Headaches in Kids: Is it Something More?

Migraines are a complicated neurological disease that causes head pain and other symptoms. While they are mostly attributed to adults, kids get them too. Most kids will get head pain at some point, but migraines are much more than a nasty headache. We’re going to show you some differences between headaches and migraines in kids,…

Q&A with Dr. Choi: Hot flashes and Beyond

To set the stage for our new hot flash study enrolling here at Cedar Health, we talked with our women’s health principal investigator, Dr. Sooyeon Choi. Dr. Choi is a practicing physician at Walnut Hill OBGYN in addition to her PI duties here at Cedar Health. Her passion for women’s health and advancing treatment for…

Diversity in Clinical Trials

Patient recruitment in clinical trials continues to be a pain point in the clinical trial process. Meeting enrollment goals is one thing but obtaining enough demographic diversity in the treatment populations is another. While racial and ethnic minorities continue to be underrepresented in clinical trials, diversity challenges in gender and age exist as well. Solutions…

Kids and Clinical Research: Commonly Asked Questions

There’s no doubt about it, when you mention kids and clinical research in the same sentence, you can be sure there will be a certain amount of misunderstanding and stigma that follows. Clinical research studies help us find better ways to detect, prevent, and treat different medical conditions. The volunteers that participate in studies help…

Clinical Trial Rescue: Stress to Success

The coronavirus pandemic affected the pharmaceutical and research industry drastically, causing many research sites to slow, pause, or even stop their clinical trials. As the nation slowly adjusts, clinical trials have restarted, and in addition, a surge of COVID-19 trials have also been added to the playing field. So, how is it affecting us now?…

Coping with Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition where the type of tissue found inside of the uterus grows outside of it. Complications occur as the tissue grows, these growths can become inflamed, irritated, and swollen. During the break down of these growths, scaring called adhesions, and pain can occur especially before and during the menstrual cycle. It is…

Are you suffering from endometriosis pain?

Are you suffering from endometriosis pain? The EdelWeiss study is testing the safety and effectiveness of a once a day oral medication for the treatment of endometriosis-related pain. To learn more or to see if you qualify for this study enrolling at Cedar Health Research, please visit – https://bit.ly/CHR-Endometriosis-Trials.