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Most principal investigators (PIs) are not very good at conveying complex ideas in simple terms, an IRB and research expert says.
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More than three dozen institutions who participated in a study of IRB response times will be receiving individualized reports that show how their institution stacks up against the rest of the group.
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Despite the value that placebo controls bring to psychiatric research, they are not appropriate for all clinical trials of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications.
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Another voice has been added t o the chorus of those blaming excessive regulatory oversight for a slowdown in vital research.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that new psychiatric drugs be tested against placebo to ensure that they are effective.
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Whenever the research enterprise is pushed into a new direction, some different ethical issues and considerations arise. Experts say this likely will be the case as more research institutions engage in comparative effectiveness research (CER), as well.
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[Editor's note: President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress have agreed to spend more than $1 billion on comparative effectiveness research (CER), which some critics say will lead to an unethical strategy of the government justifying rationing health care. Others say it will provide needed information to clinicians about which medical treatment works best. But from an IRB perspective, will CER trials pose any new or more serious risks to human subjects? IRB Advisor asks CER experts nationwide to help us answer this question and others about CER in two stories in this month's issue.]
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Depression is not as visible as a back injury but it is without question a significant drain on workforce productivity both absenteeism and presenteeism.
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Eldery Mexican-Americans have higher rates of chronic illness than their non-Latino counterparts, but many don't receive the care they need because they and their caregivers resist home care services, says Janice Crist, RN, PhD, associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing.
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A worker is wearing a full body harness, but with the lanyard attached to a handrail instead of to an anchor point that was engineered for fall protection. No one is injured at least not this time.