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Disturbance of sleep continuity, but not simple sleep deprivation, impairs pain inhibition and increases spontaneous pain.
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Despite an increasing array of methods for control of diabetes, not even half of patients currently have attained and maintain an A1c less than 7%.
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In the future, clinical trial sites might have to prove their success in recruiting participants and meeting deadlines before they're offered new research contracts. At least that's what will happen if the latest trend in the pharmaceutical research business world takes hold.
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Researchers and clinicians like to believe that patients will do as they instruct, taking their medications, showing up for appointments, and keeping notes on symptoms, etc.
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One of the hottest topics in clinical trial research these days is site selection, and the biggest obstacle to matching sites and sponsors is that people won't let go of the old ways, an expert says.
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Clinical trial coordinators and investigators could prevent the problems posed by study variability in trial adherence by taking measures to improve participant adherence.
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When Adventist HealthCare Inc. of Rockville, MD, asked community leaders what the health care system could do to better serve the community's needs, the answer was to form a center on health disparities.
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It's not uncommon in research for the clinical trial to end without the expected positive outcomes, but with some positive results that were not an anticipated end point.
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With Medicare's stricter reimbursement guidelines and the likelihood that commercial payers will follow suit, it's more important than ever before for patients to move as quickly and safely as possible through the continuum of care, the experts say.
