Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Ireland and numbers are continuing to increase year on year. 1-3 90% of skin cancer is preventable with optimal sun protection. Our aims were to assess patients’ knowledge of sun protection, level of sun exposure and sun protection practices and to examine any correlations between these variables. A cross-sectional validated questionnaire-b...

Ethical reasons are presented for requiring 1) that a proposal for a clinical trial should be accompanied by a thorough review of all previous trials that have examined the same and closely related questions, and 2) that a trial should be approved by a research ethics committee only if the investigator undertakes to register it in an appropriate register of clinical trials as soon as one exists.

Established in tandem with Singapore's national Biomedical Sciences Initiatives, the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) was established by the Singapore Cabinet in December 2000 to examine the potential ethical, legal, and social issues arising from Singapore's biomedical research sector, and to recommend policy to Singapore's government. BAC's deliberations on embryonic stem cell research [3] ...

1368-8375/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.01.002 q The procedures followed in this study were rev Ethics Committee of National Cancer Institute of Mila the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration (19 1989, 1996 and 2000) of the World Medical Associati ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: Supportive Care dation, National Cancer Institute of Milan, Via Ve...

which problems might arise in this delicate area. Contributors: RJ, JRo, and JRy had the original idea for the study. Data were collected by SH and SC. JB analysed the data and drafted a report. All authors wrote the paper. RJ is guarantor. Funding: SH and SC were funded by the London Deanery GP Department as academic senior registrars in general practice. Competing interests: None declared. Et...

In 1994, the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine concluded, although not unanimously, that whereas preimplantation sex selection is appropriate to avoid the birth of children with genetic disorders, it is not acceptable when used solely for nonmedical reasons. Since 1994, the further development of less burdensome and invasive medical technologies for sex selection...

Established in tandem with Singapore's national Biomedical Sciences Initiatives, the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) was established by the Singapore Cabinet in December 2000 to examine the potential ethical, legal, and social issues arising from Singapore's biomedical research sector, and to recommend policy to Singapore's government. BAC's deliberations on embryonic stem cell research [3] ...

This study complied with all of the principles of research ethics regulations which have been adopted by the Iranian Ministry of Health. Likewise, the study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Although the IRB approved this study, the medical students of our own institution might be vulnerable subjects. However, ethical approval was ...

The vast majority of health-related observational studies are not prospectively registered and the advantages of registration have not been fully appreciated. Nonetheless, international standards require approval of study protocols by an independent ethics committee before the study can begin. We suggest that there is an ethical and scientific imperative to publicly preregister key information ...

Material and Methods e present prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical study was conducted after obtaining permission from institutional ethical committee on 75 American Society of Anesthesiologists grade I-II patients with singleton, full term, uncomplicated pregnancy scheduled for elective caesarean section under spinal anesthesia. Patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension, histo...