News tagged with control participants

Telephone trumps social media when communicating with teens about research

If you think teenagers prefer social media over the telephone, you may want to think again, at least when it comes to teens involved in research studies.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Persons who survive cancer more likely to be unemployed

An analysis of previous studies finds an association between being a cancer survivor and being unemployed, compared to healthy individuals, especially for survivors of breast and gastrointestinal cancers, according to an ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New surgical technique shows promise for improving function of artificial arms

A surgical technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation appears to enable patients with arm amputations to have improved control of functions with an artificial arm, according to a study in the February 11 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0