Trying to get more women in clinical trials

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The US Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule in Sep 1997 that would ensure that women would not be excluded from clinical trials if they had a life threatening disease just because they are of childbearing age. There is concern that drug trials that do not have an adequate amount of women in the study will be unable to generalize about the effects of these drugs on women. The American Medical Assn wants to ensure that the health of men and women is promoted by adequate funding for medical research on both sexes.

Social aspects, Management, Drugs, Health care industry, Testing, Social policy, American Medical Association, Human experimentation in medicine, Human medical experimentation, United States. Food and Drug Administration

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NIH advisory panel to delineate research on medical marijuana

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A National Institutes of Health panel is studying existing data to determine recommendations for further research into medical uses of marijuana. The panel is expected to issue a report in late March, 1997, which lists which conditions and their marijuana treatments should be the main focuses of organized research. Control of nausea and other side-effects of radiation treatments for cancer, as well as the use of marijuana by glaucoma and AIDS patients, are expected to be focuses.

Health aspects, Research, Ethical aspects, United States. National Institutes of Health, Medical marijuana

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Lobby for labs: biomed research campaigning for funding increase

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A campaign to lobby Congress for medical research funds will emphasize the importance of research in minimizing health care costs and saving lives. The campaign seeks to win funds for the National Institutes of Health, and campaign planners are targeting pharmaceutical companies, physician groups and other medical field professionals to form an effective lobbying coalition.

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