A short list of research advances that have taken place in the Clinical Center might include the following: Immunosuppressive therapy for nonmalignant diseases (lupus, Wegener's granulomatosis, midline granuloma) Use of magnetic resonance imaging to rapidly diagnose coronary artery disease in emergency room settings For more information on Clinical Center accomplishments, see the Clinical Center 50th Anniversary Website The clinical center houses only intramural research; that is, research that .

Research supported by The Life Extension Foundation has documented the value of antioxidants in extending life span and in protecting cells against ischemia (lack of blood flow). Ischemia is the leading cause of disability and death. Ischemia can be caused by the blockage of a coronary artery, which can lead to a heart attack, or a cerebral artery, which can lead to a stroke. Accident victims often die from ischemia.

For more Frequently Asked Questions about the National Institutes of Health, please visit the Q & A about the NIH page. To contact our office, e-mail Marge Schnackenberg at ms57e@nih.gov or write to NIH/NIMH/LCS -10 Center Dr. MSC 1264 - Building 10, Room 3D41 - Bethesda, MD 20892-1264. Phone (301) 496-3421 Fax: (301) 402-0188.

Patients are expected to provide their own transportation to the Clinical Center for the initial visit. If enrolled on a clinical trial, subsequent travel costs will be reimbursed if the patient lives more than 60 miles from the Clinical Center. More detailed information about travel costs and reimbursements will be provided for patients when they call the NOB office at (301) 594-6767 or at (866) 251-9686 regarding NEW PATIENT CALLS.

Researchers from Harvard and Boston Universities concluded that medical measures (drugs and vaccines) accounted for between 1 and 3.5% of the total decline in mortality rates since 1900. Scores of animals were killed in the quest to find cures for tuberculosis, scarlet fever, smallpox and diphtheria, among others, but was their unwilling contribution important to the decline of these diseases? Dr.

Homeopathic philosophy has taken every type of disorder into consideration while formulating tenets for prescription. There are clear rules about classification of disorders, the plan of treatment once the disorders have been classified, rules for prescription, rules for changes in prescription, rules for changes in remedies, interpretation of symptoms AFTER the medicines are prescribed, rules for the first and subsequent prescriptions and rules for prescribing for terminal disorders.

Breakthroughs at Breakfast? is our new morning lecture series with laboratory researchers and hospital clinicians on the frontlines of cancer research. Recent topics have including melanoma vaccines and ovarian cancer. Admission is free for these presentations, which are held at the University Club in New York City. Sign up for CRI e-updates to get announcements of coming topics.

You can find specific information about clinical trials for peripheral neuropathy at the University of Chicago on our website. Previous clinical trials have tested the safety and effectiveness of new medications to treat pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. For information about clinical trials at other locations around the country, click on the National Clinical Trials page.

Clinical trials are nationwide tests on advanced cancer treatment drugs and techniques. As a member facility, the results and resources are available to our patients.

Actually, it is both. The Clinical Center is where NIH conducts its intramural clinical research; and that research is done in a hospital setting with patient/participants who receive not only experimental treatments but also the best in hospital care.

Therapies based upon the use of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other naturally-occurring essential nutrients are of no interest to the pharmaceutical industry, because they cannot be patented. However, the synthetic patented drugs produced by the pharmaceutical industry can be patented, and total global pharmaceutical sales grew by 7% in 2006, to reach $643 billion dollars.

Homoeopathic system is one of the most scientific systems of medicine. The drugs are tested on human beings and the pure effects are used for the treatment of patients. The controversy generated about Homoeopathy primarily relates to the high dilutions used as medicines. The clinical efficacy of these high dilutions cannot be doubted. It is for the scientists of basic sciences to establish the quantitative and qualitative effect of these high dilutions in vitro.

Clinical trials are, ideally, a part of a system in which a series of scientifically-controlled experiments shepherd a plausible agent, combination of agents or procedure through a process whereby the efficacy of the agent or procedure is established or not. In the U.S. this process is overseen by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA").

A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Carefully conducted clinical trials are the fastest and safest way to find treatments that work in people and ways to improve health. Interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments.