Ethical Considerations Children should not be given medicines that have not been evaluated adequately for use in that age group. There is a responsibility, shared by applicants and the appropriate authorities, to ensure that children have timely access to safe and effective medicines that have accurate, scientifically justified prescribing information. Applicants are encouraged to investigate t...

164 March 2015, Vol. 105, No. 3 Conflict of interest and regulatory authorities To the Editor: Parrish and Blockman[1] make excellent points about conflict of interest (COI), particularly in the context of ‘medical leadership’. As key opinion leaders themselves (both are members of the National Essential Medicines List Committee (2013 2015), as is the second signatory to this letter – the term ...

although there are substantial experimental, epidemiological and clinical evidences that high doses of ionizing radiation cause cancer and other detrimental biological effects, the health effects of human exposure to chronic low dose radiation exposures are still poorly known. people in some areas around the world live in dwellings with radiation and radon levels as much as more than 200 times ...