Bioethics & Health News
January 23

January 23, 2006

New at E.R.’s: More Sense of Urgency

It had all the markings of a typical emergency department waiting room: magazines scattered on end tables; a wall-mounted television; more than two dozen institutional chairs lining the walls.
(New York Times)

Medical Journal Casts Doubt on Oral Cancer Research

The New England Journal of Medicine is raising another warning flag over published research by a Norwegian cancer specialist who apparently fabricated his data for another medical journal.
(HealthDay)

Poll: Most Find Medicare Program Confusing

Confusion by consumers may be one of the biggest problems at the startup of the new Medicare prescription drug program, an AP-Ipsos poll suggests.
(AP)

Infections ‘Brain Tumour Trigger’

Infections could play a key role in triggering certain types of adult brain cancer, scientists suggest.
(BBC)

Plan to Require More Data on Safety Issues

The Food and Drug Administration will soon propose guidelines intended to make annual safety reports filed by medical device makers more complete and more accessible to the public, a top F.D.A. official said yesterday.
(New York Times)

FDA Mulling OTC Sale of Fat Blocking Pill

A prescription diet drug that blocks the absorption of fat is “no magic pill” but will nevertheless help control calorie intake, the drug manufacturer said Monday as the Food and Drug Administration considered whether to approve the pill for over-the-counter sales.
(AP)