Acupuncture patients were given "shocks" in one experiment to prove that acupuncture has a physical, not just psychological effect.
Ethical Issues
Deaths allegedly attributable to bad batch of IV colchicine
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Two patient deaths are reportedly attributable to an improper mixture of colchicine which was administered intravenously.
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Bahamas PM Lays Out Code of Ethics For New Government
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Wasting no time, the returned Bahamas PM has laid out seven ethical principles for his new government.
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Artificial intelligence may make life-and-death medical decisions
By Michael H. Cohen on
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Research suggests a formula can be made to predict the kinds of ethical life-and-death choices people wish to make.
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Robot ethics charter drafted
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It’s not yet Isaac Asimov’s three laws of a positronic brain, but South Korea is drafting a code of ethics regarding robots.
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Robot ad raises mental health issues
By Michael H. Cohen on
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The Medical Humanities Blog reported on a controversial ad showing a robot having serious mental health issues.
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Critics argue ’24’ offers selective view of torture
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The New Yorker reports criticism of the popular show ’24’ as unreliastically using high-velocity narrative in repetivie ‘ticking time bomb’ scenarios.
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Pediatric CAM case on abuse and neglect resolved
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The Whole Child integrative medicine pediatrician Larry Rosen forwarded information about resolution of the Virginia case involving pediatric avoidance of conventional care (oncology) in favor of alternative therapies.
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Robot sentry armed and dangerous
By Michael H. Cohen on
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An unanswered ethical question facing AI (artificial intelligence) is whether robots should be allowed to carry weapons.
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Dolphins sing the blues
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Actually, dolpins have been taught to sing the theme from Batman.
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