Diabetes Clinical Trials and Treatments: New Medications, Tech Advances, and How to Join a Study

Diabetes is a chronic condition that, while controllable, is still outside the reach of a cure. However, various diabetes clinical trials are underway and proposed that could introduce new treatment options, a better understanding of the cause of diabetes, and support for improving overall health and well-being. You can be a part of them.

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How to Find and Evaluate Substance Use Disorder Clinical Trials Safely

If you or someone you care about is living with a substance-use disorder (including drug or alcohol addiction), you may have seen ads for clinical trials or heard that research studies can offer new treatment options. Clinical trials can be valuable, but not all opportunities are beneficial, and it is important to sort legitimate studies from questionable ones.This overview gives practical steps to find and evaluate substance-use disorder clinical trials.

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Bipolar Disorder: Treatments, Therapies, and What Research Is Exploring Next

Bipolar disorder affects roughly 2.8% of U.S. adults, making it one of the more common serious mental health conditions in the country. Despite how prevalent it is, many people living with bipolar disorder spend years without the right diagnosis or an effective treatment plan. The condition involves cycling between episodes of mania or hypomania and depression, and managing both ends of that spectrum requires a coordinated, often multi-pronged approach.

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Migraine Clinical Trials: Research Opportunities and Emerging Treatments

Migraines are more than ordinary headaches. For millions, they're chronic, disabling neurological conditions interfering with work, relationships, sleep, and quality of life. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, migraines involve severe head pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, visual disturbances, and other neurological symptoms that can last for hours or even days.

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Psychedelic Trials for Depression and Anxiety

Depression and anxiety affect millions of people every year, and many continue searching for treatments that provide more consistent or longer-lasting relief. Traditional approaches (e.g. antidepressants and talk therapy) help many patients, but they don’t work for everyone. That gap has fueled growing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy and the broader research surrounding it.

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Medication-Assisted Treatment in Clinical Trials: What to Expect

Medications for substance use disorders, like methadone for opioids or naltrexone for alcohol, can be an effective way to stave off cravings. During a clinical trial, researchers will track not just which medications are used but how they’re used and in what combination to get a better idea of what’s most effective for patients.Here, we’ll look at how medication-assisted treatment (often called MAT, MOUD, or MAUD) works inside a clinical trial.

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