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Your facility experiences a rare adverse event. The wrong patient had surgery, or surgery was performed on the wrong body part. Things couldnt get worse . . . or could they? You receive a financial blow when you find out the insurance company wont pay the facility fee for the case.
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In these days of negative headlines about research and the pharmaceutical industry, its essential that clinical trials offices, IRBs, and research institutions join together to improve public education and trust about how research is conducted and the benefits it brings to society, several experts say.
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Clinical trials offices shouldnt leave the public education work to IRBs and investigators. Theres room for everyone to get involved, according to leaders of groups that assist in communication between the research community and the public.
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Investigators sometimes will rely on the old and less detailed way of handling expenses during a clinical trial, so it might be up to the clinical trials staff to make certain everything is done correctly and documented to avoid audit red marks.
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Effective weight loss was achieved in morbidly obese patients after undergoing bariatric surgery. A substantial majority of patients with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea experienced complete resolution or improvement.
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The consequences of sleep deprivation, as measured in otherwise healthy men, include elevations of sympathetic activity, increased levels of cortisol, and altered glucose metabolism.
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Night sweats, day sweats, and hot flashes occur frequently in the elderly and are more closely associated with common ailments than serious illnesses.
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Exenatide (Extendin-4) significantly lowered HbA1C and caused weight loss in type 2 diabetes patients.
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Studies on HCV infection resolution show that PBMC HCV-RNA may remain, despite clearance of the virus from plasma.
