Clinical trials are critical aspects of scientific research. By involving human participants in medical studies, researchers are able to find out if new treatments are safe and effective. Clinical trials can test new drugs or drug combinations and new surgical procedures or devices, as well as new ways of making diagnoses or using existing treatments. Clinical trials play a crucial role in developing vaccines — including these for the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Here’s a list of 10 common mistakes new Medicare enrollees make and how to avoid them, according to the Medicare Rights Center, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit consumer service organization.

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“Spending time in “blue spaces” — such as beaches, rivers, and lakes — as a child can have significant and lasting benefits for wellbeing throughout life, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.” Click here to continue reading.

Germs are all around us. You might be surprised – if not grossed out – at the places and things that are the germiest, though. Still, there’s a practical way to deal with these microbe multipliers: Ask yourself what a germ would do. Click here to continue reading.

On Oct. 17, hearing aids approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became available over the counter for the first time, for potentially thousands of dollars less than prescription hearing aids. Many experts are hopeful that opening the market up will spur the creation of innovative new devices, bring down costs, and encourage hearing-aid use in a country where only a fraction of older adults who are hard of hearing use hearing aids.

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