications of these findings will vary for clinical services, the criminal justice system, and patient charities. In their study, the authors identified all people with epilepsy and traumatic brain injury recorded in Sweden between 1973 and 2009 and matched each case with ten people without these brain conditions from the general population. The investigators linked these records to subsequent data on all convictions for violent crime using the personal identification numbers that identify Swedish residents in national registries. Using these methods, the authors found that 4.2% of people with epilepsy had at least one conviction for violence after their diagnosis compared to 2.5% of the general population. However, after controlling for the family situation (in which individuals with epilepsy were compared with their unaffected siblings), the association between being diagnosed with epilepsy and being convicted for violent crime disappeared. In contrast, the authors found that after controlling for substance abuse or comparing individuals with brain injury to their unaffected siblings, there remained an association between experiencing a traumatic brain injury and committing a violent crime. The authors say: With over 22,000 individuals each for the epilepsy and traumatic brain injury groups, the sample was, to our knowledge, more than 50 times larger than those used... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
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