11 Apr What exactly *is* a clinical trial – and should you apply for one?
What are clinical trials and how do they work?...
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11 Apr Participating in clinical trials
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Betsy Nugent, chief clinical research officer at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss clinical trials at UW-Madison, including the importance of trials, how they operate, and the critical need to increase the diversity...
11 Apr We took ecstasy together in a clinical trial. It saved our marriage.
Cancer survivor Kurt Nemes discusses how his participation in a psychedelic clinical trial impacted he and his wife for the better....
10 Apr The importance of patient engagement and its role in clinical trials
Perhaps one of the most important informed decisions a person can make about their health is whether or not to participate in a clinical trial. With a growing demand for participants to enroll in clinical trials, the need for patient engagement—and more importantly, plain language—comes...
04 Apr The truth in our genes
UW researchers have new genomic tools for explaining who we are and improving lives....
03 Apr US to build $300M database to fuel Alzheimer’s research
The U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) is funding a 6-year, up to $300 million project to build a massive Alzheimer's research database to help researchers gain new insights on the disease....
31 Mar Federal agency uses UW–Madison research to help shape national health policy
A data tool developed by UW–Madison researchers showing health-relevant metrics for every neighborhood in the United States is guiding a national model to help Medicare beneficiaries from under-resourced communities access health care more effectively....
30 Mar In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains
When she entered the field of Alzheimer’s research a quarter century ago, Lisa Barnes was deeply disappointed to find few Black people like her family members with dementia were being studied. A rarity herself — as a Black female cognitive neuropsychologist — she’s spent her...
29 Mar Phase III trials ‘hit a home run’ in advanced endometrial cancer
Immunotherapy combined with standard chemotherapy significantly improved survival in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to results from two randomized phase III clinical trials....
28 Mar My daughter was the first pediatric cancer patient in a trial. She died at 16, but the drug has been approved for other children
A girl's clinical trial journey didn't save her life, unfortunately, but she may have helped save the lives of other kids with cancer....