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What Do You Need to Know About Clinical Trials?

What Do You Need to Know About Clinical Trials?

September 28, 2018
The overarching goal of clinical studies is to determine whether existing medical treatments can be modified for increased effectiveness, and/or whether new medical advancements are more effective than standard...
How Does Randomization Affect Clinical Trials?

How Does Randomization Affect Clinical Trials?

June 25, 2018
How Does Randomization Affect Clinical Trials? Scientific validity is a top priorty in clinical trials and thus, methodologies and processes are essential to the overall success of the study. Clinical trials are...
How Does Clinical Research Lead to New Scientific Breakthroughs?

How Does Clinical Research Lead to New Scientific Breakthroughs?

March 30, 2018
How Does Clinical Research Lead to New Scientific Breakthroughs? In the mid-1700s, physician James Lind conducted the first controlled clinical trial in order to find a cure for sailors suffering from scurvy. Through...
Who Oversees Clinical Trials?

Who Oversees Clinical Trials?

February 21, 2018
Who Oversees Clinical Trials? Clinical trials are carefully conducted studies—using human volunteers—which are used to test potential medical treatments with an end goal of receiving an FDA approval for usages in a...
Recent Developments in Cancer Research

Recent Developments in Cancer Research

January 29, 2018
Recent Developments in Cancer Research Looking back at the impressive progress of medical advancements, clinical trials have played a critical role in the current status of modern medical treatments. Clinical studies...
What Is the Placebo Effect?

What Is the Placebo Effect?

December 27, 2017
What Is the Placebo Effect? “I’m a Cub Scout Camp Leader. When the kids start crying and want to go home, we just give them ‘homesick medicine’,” reads a submission on PlaceboArchive.org. “The kids always...
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Study Participant

A Day in the Life of a Clinical Study Participant

November 30, 2017
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Study Participant Clinical trials are vital to the medical advancement process and to the development of new treatments. Clinical research participants get to play an active role in the...
Clinical Research FAQ

Clinical Research FAQ

October 25, 2017
Clinical Research FAQ If you are new to the world of clinical trials, the terminology and procedures can be unfamiliar and even intimidating. The good news is that every medication that undergoes a clinical trial has...
How Does Clinical Research Help Find Cures?

How Does Clinical Research Help Find Cures?

August 28, 2017
How Does Clinical Research Help Find Cures? Spanning more than 200 countries and 50 states, clinical trials explore new, experimental therapies and medicinal treatments that will impact medicine for centuries to come....
How to Become a Clinical Researcher

How to Become a Clinical Researcher

July 28, 2017
How to Become a Clinical Researcher Medical research is continuously underway and the results enable researchers to further understand the complexities of pathogens and develop effective new vaccinations. While many...
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