Have you ever participated in a clinical trial? A recent survey was conducted in the United States on this subject. The results showed approximately 96% of the participants had never participated in a clinical study before. If you’ve ever donated blood, you know how important this act can be to the health care system to…
Some medical research studies across the nation are waiting on the latest decisions in Washington, D.C. to see if they will continue to receive funding. For while some medical research studies are funded by pharmaceutical companies, universities, and large corporations, others receive at least partial funding from government programs, some of which might be threatened…
If your doctor has ever prescribed a new drug for you for anything at all, rest assured that even if you don’t know what it is or how it works, it has been through the ringer as far as testing is concerned. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still do all of the research you might…
During medical research studies, doctors conduct different levels of clinical trials to analyze a particular treatment or a possible medical intervention and these clinical trials include four phases of research. With the early phase looking at the safety of a drug and its side effects, it’s in the later stage of this phase where a…
