Posts Tagged ‘Off-label’
Upcoming event on therapeutic and non-therapeutic uses of non-invasive neuromodulation devices
. Heads-up: The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, is putting together a forward-looking workshop on Non-Invasive Neuromodulation of the Central Nervous System. March 2–3rd, 2015, in Washington, DC. Description: Based on advances in biotechnology and neuroscience, neuromodulation devices are poised to gain clinical importance in the coming years and to be…
Read MoreMonitoring stress-related use of antipsychotic drugs in the military
War on Drugs (OpEd at the NYT): “LAST year, more active-duty soldiers committed suicide than died in battle… Worse, according to data not reported on until now, the military evidently responded to stress that afflicts soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan primarily by drugging soldiers on the front lines…The trouble is that we have no idea whether…
Read MoreNeurologists prescribing cognitive enhancement drugs to healthy kids and adults?
According to a new position statement by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), prescribing cognitive enhancement, “attention-boosting,” drugs to healthy children is misguided and not justifiable. Interestingly, a 2009 position statement by AAN still in force today stated that doing so with adult “patients” is both legal and ethical (including the remark that “Neurologists who prescribe medications…
Read MoreThe Business and Ethics of the Brain Fitness Boom — Part 1: The Business
This is part 1 of the 4‑part The Business and Ethics of the Brain Fitness Boom series
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