Everything You Need to Know About Alzheimer’s

It is estimated that 5.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s-related dementia. A new person is diagnosed every 66 seconds. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but knowing your family history and the signs, can put you on the path to early intervention. Defining Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Scientists …

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Keep Your Patients Interested: Tips & Tricks

Between seeing patients for other studies, attending SIVs, compliance reviews, and recruitment meetings, finding time to call those leads is tough. No big deal, right? Wrong.  When a person submits their application, you are at the very peak of interest at that moment. Almost immediately, the excitement begins to lessen, disappearing a little bit at …

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Taking Care of Your Mental Health

The concept of mental health encompasses the wellbeing of your body, emotions, and social interactions. When your wellbeing is out of alignment, you can develop mental illness. Living with mental illness has its ups and downs. It doesn’t mean you have to “ride it out” or face it alone. Appropriate support resources and taking an …

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Getting Your Site Noticed: Metrics are Key!

As a clinical research site, you play a huge role in the advancement of medicine. Without you, every lifesaving, life-improving medication and device available would not be possible. So much goes into every part of every day, but this blog is going to focus on just one internal aspect, the metrics. When done properly, metrics …

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Clinical Trials Q&A-Part II of II

Did you know that every prescription medication you have taken in your life started as an investigational medication that had to be approved through a clinical trial? The same is true about every medical device (knee implant, hip implant, etc.). Did you know that none of these life-changing products would be available today without volunteers …

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Healthy Lung Month

October is Healthy Lung Month, reminding people to take care of their lungs, promote education of lung diseases, and support those diagnosed with lung disease. Healthy Lung Month encourages those who have been affected by lung diseases to take control and learn more about new treatment options available. Common Lung Conditions According to WebMD, some …

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Clinical Trial Process: How Treatments are Tested and Approved

On average, the clinical trial process takes 12 years from the time a new treatment goes from lab testing to your medicine cabinet. via GIPHY Only five out of 5,000 medical treatments that enter preclinical tests make it to human tests; of those 5 clinically-tested drugs, only 1 is approved. That means each new potential …

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Clinical Trials Could Be Your New Health Plan

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[by: Brandy Haslam, MBA] “He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.”  With the repeal of Obamacare and many American’s choosing to go without health insurance this year, those in the clinical research industry are promoting clinical trial participation as a care option. What do I mean by care option? Think …

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Understanding How Clinical Trials Work

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Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether or not a new device, medication or medical strategy is safe and effective. In several ways, your experience as a research participant may be similar to your regular visits at your physician’s office. Clinical trials, however, can involve more tests, additional treatments, and extensive care that you …

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