Digital health interventions (DHIs) show promise for the treatment of mental health disorders. However, existing meta-analytical research is methodologically heterogeneous, with studies including a ...

A new study led by Cedars-Sinai found a pattern of racial bias in treatment recommendations generated by leading artificial ...

Hypospadias surgery trials show minimal publication bias, supporting the reliability of current research. In a study published in June 2025 in the issue of International Journal of Urology, ...

Phosphate binders are often prescribed with meals for people with kidney disease to reduce the uptake of phosphate in food.

A new clinical trial finds that psilocybin therapy may offer a more powerful remedy for negative thought patterns in people ...

Understanding how AI-driven bias affects Black patients and knowing how to advocate for equitable healthcare is essential.

In 1747, Scottish naval surgeon James Lind conducted what is now considered the world’s first controlled clinical trial aboard HMS Salisbury. Scurvy, a deadly disease causing bleeding gums and ...

The technology’s potential to transform trials will need to be balanced with the challenge of instilling trust in participants.

She believes that algorithmic bias in clinical trials is the single biggest problem facing the pharma industry, one which is driving the health equity gap, and an issue that there is an inertia to ...

Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s 2024 has not been a good year for Sage Therapeutics. The Cambridge, Mass.–based biotech has seen its stock plummet more than 90% in the past 18 months, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Psychiatric drugs are reported to be about 50% more effective in clinical trials funded by the drug’s manufacturer than when trials of the same drug are sponsored by other ...

This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. P ediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough.