Legal Duties of Clinicians When Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer or Their Surrogates Insist on ‘Futile’ Treatment - The ASCO Post

Legal Duties of Clinicians When Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer or Their Surrogates Insist on ‘Futile’ Treatment - The ASCO Post:

Law and Ethics in Oncology explores the legal and ethical issues oncologists must be aware of in this era of precision medicine and changing health-care policy, both to protect patients’ rights and to safeguard against potential legal jeopardy.

Ordered to kill patients, docs tell bureaucrats to drop dead

Ordered to kill patients, docs tell bureaucrats to drop dead:

So-called progressives in Canada keep working to erode moral beliefs, this time literally in the name of killing fellow Canadians. But there is pushback, too.

The newest target is hospice care in British Columbia, where officials overseeing a public health region have declared that hospice facilities must participate in euthanizing dying patients.

HelixBind awarded grant from CARB-X to accelerate development of culture-free test for bloodstream infections

HelixBind awarded grant from CARB-X to accelerate development of culture-free test for bloodstream:

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- HelixBind, Inc. announced a collaboration with CARB-X, (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Accelerator), a global partnership funding the development of promising new antibacterial products and diagnostics. The company is eligible to receive up to $2 million based on certain milestones supporting the development of a test for bloodstream infections on the company's proprietary RaPID diagnostic platform. 

In FDA Meetings, "Voice" of the Patient Often Funded by Drug Companies

In FDA Meetings, "Voice" of the Patient Often Funded by Drug Companies:

This is part 2 in a series; read the first part, “DRUG MONEY: FDA Depends on Industry Funding; Money Comes with ‘Strings Attached’”

At an August 15, 2016, public forum convened by the Food and Drug Administration, panelist Marc Boutin introduced himself as CEO of National Health Council and said his organization provides “a united voice for people with chronic disease and disabilities.” Speaking at the agency’s invitation, he proceeded to praise a far-reaching deal the FDA had struck with the pharmaceutical lobby—a bargain designed in part to speed FDA approval of new drugs.

The true story of SV40, the cancer-causing virus hidden in polio vaccines

The true story of SV40, the cancer-causing virus hidden in polio vaccines - NaturalNews.com:

(NaturalNews) Poliomylitis, or polio for short, is a disease that has been around since ancient times, and despite the medical advances we have made in the United States in terms of regular and natural health, there is still no cure for this dreaded, disabling disease.

Sepsis programme focuses on early detection, prevention

Sepsis programme focuses on early detection, prevention:

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has said it will soon roll out a standardised care pathway for patients with suspected sepsis across its network of hospitals.
This is in line with the mandate set out in Qatar’s National Patient Safety Collaborative (NPSC) to reduce sepsis-related deaths.
Established in January, the NPSC aims to support and encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement and safety across the healthcare system in Qatar.

Sepsis could be treated with new drug that revs up immune system

Sepsis could be treated with new drug that revs up immune system | Daily Mail Online:

New treatment for sepsis on horizon that jump-starts the immune system 

Interleukin-7 called the 'maestro of the immune system', prevents organ failure

Previous research has focused on antibiotic treatments for sepsis infections

A larger clinical trial has now been planned for patients with sepsis

Each year around 123,000 cases of sepsis in England and it kills around 37,000