Clinical trials are when a team of scientists and doctors tries a new medical treatment, drug, device or method on a group of people to test ... Read More
Clinical Trials
How to Find a Clinical Trial That Actually Works for You
Joining a clinical trial can mark a significant step in your healthcare journey that can be eased with careful considerations and ... Read More
How I Advocated For Myself to Join a Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
When Latoya Bolds-Johnson, a then 37-year-old physician assistant and mother of three, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast ... Read More
New Ready-Made Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presented at AACR Chicago
Scientists have developed a new, ready-made way to fight blood cancers that looks promising. Imagine having cancer-fighting cells already ... Read More
This Clinical Trial Will Pay You to Help Prevent Malaria
A malaria vaccine clinical trial is currently underway to test a promising new approach to prevent malaria, a serious and widespread ... Read More
Immunotherapy Works As Well In Senior Cancer Patients As In Younger Adults
It’s well-known that a person’s immune system wears down over time, becoming less effective as folks progress through middle age and become ... Read More
What We Learned From the IncluDE Site Solutions Summit About Clinical Trials
BlackDoctor.org (BDO) attended the IncluDE Site Solutions Summit, held April 7-8 in Atlanta, GA, a gathering of the brightest minds focused ... Read More
Heart Disease Is Hitting Us Hard—Why Black Voices Must Be in Clinical Trials
In a compelling and heartfelt Facebook Live, BDO’s Clinical Trials Editor Taylyn Washington-Harmon sat down with Dr. Jayne Morgan, a ... Read More
The Importance of Lung Cancer Screening
Sponsored by Merck Did you know that more people die from lung cancer than from colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined? Lung cancer ... Read More
This Chemo Drug Is Safe for Kids With Sickle Cell Disease
A chemotherapy drug taken by mouth has been found to safely and effectively manage sickle cell disease in children, a new study ... Read More
I Have a Rare Disease. Here’s Why I Chose to Do a Clinical Trial as a Black Woman
My name is Tasha White, and I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis at the young age of six years old. Myasthenia gravis, or MG for short, is ... Read More
Clinical Trial Found a New Antibiotic for Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea
A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections may also help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a new study shows. The ... Read More
