clinical trials

On February 28, I stood on a crowded line waiting to pass through the Canadian border checkpoint at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport. Ordinarily I would have balked when an agent stopped to spray sanitizer on the hands of every passing traveler. Any other day I probably would have paused with concern when I saw border agents [...]

An ongoing clinical trial is testing a drug that mimics the anti-inflammatory benefits of cannabis in people with lupus. The lead researcher behind the trial is hopeful the new drug may replace prednisone for lupus patients (and others with autoimmune conditions) — with way less side effects. What Is Lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune condition [...]

Murali Chakinala, MD discusses the basics of clinical trials in PAH. Dr. Chakinala is a Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His areas of specialty include pulmonary vascular diseases, including pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterio-venous malformations.  Transcript: Hi. I’m Dr. Murali Chakinala. I’m a pulmonologist at Washington University in St. Louis, [...]