Can specific dietary guidelines help people living with bipolar disorders better manage their health? Clinical trial results showed that a diet designed to alter levels of specific fatty acids consumed by participants may help patients have less...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released its Winter 2021 “AMA COVID-19 Guide: Background/Messaging on Vaccines, Vaccine Clinical Trials & Combatting Vaccine Misinformation.”
The AMA guide is the latest attempt by the medical...
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New research finds four out of five cancer therapies tested in Phase III trials do not achieve clinically-meaningful benefit in prolonging survival, and is the first study to quantify the number of false-positive, false-negative, and true-negative...
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To be successful, translational medicine (TM) needs to bring together multiple disciplines – molecular medicine, intellectual property, financing, regulation, preclinical and clinical trial studies are all essential to these complex projects....
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine given two months after the first strengthens protection against moderate illness and severe disease.
The company said a late-stage clinical trial found that giving a second...
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(MedPage Today) -- It was possible to use monetary incentives to increase clinical trial recruitment without having unethical effects on participants, a study suggested.
Rewards of up to $500 per participant improved enrollment in one randomized...
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(MedPage Today) -- At the virtual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting, researchers explored the clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and early outcomes of the addition of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to chemotherapy in small...
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Rutgers researchers conducting the Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric vaccine clinical trial and parents whose children are participating are available to discuss the recent news of the vaccine prompting a strong immune response in young children.
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Early results from a UCLA-led clinical trial found treating women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-negative early breast cancers with a novel type of anti-hormonal therapy, called an oral...
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Researchers have developed an augmented reality app for smartphones in order to help people reduce their fear of spiders. The app has already shown itself to be effective in a clinical trial, with subjects experiencing less fear of real spiders...
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New data published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and featured at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021 highlights a promising new treatment for individuals with HER2-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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A new analysis of data from the THALES trial separates out the reduction in ischemic events from the increase in bleeding events and shows the benefit outweighs the risk in a ratio of four-to-one. Medscape Medical News
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is launching pre-clinical trials of simultaneous administration of vaccines against flu and the coronavirus, based on study results, a decision on further steps will be made, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Friday.
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Could delivering Covid-19 immunity directly to the nose -- the area of the body via which it is most likely to be transmitted -- help conquer the pandemic?
The World Health Organization says clinical trials are underway to evaluate eight nasal spray...
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Syneos Health, Inc. SYNH recently announced the buyout of a leading technology-enabled clinical trial recruitment and retention company – StudyKIK. The acquisition enhances Syneos Health’s ability to offer technology and...
Moffitt Cancer Center is participating in a national pilot project being conducted by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC). The pilot project is testing a research site...
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(MedPage Today) -- Data from an ongoing clinical trial showed that a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) produced an immune response and no increased risk of severe adverse events, FDA staff said in briefing documents...
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Rutgers pioneers a virtual approach to clinical trials, revolutionizing how studies are performed and increasing participant access, leading to stronger scientific results and accelerated treatment
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Parents seeking out clinical trials and enrolling their children in them.
News broke over the weekend that the FDA may approve the coronavirus vaccine for children aged five to twelve sometime this fall, possibly...
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(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with the urate precursor inosine did not result in a significant difference in the rate of clinical disease progression in early Parkinson's disease, the phase III SURE-PD3 trial showed.
Clinical progression rates...
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