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With evidence mounting of links between serious medical conditions and night shift work, you should evaluate your shift work policies and practices to make sure they adhere to recommended best practices, such as minimizing schedule disruptions, says Robert Emery, DrPH, assistant vice president for safety, health, environment, and risk management at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Treatment with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blocker may help keep workers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) employed, at least those with disease duration of 10 years or less, says a new study.
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Physicians need to understand the pathophysiology, preventative strategies, and acute management of patients with altitude sickness. This article presents an overview of the spectrum of altitude illness, diagnosis, and current management strategies, as well as preventative strategies.
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As research ethicists and others debate the merits of giving clinical trial participants the personal and aggregate results of studies, recent research suggests that participants want this information.
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Southeast Regional Research Group of Columbus, GA, starts serious discussions about where clinical trial participants can be found even before the new trial begins.
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Recruiting clinical trial participants is rarely easy, but finding subjects in rural areas where transportation and trust are big obstacles can be particularly challenging.
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It's a maxim in business marketing that it costs four to six times as much to find new customers as it does to keep existing ones.
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When a research institution is its own sponsor of investigational new drugs (INDs), there often aren't solid standard operating procedures (SOPs) for investigators.
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One major academic research institution has developed a process for prospectively checking protocols for fiscal responsibility and compliance.
