by mokosam on November 18, 2009
Plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase the risk to others, scientists believe.
A team of eleven of the world`s top tropical forest scientists, coordinated by the University of Leeds, warn that while cutting clearance of [...]
by mokosam on December 11, 2008
Injection drug users sentenced to compulsory detention under China`s paradoxical policies on HIV/AIDS and narcotics suffer human rights abuses that may imperil their health, says a new study.
Based on a review of Chinese government legislation and policy documents, and interviews with 19 recently detained injection drug users and 20 officials in Guangxi Province, Elizabeth Cohen [...]
by mokosam on November 12, 2008
Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week`s PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns from the University of California Davis argue that the ethics related to informed consent and shared decision-making provide an imperative for doctors to inform patients about the risks of [...]