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- Q How can I find out about clinical trials for mood disorders?
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A trusted mental health professional with whom you have a relationship should be your first resource. He or she understands your illness and your other medical issues well. Institutions and other organizers advertise their trials through the... Full Answer
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- Q What is a crossover trial in clinical research?
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Crossover describes a study where participants receive a random assignment to one or two or more treatment options for a certain length of time. Once the first time period ends, researchers assign volunteers to one of the remaining treatments.... Full Answer
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- Q What are the pros and cons of participating in a clinical study?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyThere are thousands of medical studies going on at this very minute, not including our kids' efforts to determine the effects of nonstop music on hamsters. New drugs, new treatments, and then new follow-up information on old drugs and... Full Answer
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- Q Why are randomized, double-blind studies the most trustworthy kind?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyIn addition to asking other critical questions when trying to judge if a study if meaningful or reliable, one of the most important things to know is how the study was controlled. In general, you should trust only controlled randomized, and double-blind... Full Answer
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- Q What critical questions should I ask about clinical studies?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, Cardiology"A scientific study found…" That's the sure sign of credibility, right? Not so fast. Drug companies, politicians, gurus, TV commercials, journalists, and physicians (myself included) use these words all the time to describe health... Full Answer
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- Q What is the U.S. drug approval process for new medicines?
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To reach the pharmacy shelf, a medicine must first undergo years of scientific tests to determine whether or not it is safe and effective in treating a particular disorder. These tests are part of an extensive, complex drug development and review... Full Answer
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- Q What is an investigational drug?
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Stacy Wiegman, PharmacyAn investigational drug is one still being studied for efficacy and safety by using it in clinical trials. Investigational drugs are not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the general population. Clinical trials are... Full Answer
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- Q How is genetic research paying off for today's patients?
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Dr. David Agus, OncologyThe connection between specific genes and disease is one of the most important breakthroughs of modern medicine. In this video, Dr. David Agus talks about how genetic research is changing cancer treatment -- and the most promising directions for... Full Answer
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- Q What role does curiosity play in medicine?
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Dr. Dean Ornish, Internal MedicineCuriosity is what drives physicians and researchers toward a deeper understanding of biology, medicine and health. In this video, Dr. Dean Ornish discusses how questions about the underlying causes of disease are leading to a more complete... Full Answer
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- Q Do placebo treatments actually work?
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Dr. Robin Miller, Integrative MedicineThe notion of the placebo treatment has been around for centuries. ... Full Answer
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