Medical — Plain Language
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I love diving into data, putting the parts together, and making it all make sense for the target audience. I'm itching to get out of the lab and onto your writing team!
Medical — Plain Language
What is a control? If you've ever read a news article or seen an advertisement about a new medication, you may have heard of placebo-controlled trials. A placebo-controlled trial is used to prove that a new medication or treatment is better at treating a target condition than nothing.
Why Clinical Trials? When new treatments are being developed, there comes a point when they must be evaluated on humans. This ensures that new treatments are both safe and effective. In the United States, human testing occurs in multiple phases called clinical trials.
What is the Scientific Method? You may not remember the science classes you took in school, but those classes probably introduced you to the scientific method. If you entered a science fair, you almost certainly used the scientific method to formulate a question and hypothesis, design experiments to test the hypothesis, and reach conclusions about your question.
What happens when eyes twitch? If you've ever felt an involuntary movement around your eye, you know it can be annoying and sometimes concerning. Harmless common muscle spasms of the eyelid are called myokymia, and have a variety of causes. Myokymia can be caused by tiredness, consumption of too much caffeine, and stress.
What is Sjögren's Disease? People living with Sjögren's disease know it's not just dryness. The disease causes joint pain and swelling, life-altering fatigue, small fiber neuropathy, lymphoma, tooth loss, and an inability to cry, to name a few symptoms and sequelae. Some sufferers have little to no dryness but experience disability from other other symptoms and secondary conditions.
Cancer and BRCA Basics Cancer is an ever-present enemy in modern life. It is estimated that in the United States alone, 2025 will see over 2 million diagnosed cases of cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women (after skin cancer) and is second to lung cancer for cancer deaths in women.
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Every day, correctional professionals are asked to make high‑stakes decisions with incomplete information. Mailroom staff handle correspondence that looks ordinary-but may be infused with potent synthetic drugs. Officers respond to drone drops carrying unknown powders and liquids. Medical teams treat overdoses caused by substances no one could identify in time.