Tag: Ethics

Avanos Medical Inc to Pay $22 Million to Resolve Criminal Charge for Fraudulent Misbranding of PPE A US-based multinational medical device corporation will pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge regarding fraudulent misbranding of their surgical gowns. Avanos Medical Inc, which as its US headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, is charged with one

A retracted study on the safety of blood pressure medications in patients with COVID-19 continues to be cited nearly a year later, new research shows. The study in question, published on May 1, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), showed no increased risk for in-hospital death with the use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

A West Virginia physician pleaded guilty June 23 to two counts of assault and was sentenced to a year of probation. Kenneth C. Ramdat, MD, a physician formerly employed at the Louis A. Johnson VA Hospital, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, admitted to assaulting two hospital employees, according to a news release from the Department of

Cardiothoracic surgeon J. Marvin Smith III, MD, had always thrived on a busy practice schedule, often performing 20 to 30 surgeries a week. A practicing surgeon for more than 40 years, Smith says he had no plans to slow down anytime soon. But Smith says his career was derailed when leaders at Methodist Healthcare System

The world’s largest computing society, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), updated its code of ethics in July 2018 — but new research from North Carolina State University shows that the code of ethics does not appear to affect the decisions made by software developers. “We applauded the decision to update the ACM code of

Suicide rates are likely to rise as the earth warms, according to new research published July 23 in Nature Climate Change. The study, led by Stanford economist Marshall Burke, finds that projected temperature increases through 2050 could lead to an additional 21,000 suicides in the United States and Mexico. “When talking about climate change, it’s

Several states are likely dramatically underestimating the effect of opioid-related deaths because of incomplete death certificate reporting, with Pennsylvania leading the pack, according to a new analysis by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The study, published today in Public Health Reports, the journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General,

What if human brain tissue implanted into a pig transferred some of the donor’s self-awareness and memories? Such a scenario, out of reach for now, is becoming more and more conceivable, according to a group of scientists, ethicists, and philosophers who called Wednesday for a debate on the ethics of storing and using human brain