Diabetes

Diabetes Clinical Trials Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems, such as heart disease, nerve damage, eye problems, and kidney disease. One in four people with this disease don’t even know they have… Continue reading Diabetes

Depression

Depression Clinical Trials There are several types of depression clinical trials. Some are for those who have depression symptoms, yet haven’t been diagnosed or treated and then there are those for people who cannot find adequate relief of depression symptoms with the currently available FDA approved depression medications. Or, in some cases the side effects that result from… Continue reading Depression

Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s Disease Clinical Trials Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by inflammation of the digestive, or gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Crohn’s can affect any part of the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus, but is most commonly found at the end of the small intestine (the ileum) where it joins… Continue reading Crohn’s Disease

Constipation

Constipation Clinical Trials Constipation is a condition in which you have fewer than three bowel movements a week, or hard, dry and small bowel movements that are painful or difficult to pass.   Some people worry too much about having a bowel movement every day. There is no right number of daily or weekly bowel… Continue reading Constipation

Common Cold Treatment

Common Cold Treatment Clinical Trials Common cold is an illness caused by a virus. There are 200 types of these viruses, but the most common one is the rhinovirus, which is thought to be responsible for at least 50% of colds. You can catch it from another person who is infected with the virus. This… Continue reading Common Cold Treatment

Clostridium Difficile Colitis

Clostridium Difficile Colitis (C. diff) Vaccination Clinical Trials Clostridium difficile colitis results from disruption of normal healthy bacteria in the colon, often from antibiotics. C. difficile can also be transmitted from person to person by spores. It can cause severe damage to the colon and even be fatal.   Infections caused by clostridium difficile colitis… Continue reading Clostridium Difficile Colitis

Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Clinical Trials Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life.    If you have borderline personality disorder, don’t get discouraged. Many people with this disorder get better over time with treatment and can… Continue reading Borderline Personality Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder Clinical Trials There are four basic types of bipolar disorder; all of them involve clear changes in mood, energy, and activity levels. These moods range from periods of extremely “up,” elated, and energized behavior (known as manic episodes) to very sad, “down,” or hopeless periods (known as depressive episodes). Less severe manic periods… Continue reading Bipolar Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder Clinical Trials Binge eating disorder is characterized by consumption of a large amount of food in a short amount of time accompanied by the feeling that you can’t control what or how much you are eating. If you binge eat regularly—at least once a week for 3 months—and feel you cannot control… Continue reading Binge Eating Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Clinical Trials Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior.   Managing autism isn’t always easy. Some treatments cause unwanted side effects, while other autism treatments don’t always work. Autism clinical… Continue reading Autism Spectrum Disorder