December 23, 2020
Understanding the Liver’s Role in Digestion
The liver is the body’s second-largest organ, second only to the skin. This approximately 3-pound, football-sized organ plays an important role making sure our bodies are...
April 24, 2020
How Does the Immune System Work?
The immune system is the body’s natural defense against infections and illnesses—someone who is especially susceptible to sicknesses may have a weak immune system. Even someone with...
February 28, 2020
What Makes a Disease Rare?
You may be familiar with diseases such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy or spina bifida, but what about the 7,000 other rare diseases? Rare diseases—such as certain infectious...
February 25, 2019
5 Diseases That May Be Cured Within Our Lifetime
Thanks to clinical research and the dedicated efforts of medical professionals, many diseases have been eradicated over the last 100 years. Modern treatments exist for...
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...
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...
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....
April 25, 2017
How Does Clinical Research Help Improve Disease Management?
For individuals struggling with physical pain, discomfort and pain management are a regular part of daily life. Chronic illness prevents millions of Americans...
March 31, 2017
Five Ways Clinical Research Helps Improve Medical Treatments
The clinical research data gathered today will help pave the way for an improved understanding of disease and illness in the future. Both Researchers and...
February 17, 2017
Clinical Research Toolbox: Nephrology
Not to be confused with nephology, the meteorological study of clouds, nephrology is a branch of medicine focused on kidney health and damage prevention. Kidney disease is known as...
