One of the most significant developments of 2009, indeed, medically speaking, of the millennium, has been the formation of the Global Alliance for Non-Communicable Diseases.[1] The Alliance has been established by agreement between the heads of the world’s top agencies directing publicly funded medical research: the US National Institutes of Health, the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC), simi...

This document is a joint submission by the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences to the current House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee enquiry into the science behind the arguments over the use of cannabis and its derivatives for medical and recreational purposes. It has been endorsed by the Council of the Royal Society and by the Council of the Academy of Medical Sc...

1School of Biological Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, India 2Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India 3Division of Reproductive Biology, Maternal and Child Health, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 4Department of Molecular Biology, National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Indian Council of Medical R...

INTRODUCTION In 1858, legislation was enacted in Britain which created a statutory body entitled the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.' This title, which was subsequently described by Viscount Addison in the House of Lords as "a cumbersome name" the initials ofwhich "have often befogged many of us in the past",2 and which was later abbreviated to Gener...

Sir,?I have read the communication of Dr. R. S. Greval in the May 1945 issue of your esteemed journal (pp. 281-2). While I am very much with the writer as regards the necessity of reforms in our Councils, I wish to point out that the medical act of England of 1858 was passed and the General Medical Council set up which registered all persons who were practising medicine at that time including s...

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published in the January number of Mental Welfare, but as the Report had only just been issued it was not possible then to give the views of the C.A.M.W. on the findings of the Committee. Since then the Report has been before the Medical Committee and before a special committee on sterilisation composed both of lay and medical members ?f the Council. Their Recommendations were submitted to, and...

The Indian Council of Medical Research formulates, coordinates and promotes biomedical research in India. In 1980, they formulated the first national ethical guidelines. They offer a number of different training programmes, from 1 day to 6 months. The council is developing a core curriculum for teaching bioethics, which would be applied uniformly in medical schools throughout the country. Drug ...