clinical trials

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas. The United States Census definition of “rural” changes slightly from year to year, but, in general, rural areas are those that are sparsely populated and located far from urban centers.1 Demographic research indicates that rural-urban disparities in health care have widened in recent years, particularly among...

Critical conversations about the value of racial diversity and the importance of representation are taking place in all walks of life. These conversations are not theoretical exercises: they are meaningful and impactful practices in changing entrenched and damaging dynamics. In some cases, that damage can quite literally be a matter of life and death. Consider...

Cancer patients who consider going on a cancer clinical trial often start out with fears: Will I be treated like a guinea pig? Will I get a real drug or just a placebo? Will they be experimenting on me? Key benefits and barriers in clinical trials are explained in this video. It also features breast...