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Patient Perspective: Jamie Troil Goldfarb shares her clinical trial experience [video]

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Not only will patients be able to gain access to potential new treatments, but they will also be directly contributing to research that can save lives — something that Jamie Troil Goldfarb has experienced firsthand. Jamie received a diagnosis of stage IV melanoma in 2011, only 11 weeks after giving birth to her child.

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‘Repeat After Me’ for Better Diabetes Care

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It’s a simple concept: After a health care provider explains various details on treatment plans, medications and how to manage the disease at home, they then ask the patient to repeat back the information. Data came from the 2011-2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey administered by the U.S.

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Epilepsy Meds During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk in Child

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She’s a doctoral candidate in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington. The main treatment for epilepsy is antiseizure medications, according to background information in the study. About 10% of the women took carbamazepine and 7% took the medication lamotrigine.

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Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues

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These children often miss school and social activities due to doctors’ visits or health restrictions. For the study, the researchers reviewed medical records of close to 119,000 kids, aged 4 to 17, who were treated at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston more than once between 2011 and 2016. ” she said.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine

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Background on oral phenylephrine as a nonprescription nasal decongestant Phenylephrine is an alpha-1 adrenergic agonist that is approved as a nonprescription oral treatment for temporary relief of nasal congestion , sinus congestion and pressure. The trials assessed change in nasal congestion score over one week of treatment.

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Discovering an Antimalarial Drug in Mao’s China

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In response to the precipitous rise in incidence, governments on both sides of the Pacific began a systematized search for antimalarial treatments. Over the course of 12 years, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) screened more than 250,000 compounds in search of an efficacious treatment.

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XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) to Help Prevent and Treat Blood Clots in Pediatric Patients

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CLICK TO TWEET : @JanssenUS announces NDA submission to @US_FDA for two new potential pediatric indications for the treatment and prevention of #bloodclots. EINSTEIN-Jr is the largest pediatric study completed to date for the treatment of VTE. for use in pediatric patients. Learn more: [link].

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