Medical research

New study finds systematic biases at play in clinical trials

Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments in clinical research. However, a recent study from Michigan State University found that people of color ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A potential game-changer for emergency medicine: Synthetic platelets

Imagine being a paramedic treating a trauma patient who's bleeding severely. You know your patient's life is in danger, but there's not much you can do because the patient needs an infusion of blood containing platelets. ...

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