Journals By Industry - Patient Consent

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study examined the experience of being the father of a child with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Two interviews were conducted with 6 English-speaking, biological...

ABSTRACT One aspect of successful aging is maintaining cognitive functioning, which includes both subjective cognitive functioning and objective cognitive functioning even in lieu of subtle cognitive deficits that occur with normal, nonpathological aging....

The son of a nursing home patient who died after falling down a staircase while strapped in her wheelchair has been awarded $200 million against a Florida facility. 92-year-old Elvira Nunziata was able...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Under a new agreement, the Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas will track all of its implantable tissue allografts with IMS' ReadyTracker-Tissue, a leading web-based application for tracking biologic...

GPs can access advice about managing patients with alcohol misuse problems. Caring for patients who have alcohol-related problems is likely to be an increasing part of GPs' workload as alcohol misuse is growing...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will invest approximately $1.8 million to increase its efforts to improve the treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD)...

Medical research to move to cloud By Oleg Bess, M.D., CEO, 4medica [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As adoption accelerates of electronic health records software and standardized medical vocabularies and administrative codes such as HIPAA 5010,...

Constitutional Claims and Civil Rights Student and parents sought review of summary judgment granted in favor of school district and college regarding violations of stuent's free exercise of religion and right to due...

Industry insiders weigh in on the year ahead in healthcare technology. Editor's note: Because we received so many responses, the forecasts will be split into two parts and concluded next month. Medical research...

HEADNOTE Objective Long-term exposure to occupational noise may be associated with an increased risk of ischemie heart disease (IHD) and all-cause mortality. However, the issue remains unsettled. Only a small number of longitudinal...

HEADNOTE Interoperability standards could be a prerequisite to measuring care. As part of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a growing foundation for the future of healthcare. However, what will exist within...

Law Review Highlights: The environmental and financial impacts of the 2010 BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are still being assessed and will continue to be evaluated for...

WASHINGTON -- The non-profit National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is sponsoring a vaccine educationmessage during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square on the 5,000 square-foot TSQ Digital screen at 47th St....

An informed consent plaintiff was required to produce expert testimony showing it to be more likely than not that the undisclosed greater risk of nerve damage from back surgery proximately caused his chronic...

HHS will allow states to define benefit packages HHS will allow states to define their own "essential benefit" packages of certain services that certain insurers must cover under the Patient Protection and Affordable...

Mytrus Selected as CRO Bringing its Breakthrough Direct-to-Patient Methodology for Clinical Research SEATTLE -- Amp Orthopedics, a privately held medical device company, announced the initiation of a clinical trial in adults with mild-to-moderate...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/55e383/how_to_operate_fo) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "How to Operate: for MRCS Candidates and other Surgical Trainees, Includes 3 DVDs" to their...

ABSTRACT Individuals can claim Social Security at any age from 62 to 70, although most claim at 62. We show that expected present value calculations substantially understate both the optimal claim age and...

CASE FACTS: Susan Galligan presented to Dawn Barilli at Orange Dermatology Associates, P.C. (Orange), on July 17,2006, complaining of changing moles on her arms and a red freckle or mole on her left...