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How to Get into a Clinical Trial
Read More: How to Get into a Clinical TrialIf you or a loved one has a serious disease or condition, joining a clinical trial may help you get access to new treatments. It also lets you contribute to society by being part of scientific discovery that could help others. But how do you join a clinical trial? You canโt just sign up. Itโs…
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Clinically Speaking: Importance of Clinical Trials in Lupus Research
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Importance of Clinical Trials in Lupus ResearchAbout 1.5 million Americans are living with some form of lupus โ and 9 out of 10 of them are women. Lupus is often hard to diagnose because it shares symptoms with so many other conditions, and because it affects the immune system of each person differently. Lupus can also be tough to treat, and…
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Immunocompromised People and Covid-19 Clinical Trials
Read More: Immunocompromised People and Covid-19 Clinical Trials+ Infographic text If your immune system doesnโt work at full strength, youโre at higher risk for getting an infection or disease like Covid-19. It may not be your first thought to join a clinical trial that is studying new medicines or vaccines, but this type of research is key to protecting people who are…
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Soy inmunodeficiente y un ensayo clรญnico cambiรณ mi vida
Read More: Soy inmunodeficiente y un ensayo clรญnico cambiรณ mi vidaTal como lo relataron a Nicole Audrey Spector Cuando era bebรฉ, me diagnosticaron talasemia ฮฒ, un trastorno sanguรญneo infrecuente que hace que no puedas producir suficientes glรณbulos rojos. En ese entonces, la รบnica forma que tenรญa para sobrevivir era recibir transfusiones de sangre en forma regular. La primera fue cuando tenรญa ocho meses y tuve…
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I’m Immunocompromised and a Clinical Trial Changed My Life
Read More: I’m Immunocompromised and a Clinical Trial Changed My LifeEspaรฑol As told to Nicole Audrey Spector When I was a baby, I was diagnosed with beta thalassemia, a rare blood disorder that makes you unable to produce enough healthy red blood cells. Back then, the only way for me to survive was to receive regular blood transfusions. I had my first one at just…
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Is It Safe to Join a Clinical Trial If Youโre Immunocompromised?
Read More: Is It Safe to Join a Clinical Trial If Youโre Immunocompromised?Espaรฑol If youโre one of the nearly 10 million people in the United States who is immunocompromised, it means your immune system isnโt working at full strength. You canโt fight off diseases or infections such as Covid-19 as well as people with healthy immune systems. Conditions such as lupus, diabetes and asthma can weaken your…
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Despite Challenges, Clinical Research Must Include Women of Reproductive Age
Read More: Despite Challenges, Clinical Research Must Include Women of Reproductive AgeHealthyWomen hosted a congressional briefing, โWomen in Clinical Trials: The Challenge of Research During the Reproductive Years,โ on June 1, 2023. Clinical trials have long been focused on white men, leaving women woefully underrepresented. Lack of diversity in clinical trials means that healthcare providers (HCPs) often donโt have enough data about how certain conditions affect…
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What You Need to Know About Clinical Trials
Read More: What You Need to Know About Clinical TrialsWhat are clinical trials? Clinical trials are studies of new treatments, procedures or behavioral interventions in people. The goal is to find out if a new treatment or prevention is safe and effective, or if itโs better than treatments or procedures we already have. Studies are also conducted to identify who might be most at…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast health, Clinical trials, Espanol, Medical research and clinical trials
Por quรฉ necesitamos mรกs mujeres de raza negra e hispรกnica en ensayos clรญnicos de cรกncer de mama
Read More: Por quรฉ necesitamos mรกs mujeres de raza negra e hispรกnica en ensayos clรญnicos de cรกncer de mamaEn julio de 2021, Latoya Bolds-Johnson, una asistente mรฉdica del รกrea de Washington, D.C. recibiรณ un diagnรณstico de cรกncer de mama triplemente negativo (CMNT) de etapa 3. Debido a sus antecedentes mรฉdicos, Latoya supo en las primeras etapas de su tratamiento que deseaba participar en un ensayo clรญnico. Pero su oncรณlogo nunca mencionรณ un ensayo…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast health, Clinical trials, Medical research and clinical trials
Why We Need More Black and Hispanic Women in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
Read More: Why We Need More Black and Hispanic Women in Breast Cancer Clinical TrialsIn July 2021, Latoya Bolds-Johnson, a physician assistant from the Washington, D.C., area, was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Because of her medical background, Bolds-Johnson knew early into her treatment that she wanted to participate in a clinical trial. But her oncologist never brought up a clinical trial and shut down the…
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New Hope in the Fight Against Alzheimerโs
Read More: New Hope in the Fight Against AlzheimerโsAs Krystal Allan watched Alzheimerโs disease ripple through her family, her own outlook on life changed. โOn my dadโs side, several relatives including my grandmother had Alzheimerโs,โ said Allan, an award-winning anchor with News 3 Las Vegas. โI saw firsthand what it was like โ for the patient and the caregivers.โ That family history led…
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Why Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Important
Read More: Why Diversity in Clinical Trials Is ImportantBy harming people of color and women more than other groups, the Covid-19 pandemic exposed a cruel reality: Factors such as gender, race and income can greatly affect access to healthcare, rates of disease, overall health and even life expectancy. A key to reducing such health disparities is making sure to include diverse groups of…
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Breast cancer, cancer, Clinical trials, Diabetes, Medical research and clinical trials, Obesity, Racial disparities
New Insights From Biology Can Help Overcome Siloed Thinking in Cancer Clinical Trials and Treatment
Read More: New Insights From Biology Can Help Overcome Siloed Thinking in Cancer Clinical Trials and TreatmentBy Gerald Denis, Boston University Rarely does an oncologist closely question a breast cancer patient about their blood glucose, body weight, lipid profile, or medications for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Instead, these issues are usually the concern of the patientโs primary care provider. Medical experts have recognized that obesity, defined as a body mass index…
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Clinical trials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Medical research and clinical trials, Policy, Prevention, Preventive health, Research, Science, Vaccinations, Vaccines
How Many Lives Have Coronavirus Vaccines Saved? We Used State Data on Deaths and Vaccination Rates to Find Out
Read More: How Many Lives Have Coronavirus Vaccines Saved? We Used State Data on Deaths and Vaccination Rates to Find OutBy CC BY-ND More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives. Researchers know the efficacy of the vaccines from large-scale clinical trials, the gold standard for medical research. The studies found the vaccines to be…
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15 minutes with, Access, Clinical trials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Health disparities, Hivaids, Lgbtq, Racial disparities, Research, Science, Vaccinations, Vaccines
15 Minutes With Phyllis Greenberger
Read More: 15 Minutes With Phyllis GreenbergerWe are honored to have Phyllis Greenberger on our team as senior vice president of policy, advocacy and science for HealthyWomen. A women’s health pioneer, Greenberger received the 2021 Perennial Hero Award from the Alliance for Aging Research in September. The award honors an older individual who is actively contributing to creating positive societal change…
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Access, Affordability, caregiving, Chronic conditions, Clinical trials, Health care, Health policy, Medical research and clinical trials, Medication safety, Parenting, Real women real stories, Research, Science, Skin, Skin health
What Itโs Like to Care for a Child With Severe Eczema
Read More: What Itโs Like to Care for a Child With Severe EczemaWhen our daughter Tilly was 5 months old, my husband and I noticed a rash on her face and neck. She was obviously itchy and pretty cranky about it, so we took her to her pediatrician. After a long process that involved changing everything from detergents to my diet (because I was breastfeeding), as well…
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Access, Access to health care, Affordability, cancer, Clinical trials, Health care, Health policy, Research
โKicking You When Youโre Downโ: Many Cancer Patients Pay Dearly for Parking
Read More: โKicking You When Youโre Downโ: Many Cancer Patients Pay Dearly for ParkingBy Rebecca J. Ritzel, Kaiser Health News For cancer patients, the road from diagnosis to survivorship feels like a never-ending parade of medical appointments: surgeries, bloodwork, chemotherapy, radiation treatments, scans. The routine is time-consuming and costly. So, when hospitals charge patients double-digit parking fees, patients often leave the garage demoralized. This story also ran on…
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Access, Clinical trials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health disparities, Medical research and clinical trials, Research
COVID-19 and the Growing Importance of Diverse Participation in Clinical Trials
Read More: COVID-19 and the Growing Importance of Diverse Participation in Clinical TrialsIf the COVID-19 pandemic has given us any silver lining, it’s that it has greatly influenced the way our medical society approaches studies and clinical trials. While the worldwide crisis has undoubtedly caused devastation on levels most of us haven’t experienced before, it has sparked a recognition of the importance of gender and ethnic diversity…
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Why Clinical Trials Need to Emphasize Function Over Pain Measurement
Read More: Why Clinical Trials Need to Emphasize Function Over Pain MeasurementEveryone perceives pain differently. Whether they’re in pain from injury or illness, the amount of pain a person experiences is unique to the individual experiencing it. Levels of pain can also be influenced by genetic, cultural, social and psychological factors. This high degree of variability makes measuring pain on a clinical scale a challenge. That’s…
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The Color of COVID: Will Vaccine Trials Reflect Americaโs Diversity?
Read More: The Color of COVID: Will Vaccine Trials Reflect Americaโs Diversity?JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News When U.S. scientists launch the first large-scale clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines this summer, Antonio Cisneros wants to make sure people like him are included. Cisneros, who is 34 and Hispanic, is part of the first wave of an expected 1.5 million volunteers willing to get the shots to help…
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We Need More Black Women in Clinical Trials
Read More: We Need More Black Women in Clinical TrialsAcross America, clinical trials, which are a vital step in bringing a new drug to market, have strikingly low rates of Black female participants. This is the case even with clinical trials centered on diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans in general or Black women in particular, such as including Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, heart disease,…
