Living with a serious condition, looking for or participating in a clinical trial can be tough on the psyche and there is no one right way to handle that kind of distress. However, there are some things that relatives and friends can do to make things a little bit better for patients. 1. Get informed. A study conducted by our…
Today (7th of April) is the World Health Day. This year the World Health Organisation (WHO) dedicated the day to mental health and depression in particular, which is the ground for most of the mental illnesses. Depression affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. It impacts people’s ability to carry out even the simplest…
The 7th of April is the World Health Day which is dedicated to depression this year. Our platform is providing information about clinical trials for many different conditions, but depression is one that accompanies many of them. We at FindMeCure decided to raise awareness and talk about it lauder and openly. Together with you. No inconvenience. No shame. No reticence. Send us…
Every decision begins with the awareness that such can be made, that this option exists, that an alternative might be out there. The decision about participating in a clinical Trial is a serious one. Most of the times patients get access to information about clinical trials from their doctors or by recruiting companies. The problem is that not all…
The placebo effect has been widely discussed basically ever since it had been discovered by the American doctor Henry Beecher, who was taking care of wounded soldiers during the World War II. One day Henry runs out of the vital pain-killing morphine. At that point he doesn’t have much of a choice but to continue telling patients that he is…
HIV rates continue to drop globally, that’s what newest reports show at the World AIDS Day. The dropping rates are partially due to increased HIV awareness, knowledge about prevention, testing and efforts to make drug treatments affordable, which reduce the risk of transmission. But I’d argue that the main reason is, in fact, suspending moral judgment and instead focusing on…
