Posts Tagged ‘clinical trials’
For babies born by Caesarean section, can a simple swab reduce rates of obesity, asthma and allergies?
Inova clinical trial investigates outcomes of exposing newborns to mother’s microbes While Caesarean section (CS) delivery can be lifesaving for both new mothers and their babies, children born by CS have an approximately 50 percent increased risk of childhood obesity, along with asthma and allergies. There is a marked difference between the microbiomes, the community…
Read MorePower to the Patient at Inova Heart & Vascular Clinical Trials Unit
Power to the Patient Spotlight on the Clinical Trials Unit at Inova Heart & Vascular Institute in Falls Church, VA Clinical trials are used to explore new procedures, medications and processes that have the potential not only to treat patients struggling with an ongoing condition, but also to move medicine forward for patients in the…
Read MoreThe GALILEO Trial: Inova Researchers Study New Drug Therapy for Heart Patients
Matthew W. Sherwood, MD, is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He practices at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. Read Dr. Sherwood’s profile. Starting in March, we began enrolling patients in a first-of-its-kind study to compare drug therapies for patients who have had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR. As…
Read MoreInova’s Thrombosis Research Center to conduct research on drugs for cardiovascular disease
State of the Heart Staying on the leading edge of medicine is important to the doctors and staff at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. It has led to the establishment of the new Inova Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development, which is under the direction of Paul A. Gurbel, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular…
Read MoreAn Argument Against the Rising Tyranny of Big Data
This blog post is by Donald Trump, MD, FACP, CEO and Executive Director of the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute. Dr. Trump and other members of the Schar Cancer Institute will be blogging on current topics in cancer, research and developments. Blog Abstract The use of sophisticated data mining techniques in medical research is growing. Some…
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