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Giving children a chance to assent to their own participation in research is an important goal of the pediatric research community. Done properly, it can empower young patients, help them develop their decision-making skills, and prompt them to take their participation more seriously.
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An Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee studying the effects of the HIPAA Privacy Rule has painstakingly documented the strain it is putting on research.
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Whatever IRB members might think happened in the recent regulatory controversy over studying the use of infection control checklists in Michigan hospitals, the truth might be stranger.
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How well is your IRB doing? It depends on who you ask. The subjectivity of any answer makes it a difficult question to measure.
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It all began when investigators published a study that had good news for the infection control industry.
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In this issue: Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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A cohort of 40 patients being treated with lpv/r, d4T, and 3TC, who had plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL by 96 weeks of treatment, were followed with serial plasma HIV RNA determinations (a total of 293 samples).
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The etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains conjectural. There are broad-based immune deficiencies in some patients with CFS.
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A prospective, observational study was conducted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 2003-2004 among 216 healthy infants > 32 weeks gestation who received age-appropriate immunizations, as routinely administered in Argentina.
