A videographic study of origami is presented in which subjects were observed making four different origami objects under five modes of instruction: photos + captions, illustrations-only, illustrations with small captions, illustrations with large captions, and text-only as control. The objective of the study was to explore the gestures and other actions that subjects produce as they try to foll...

Michelle Aldrich (left) As VAlerie corrAl of WAMM writes out a dosing regimen for using cannabis oil as a treatment for lung cancer. Aldrich’s remarkable first-person story starts on page 18. continued on page 15 By Fred Gardner Increasing numbers of people have been using Cannabis “oil” —plant extracts consisting of 50% or more THC and/ or CBD— to treat conditions ranging from mild rashes to p...

In response to criticism of ethical review of a South African clinical trial, we contrast aspects of the United States Common Rule with South African research ethics requirements. In the USA the Common Rule does not apply to all health research and allows many exemptions from ethics review and waivers of informed consent. At a structural level research ethics review in South Africa is in many c...

Social media (SM) research presents new challenges for research ethics committees (RECs) who must balance familiar ethical principles with new notions of public availability. This article qualitatively examines how U.K. REC members view this balance in terms of risk and consent. While it found significant variance overall, there were discernible experience-based trends. REC members with less ex...