Your health app could be sharing your medical data
(Reuters Health) – That nifty new health app you downloaded to your phone to keep track of your meds might be sharing your information with a host of unrelated companies,…
Patients often withhold relevant information from doctors
(Reuters Health) – – Patients commonly hold back information from doctors that could help in their healthcare, which could influence the care they receive or even harm them, researchers say.…
Racial disparities seen in U.S. heart rhythm treatment
(Reuters Health) – Black patients in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation – an irregular heart rhythm – are less likely to receive the medications that would help prevent stroke, the…
China orders halt to gene-editing after outcry over babies
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the editing of human genes, after a Chinese scientist said he…
Doctors may not explain pros, cons of lung cancer screening
(Reuters) – Many U.S. doctors don’t discuss the harms of lung cancer screening or the potential for overdiagnosis in conversations with current and former smokers about whether tests are necessary,…
Experts outline ethics issues with use of genealogy DNA to solve crimes
(Reuters Health) – With recent revelations that U.S. law enforcement can – and already has – dipped into consumer genealogy DNA databases to help solve crimes, experts say more discussion…
Medical studies in humans often launched on faulty evidence base
(Reuters Health) – New research reveals serious flaws in the animal studies that regulators and ethicists use to decide if an experimental drug should be tested in humans. Dr. Daniel…