David Healy
David Healy
Following the pharmacovigilance crises of 2004 involving the use of Vioxx and antidepressants in minors, medicine regulators turned to big data, also called real-world evidence, to support their efforts to establish the safety of treatment ...
Aliyyah Mohammad Khuzaini,Najwa Farhana Binti Norman,Muhammad Abubakar Uthman Mohd Nazri et al.
Aliyyah Mohammad Khuzaini et al.
This case presents the challenges faced in managing a premature infant with multiple unexplained neuromuscular symptoms. The discussion focuses on the ethical dilemmas surrounding the initiation of palliative care in the absence of a clear ...
Remembering Zafrullah Chowdhury (1941-2023): Reflections on his second death anniversary [0.03%]
纪念扎弗鲁拉赫曼乔杜里（1941-2023）：逝世两周年感怀
S Srinivasan
S Srinivasan
The cost of healthcare became an intense political issue with the systematic analysis of multinational pharmaceutical corporations and their track record. Medicines and their cost, and affordable access to healthcare, were too important to ...
Janmejaya Samal
Janmejaya Samal
A recent publication in an Indian journal stated that "Charak is known as the dad of Ayurveda (or) the dad of Ayurvedic medication." Such inappropriate terms used in science communication are called "tortured phrases". The use of such phras...
G Haripriya,P C Harigovind,Rakesh P S
G Haripriya
The rise of e-commerce has significantly broadened the marketplace, introducing greater convenience and accessibility to the desired products at the doorsteps of consumers. In recent years, even pharmacies have embraced the online platform....
Off-label use of baclofen for alcohol use disorders in India: no ethics without science [0.03%]
印度酒依赖患者应用巴氯芬：无科学就无伦理
Alain Braillon,Florian Naudet
Alain Braillon
Off-label use of drugs, when not supported by sound scientific evidence, hinders the development of evidence-based medicine and therapeutic innovation, is costly to the healthcare system, and exposes patients to unnecessary risks, including...
Global disparities and data transparency in editorial boards of prominent Internal medicine journals including allied super specialities: A wake-up call [0.03%]
全球内部医学著名期刊(包括相关专业)编委会差距及数据透明性：一声警钟
Jasmeet Singh,Pratyush Kumar,Abhishek Kumar
Jasmeet Singh
Background: Global healthcare research suffers from inequalities, favouring high-income countries, which hampers fair healthcare access. Low and lower-middle-income nations face limited participation and editorial bias, p...
Challenges in obtaining informed consent for health research from dependent older persons in the Indian socio-cultural context [0.03%]
印度社会文化背景下依赖型老年人的知情同意书挑战
Vijayaprasad Gopichandran,Sudharshini Subramaniam,Priyadarshini Chidambaram et al.
Vijayaprasad Gopichandran et al.
In this brief commentary, we share our experience of obtaining informed consent from older persons living in the community, dependent on their sons, daughters or in-laws. We present a scenario in which for our community-based cluster random...
Fariha Sabeen
Fariha Sabeen
New medical graduates and pre-clinical doctors face a dilemma when confronted with in-flight medical emergencies. Intervening could raise ethical, legal, and practical concerns, while staying quiet may violate the moral obligation to provid...
2024 Revision of Declaration of Helsinki: policy perspectives from India [0.03%]
2024年《赫尔辛基宣言》修订：来自印度的政策视角
J Raajasiri Iyengar,Roli Mathur
J Raajasiri Iyengar
The 2024 Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) marks a significant milestone in medical research ethics, addressing contemporary challenges and emphasising global ethical issues. In India, the 2017 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National...