Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...

Pilot studies and feasibility trials form a critical component of the clinical research process by enabling investigators to assess the practicality of study protocols on a smaller scale prior to ...

Recruitment is generally the first contact between researchers and prospective participants (whether through paper-based or online announcements, media communications, or face-to-face interactions) ...

Volunteer participation in clinical trials and observational studies is vital to disease research. No matter how promising a new drug, vaccine or procedure looks when tested in the laboratory or on ...

Scientists work with many different limitations. First and foremost, they navigate informational limitations, work around knowledge gaps when designing studies, formulating hypotheses, and analyzing ...

Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet – and this shift leads to improvements across several key markers related to ...

Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Susan Dominus Growing up in Maryland, ...