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Tag: clinical trials
The public wants easier ways to participate in medical research, study shows
Informed consent, the time-consuming process for obtaining permission to conduct health-care research on a person, was developed long before computers, the Internet and smartphones. Last …
A look at crowdfunding clinical trials
I’ve been able to watch the crowdfunding phenomenon up close: My husband is a Kickstarter addict, and he, like millions of others, funds projects that …
Transparency in clinical trials: The importance of getting the whole picture
Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association ran a Viewpoint article from Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health and Kathy Hudson, …
Participant in Stanford food-allergy study delves into lifestyle-changing research
When I was 10 months old, I was diagnosed with an anaphylactic food allergy to wheat, rye, oats and barley. As I've written about in …