by Kristen Sale | Oct 29, 2024 | Enrolling Studies, Pediatric Studies
Brief Summary: Pneumococcal vaccines protect against the diseases caused by types of “pneumococcus”. The bacteria called “pneumococcus” form a group of more than 100 slightly different types of bacteria. Some of them can cause an ear, sinus or lung...
by Kristen Sale | Jan 3, 2023 | Enrolling Studies
Brief Summary: Doctors at NCR are conducting a study for adult men and women who have obesity. The study will evaluate two different medications given by weekly injections that may help with weight control. The study also includes nutrition counselling with a...
by Kristen Sale | Feb 4, 2021 | Enrolling Studies, Pediatric Studies
Brief Summary: Varicella (i.e., chickenpox) is caused by the highly contagious varicella zoster virus, which typically affects children under 10 years of age. It is characterized by fever and skin rash with small, fluid-filled blisters. Chickenpox is commonly regarded...
by Kristen Sale | Dec 28, 2017 | Alzheimer's Studies
Background Tau is a protein that helps stabilize the internal skeleton of nerve cells (neurons) in the brain. This internal skeleton has a tube-like shape through which nutrients and other essential substances travel to reach different parts of the neuron. In...
by Kristen Sale | Dec 28, 2017 | Alzheimer's Studies
Background The thinking about how to best treat Alzheimer’s disease has advanced over the past few years to treating with two drugs, one that removes amyloid plaque from the brain (which removes the cause of the disease) and one that removes the protein tau (which...
