Cosmeceutical testing: Ethical and scientific issues

Scientific vs. Cookbook Econometrics An emphasis on the Ethical Issues

During the 1960’s, many as was firmly supported by the historical founders of econometrics, had hoped that econometrics would provide a sound scientific foundation for econometrics in which each element of specification would be determined primarily on the basis of economic theory. However, due to misusing of econometrics and also wide usage of the so called cookbook econometrics, many research...

Scientific and ethical issues in equivalence trials.

ANY TESTING OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS IS AN EXERcise in comparison. In a typical clinical trial, 2 treatments are compared to determine which is better or if both are the same. Trials designed to address whether one treatment is better than the other may be called superiority trials, whereas those designed to show that 2 treatments are the same are called equivalence trials. However, the design of ...

Placebo controls: scientific and ethical issues.

Electroshock : scientific , ethical , and political issues ∗

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is increasingly used in North America and there are attempts to promote its further use world-wide. However, most controlled studies of efficacy in depression indicate that the treatment is no better than placebo with no positive effect on the rate of suicide. ECT is closed-head electrical injury, typically producing a delirium with global mental dysfunction (a...

Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing

Since genetic testing techniques are available, they never stopped being improved over the years. Theses techniques bring a greatest knowledge of the human genome. Thus, geneticists are now capable of diagnosis of genetic conditions, identification of at-risk patients for cancer.... Although genetic testing has been a major revolution in the practice of medicine, it goes without saying that it ...