Phase 1 trials with healthy volunteers are often perceived as risky and even unethical. But according to new research, less than 1 percent of 11,000 healthy volunteers for new drugs suffered serious complications. In a Phase 1 trial, clinicians test a new drug on people for the first time. The study, by researchers from the… Continue reading Phase 1 Drug Trials Are Safe for Most Subjects
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What’s Being Done about Inequality in Health Care?
Although there has been substantial progress in cancer treatment, screening, diagnosis, and prevention over the past several decades, addressing cancer health disparities—such as higher cancer death rates, less frequent use of proven screening tests, and higher rates of advanced cancer diagnoses—in certain populations is an area in which progress has not kept pace. These… Continue reading What’s Being Done about Inequality in Health Care?