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Chronic spontaneous urticaria, also called chronic idiopathic urticaria, is a type of chronic hives that come and go unexpectedly. These hives persist daily for a minimum of six weeks without a clear cause or trigger. While this condition can affect anyone at any point, women experience it twice as often as men, and it’s most common between the ages of 20 and 40.

Despite the fact that colorectal cancer cases have been declining in the United States since the mid-1980s, it is still the third most common cancer diagnosed each year excluding skin cancer. Often shortened to colon cancer, colorectal cancer occurs when cells in the colon and/or the rectum begin to grow uncontrollably and eventually spread to other parts of the body.

Interactive Response Technology (IRT) is an umbrella term that includes Interactive Web Response (IWRS) and Interactive Voice Response (IVRS) systems. These tools serve a critical role in ensuring clinical trials run smoothly, and as technologies develop, their capabilities only continue to expand.

The cornea is the outermost layer of the human eye, serving both as a protective covering and allowing light into the retina. To perform this function, the cornea is made up of several layers, the outermost of which is known as the epithelium.

One of the most crucial parts of running a clinical trial is managing randomization and drug supply levels. Ensuring that the right participants receive the right dosages of the right medication is essential to gathering accurate study results.

In both 2018 and 2023, Antidote partnered with SCORR marketing to conduct surveys intended to increase the understanding of patients’ perceptions of clinical trials. Our 2018 survey collected data from nearly 4,000 individuals to gain insight into what matters most when considering a clinical trial. Though smaller in scope, the 2023 survey had a similar goal of connecting with patients through ...

Achondroplasia, also known as achondroplastic dwarfism or ACH, is a rare disorder characterized by short stature, a large head, and short arms and legs. It is the most common type of skeletal dysplasia, the umbrella term that identifies hundreds of conditions, and occurs in about one in 15,000 to 35,000 births.

As the medical research industry is ever-changing, so too is the continuous evolution of effective patient recruitment strategies. To gain more perspective on what these changes have looked like through the years, we chatted with Tom Ruane, the Global Head of Patient Recruitment at Parexel.

Presbyopia, the clinical term for age-related farsightedness, is a condition that most people develop as they age. It’s estimated that the prevalence of presbyopia is nearly 80% for individuals between the ages of 45 and 55.

For Carla Greenbaum, M.D., growing up in the era of space travel and the moon landing kindled a lifelong interest in science. That interest influenced her career trajectory, and she’s now a leading investigator at Benaroya Research Institute where she has studied the natural history of type 1 diabetes (T1D) since 2000. Her work focuses on finding the cause of autoimmunity and developing targets ...