According to the World Health Organization, over one million clinical trials are conducted annually across the world. In 2024, the U.S. hosted approximately 20% of all trials, followed by China and India. Imagine all those thousands of patients traveling to clinics, submitting their samples, taking their treatments, and hoping that they – or those who follow […]
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Caregiving in America
I am thrilled to share results from my collaboration with SSRS and ARCHANGELS, “Caregiving in America: The Common Thread in Every Community.” Here are excerpts from our report: Our nationally representative sample of n=2,012 U.S. adults finds that in the year prior to the survey, 36 percent of Americans provided unpaid care to a family […]
Wow! How? Every Cure
David Fajgenbaum was in medical school when his body began shutting down. A former college quarterback, he lay in bed, nearly helpless, as a priest read him his last rites. Then a doctor pitched a Hail Mary pass by administering seven different types of chemotherapy, hoping to blast Castleman disease out of Fajgenbaum’s body. It […]
Wow! How? Community
Vicki McCarrell had always dreamed of becoming a mother. When she gave birth at age thirty-eight to her son Sean, life seemed complete. Yes, he had the full facial paralysis typical of Moebius syndrome, but otherwise, he looked perfect to her. Indeed, at the hospital near her home in Van Nuys, California, she was given […]
Jill Dopf Viles, DIY scientist
Jill Dopf Viles suspected a killer was hiding in her family’s genetic code. Symptoms popped up among her siblings, her father, her uncle, her grandmother, but, despite 15 annual visits to the Mayo Clinic, no clinician suggested anything more specific than muscular dystrophy. Viles studied genetics in college and spent hours in the library, reading […]
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