Category: Research
Federal regulations require that clinical trial results are posted, but how many are? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Clinical trial results are required by federal law to be posted within two years of a trial’s conclusion, with data available on a website called ClinicalTrials.gov. A recent study looked at how often researchers are complying. William Nelson, director of …
Clinical Trial Participation
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Anchor lead: What are barriers to clinical trial participation for those with cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Clinical trials offer both the best care and the greatest hope for many people with cancer, yet a recent study indicates that one barrier …
Particles in Mucus
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Anchor lead: Measuring how particles move through mucus may help manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide. Now a new study by Enid Neptune, a lung …
Use of Golden Ratio
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Anchor lead: A proportion found throughout nature has a practical side, Elizabeth Tracey reports The Golden Ratio is a mystical measurement found not only in human skulls, as shown recently by Rafael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, but …
Golden Ratio
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What is the Golden Ratio? It’s a proportion found throughout nature, and now identified in human skulls. Raphael Tamargo, a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins, explains. Tamargo: We took 100 CT scans of normal patients, then did these measurements. And we found …