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IRBs should move toward risk management rather than risk aversion, and one way to do this is by obtaining information that provides deeper institutional memory of review outcomes in studies, one expert says.
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For many IRBs, the hybrid electronic/paper systems they've used for a half decade or longer are ready to be replaced. Research and medical institutions are moving toward full electronic communication systems, and IRBs will need to make the leap too.
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To learn the difference collecting and analyzing metrics can make for an IRB, it may be helpful to be a proverbial fly on the wall at the offices of the Vanderbilt University Human Research Protection Program (HRPP).
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As institutions involved in the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program examine how to best incorporate the CTSA's "community engagement" requirement, one CTSA recipient took a hard look at its community involvement practices.
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Using information compiled from its clients, the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) is providing an intriguing snapshot of IRB operations.
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New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from an 88-year-old woman who refused treatment. What is the rhythm? Is there a grouping? Is anything else going on?
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Because it is recognized that type 2 diabetics (DM2) incur greater risk of CV outcomes than the general population, consensus groups have advocated BP < 130/80 mmHg as a preferred goal, in contrast to 140/90 mmHg for the general hypertensive population.
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In community-dwelling women age 70 years and older, annual oral administration of high-dose vitamin D for 3-5 years resulted in a higher, not lower, incidence of falls and fractures.