Clinical Trials

• Article - Clinical Trials: How to Get Your Parent Accepted and Enrolled

  How to get a parent with cancer accepted and enrolled in the best clinical trial available.

• Article - Parkinson's Disease: How to Keep Up With the Latest Research

  Here's how to locate reliable, up-to-date information about Parkinson's disease research and Parkinson's disease websites.

• Article - Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatment: A Step-by-Step Guide

  How to find and enroll your parent in a clinical trial.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - New Lung Cancer Vaccine Quadruples Survival Time for Some

  A vaccine called Lucanix starting clinical trials in August 2008 may help patients with Stage III or IV non small-cell lung patients live longer with few side effects.

• Blog Post - Exciting Clinical Trials for Advanced Prostate Cancer

  Late-stage prostate cancer patients now have new drugs available through clinical trials that are now recruiting.

• Blog Post - New Alzheimer's Breakthroughs, The Cliff Notes Version

  A quick guide to news from the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.

• Blog Post - Want to Participate in an Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trial?

  Clinical trials for Alzheimer's drugs attract too few participants to help speed promising candidates through research; here's why.

• Blog Post - Cancer Patients Fight for Access to New Drugs

  Access to experimental cancer drugs and treatments can save the lives of cancer patients, and the issue has become a heated one.

• Blog Post - Cancer Research Breakthroughs Offer New Cancer Drug Options

  New cancer drugs offer hope for those with breast cancer, lung cancer, brain tumors, and pancreatic cancer.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How do I persuade my father to join a clinical trial that could help him fight bone cancer?

  When a parent with cancer won't join a clinical trial, find out why. Then discuss his concerns, given the research and his own prognosis.

• Question - What is the prognosis of stage 4 ovarian cancer as far as life span from prognosis to recurrence?

  This question has been answered by a Community Member

• Question - Why is my dad, who has colon cancer have back and stomach pain? Will homeopathic remedies help?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

News

• News - Diabetes Drugs Boost Heart Failure But Not Death

  THURSDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used...

• News - Emotional State Doesn't Affect Cancer Survival

  MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Neither positive...

• News - Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 6, 2007

  (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials...

• News - Cancer Care Advances in 2007 Offer Hope

  TUESDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Advances in breast...

• News - Black Americans Still Wary of Clinical Trials

  MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans...

• News - Vitamin E, Lutein May Fight Cataracts

  FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Antioxidants such...

• News - Curry Ingredient May Cut Cardiovascular Risks

  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Curcumin, an...

• News - Many Phase 3 Cancer Drug Trials Yield Effective Medicines

  MONDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- From 25 percent...

• News - Report Claims Clinical Trials Miss Many Populations

  TUESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis...

• News - Cancer Drug Trials Often Halted Early

  FRIDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- An increasing...

Links

• External Link - U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging

  This federal institute is a leader in aging research. The link contains news releases on the latest Alzheimer’s disease findings, and provides information on clinical trials and research centers nationwide.