The Ethics Of Embryo Testing

"Some companies offer tests that rank embryos based on their risk of developing complex diseases such as schizophrenia or heart disease. Are they accurate — or ethical?"

The science of embryo testing is advancing very rapidly. Is it exceeding ethical boundaries? The answer is not simple. Click on the link below for the latest on the issue:

The controversial embryo tests that promise a better baby

The Ethics Of Retail Pharmacists

"For pharmacists there is also a very simple and clear course of action that they can take. Just stop selling health care products that have no evidence of efficacy or evidence of lack of efficacy. Stop selling products that don’t work, can’t work, or are unproven to work."

Pharmacists Selling Snakeoil

Medical Ethics And Alternatives To Medicine

"It is ridiculous to look at the harms of medical treatments without looking at the benefits."  - - - "Nonmaleficence says don’t harm the patient; beneficence says help the patient. There’s a trade-off, since almost every treatment carries some small degree of risk. Not treating may do more harm than treating."

Screening Tests and "First Do No Harm."

Medical Research And Quality Improvement In Health Care

"The line between quality improvement and medical research might be a fine one, but it’s not so fine that “innovation” should ever trump protecting patient autonomy and safety. Steve Pinker’s attitude is an all too common one that naïvely views all “innovation” as good for patients and seems oblivious that innovation means little if it isn’t tested in medical research to see if it actually improves patient care."

A fascinating look at medical research and quality improvement efforts in health care.

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-fine-line-between-quality-improvement-and-medical-research/

The Ethics Of Doing Research On Alternatives To Medicine

"There are no astrologers publishing in astronomy journals or alchemists in the chemistry journals, but the study of magic continues apace in medicine with no signs of slowing down, ethical or not."

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ethical-failures/