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....
A growing group of nurses at UW Health are trialing the use of generative artificial intelligence, AI, to determine how it can be used to address health care workforce shortages and burnout, and improve the care experience for patients....
The American Cancer Society reported that in 2024, they estimate there will be approximately 299,010 new cases of prostate cancer and around 35,250 new deaths attributed to the disease....
In January, Peg Cokins watched her granddaughter get married. It was a milestone that, in 2016, she didn’t think she’d live to see when she was diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer....
