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Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dying

Background

Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more than 60 people have donated their organs after MAID. Such donations raise ethical issues about respect of patients’ autonomy, potential pressure to choose MAID, the informat...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Navigating the ethical landscape of artificial intelligence in radiography: a cross-sectional study of radiographers’ perspectives

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiography presents transformative opportunities for diagnostic imaging and introduces complex ethical considerations. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore radiographers’ perspectives on the ethical implications of AI in their field and identify key...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Caught you: threats to confidentiality due to the public release of large-scale genetic data sets

The article "Caught you: threats to confidentiality due to the public release of large-scale genetic data sets" by Matthias Wjst examines the ethical implications of sharing large-scale genetic data for research purposes. It highlights the risks associated with the assumption that anonymizing genetic data fully protects individual privacy. The study identifies two primary re-identification meth...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Mother’s Curse effects on lifespan and aging

The Mother’s Curse hypothesis posits that mothers curse their sons with harmful mitochondria, because maternal mitochondrial inheritance makes selection blind to mitochondrial mutations that harm only males. As a result, mitochondrial function may be evolutionarily optimized for females. This is an attractive explanation for ubiquitous sex differences in lifespan and aging, given the pre...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Advancing longevity research through decentralized science

In an era marked by scientific stagnation, Decentralized Science (DeSci) challenges the inefficiencies of traditional funding and publishing systems. DeSci employs blockchain technology to address the misalignment of incentives in academic research, emphasizing transparency, rapid funding, and open-source principles. Centralized institutions have been linked to a deceleration of progress, which is...
5 months ago

Biomedical

An integrative approach to dementia care

As the aging population continues to increase, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are becoming a global health crisis. The burdens experienced by the person living with dementia, their caregivers, healthcare, and society persist unabated. Persons with dementia represent an important population in need of a tenable care plan. Caregivers need the tools with which to properly care for these ...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Aging, adaptation and maladaptation

Aging is accompanied by a dysregulation of adaptive processes. On the one hand, physiological adaptation mechanisms such as learning and memory, immune system plasticity and exercise-dependent muscle remodeling are blunted. On the other hand, several maladaptive processes increase with age including cancer, pathological cardiovascular remodeling and metabolic dysregulation. With increasing age the...
5 months ago

Biomedical

The Roles of Various Immune Cell Populations in Immune Response against Helminths

Helminths are multicellular parasites that are a substantial problem for both human and veterinary medicine. According to estimates, 1.5 billion people suffer from their infection, resulting in decreased life quality and burdens for healthcare systems. On the other hand, these infections may alleviate autoimmune diseases and allergy symptoms. The immune system is programmed to combat infections; n...
5 months ago

Biomedical

Evaluating a Dental Public-Health Game across Two Learning Contexts

Serious games have been shown to be effective learning tools in various disciplines, including dental education. Serious-game learning environments allow learners to improve knowledge and skills. GRAPHIC (Games Research Applied to Public Health with Innovative Collaboration), a serious game for dental public health, was designed to simulate a town, enabling students to apply theoretical knowledge ...
5 months ago

Biomedical

New microbes, new infections, new editor, new directions

Key Questions

1. What is the new direction for the journal New Microbes and New Infections?

The journal will expand its focus to emerging microbes, evolving infections, and their societal impact.

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5 months ago

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Key Questions

1. What is the new direction for the journal *New Microbes and New Infections*?

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1. What is the new direction for the journal New Microbes and New Infections?