277 posts tagged clinical research
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The AACR Meeting In San Diego
http://advancedprostatecancer.net/ ?p=316I have been very negligent in not writing about my experience at the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) annual meeting that I attended last month. I found that there was so much information, experiences and emotions that I came away feeling very awed and somewhat over whelmed by the experience.
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Doctor’s Don’t Talk to Patients About Participating in Research
http://www.researchamerica.org/ blog/ ?p=225Doctor’s Don’t Talk to Patients About Participating in Research May 14th, 2008 According to a new poll from the Society for Women’s Health Research (a Research!America member), 94 percent of Americans say their doctor has never talked to them about participating in any type of medical research.
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Lack of vitamin D linked to depression in elderly: study
http://www.healthexperiment.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ lack-of-vitamin-d-linked-to-depre…WASHINGTON (AFP) - Low levels of vitamin D in elderly people may lead to increased depression and other psychiatric problems, Dutch researchers said in a study released Monday. “Underlying causes of vitamin D deficiency such as less sun exposure as a result of decreased outdoor activity, different
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Learning to ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’
http://healthskills.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ learning-to-feel-the-fear-and-d…If ever there was an over-used quote from a pop-psychology book the ‘feel the fear’ quote has to be a prime contender! However, in exposure therapy for kinesiophobia, this is exactly what we are doing.
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Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) Clinical Trial Survey Results
http://pwpnews.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ center-for-information-and-study-on-…CISCRP/ODC Survey February 2008 CISCRP/ODC Survey December 2006 CISCRP/ODC Survey Dec 2004, Oct 2005, Apr 2006 CISCRP’s Clinical Trial Registries Survey Click link above to read results
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Anti-Inflammatories Ward Off Parkinson’s: Study
http://pwpnews.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ anti-inflammatories-ward-off-parkins…PakTribune, Islamabad / Tuesday April 01, 2008 (0846 PST) Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs appears to lower the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, perhaps by protecting brain cells that would otherwise die, researchers said.
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Early Diagnosis Of Neurodegenerative Disease On The Horizon
http://pwpnews.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ early-diagnosis-of-neurodegenerative…Medical News Today / Tue, 08 Apr 2008 3:20 AM PDT A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease could be launched this summer, reports Marina Murphy in SCI’s Chemistry & Industry magazine. Read more… [...]
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138 a WEEK?!: "Heavy pot smoking could raise risk of heart attack, stroke"
http://thiscanadian.typepad.com/ this_canadian/ 2008/ 05/ 138-a-week-heav.htmla freaking WEEK? contrast THIS with a different perspective. Boy forced to get chemo treatments returned to parents "When What the Patient Wants Isn't Best": when I do get to choose for myself? CBC still bewildered by Lancet's correlational review: "Marijuana may increase risk of psychosis" The Thieves of Virtue: criminalizing vice undermines representative government.
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What if you had a clinical trial and nobody came?
http://blog.pharmtech.com/ ?p=87The path to getting a pediatric drug through clinical trials just got tougher. According to a new report by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, many parents are unwilling to allow their children to participate in medical research, mainly
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Women catching up to men in abusing alcohol - which will abuse you back!
http://rashmanly.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ 2718/CHINA VIEW - LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Xinhua) — Alcohol dependence has increased substantially among American women, particularly white and Hispanic women born since 1945, a new study shows. Alcohol use and dependence appear to have remained stable for men, while young