Standing on the outside of a profession and looking in is no easy thing. Without access to “insider’s knowledge” about how to pursue a career path in which you are interested, how do you even know in which direction to take the first step?...
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health....
Women are underrepresented in clinical trials of medical devices and are significantly underrepresented in clinical trials evaluating cardiovascular devices compared with devices in other specialties, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Internal Medicine....
Clinical trials are critical for assessing new treatments in terms of their potential benefits for patients’ health and for their likelihood of financial success if marketed. Yet, the traditional approach focusing on a single primary endpoint may mean lengthy trials that often fail to capture...
Transgender and gender diverse (TGGD) individuals face an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is an unmet need to identify the root causes of CVD health disparities in this population....
Precision medicine brings about transformational advances in how we treat and prevent disease. As our understanding of biology progresses, we advance our ability to precisely target therapies to individuals with specific variants of broad diseases....
Tamara Kempken Mehring discusses her career path and current role as Clinical Nurse Specialist within the UW Clinical Research Unit (CRU)....
An FDA advisory committee on Monday unanimously supported the investigational drug donanemab for treating early Alzheimer's disease....
There could be a combined Covid-19 and flu shot in our future, although it won’t be ready for this year’s flu season....
To better understand relationships between the genes we inherit and the environmental and societal factors that surround us and to deliver more evidence-driven health care, research must be integrated into clinical care and community settings, reaching patients from all walks of life....
