The pros and cons of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy: clinical and laboratory perspectives

Compensatory Efforts; A Critique of the Pros and Cons

Compensatory efforts, positive discrimination or reverse discrimination are the terms which nowadays are used in applied ethics for a set of efforts and privileges which are scheduled for compensation of the historical oppressions and discriminations imposed upon some groups and classes in the society. The mentioned oppressions and discriminations may be applied deliberately or inadvertently or...

Essential micro nutrient testing – pros and cons

What is micro nutrient testing? Although not all the same, these tests are fundamentally a measure of the body’s essential micro nutrients, usually taken from a blood test but can be from urine, sweat, hair, saliva or even toe nail clippings! A vast array of nutrients can be analysed but the most important and relevant have been collated in the recently developed Cancer Risk Nutritional Profile...

Communicating genetic risk: pros, cons, and counsel.

Shortly before his death in 1995, Kenneth B. Schwartz, a cancer patient at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), founded The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center at MGH. The Schwartz Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing compassionate health care delivery, which provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers, and encourages the healing process. The center sponsors...

Clinical ethics committees--pros and cons.

The Pros and Cons of Prostate-specific Antigen Testing

Being one of the leading causes of male mortality, with the highest incidence of newly diagnosed cases, prostate cancer currently represents a major health problem worldwide. Constant attempts are being made to detect the disease as early as possible, to avoid local tumor invasion and the distant spread of metastasis, and to achieve optimal results from the curative therapy that might be applie...