"A new study from the Mayo clinic
in the United States points to a frequent problem in certain types of
medical research. When healthy volunteers or patients with a given
condition take part in research studies they may have brain scans, CAT
scans, blood tests or genetic tests that they wouldn’t otherwise have
had. These tests are not done for the benefit of the individual, they
are designed to answer a research question. But sometimes, quite often
according to the authors of this new study, researchers may spot
something on the scan that shouldn’t be there, and that could indicate a
previously undiagnosed health condition. These ‘incidental findings’ generate an ethical dilemma for researchers....."cont'd
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Sunday, October 03, 2010
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