CTN Webinar: Strategies to Improve Treatment Adherence in CTN Research Protocols.

CTN Webinar: Strategies to Improve Treatment Adherence in CTN Research Protocols. – This 90-minute webinar, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the publ…

April is Minority Health Month

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At the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), achieving equality in health and health care is part of the mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH). … Here are some examples of disparities in those areas from federal studies: … offices within HHS …
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MDA Scientific Conference To Focus On Therapy Development For …

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The conference will allow experts from various backgrounds — including the academic, corporate drug development and clinical arenas — to focus on therapeutic strategies for neuromuscular diseases and discuss how barriers to therapy development may be …
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Risky drinking behavior common among students, study suggests

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According to a new study, a majority of men and women between the ages of 18 and 34, such as college students at Boston University, have recently experienced at least one at-risk drinking incident, according to a new study. At-risk drinking is four or …
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My Take: Godless in Boston mourn, too

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He directs the Humanist Community Project, a national think tank helping to study and build communities for the nonreligious. By Greg M. Epstein, Special to CNN. Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — After two days of holding back my own feelings to focus …
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