Welcome to NIH MedlinePlus, the magazine

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Clinical Trials: A Crucial Key to Human Health Research

At the forefront of human health research today are clinical trials—studies that use human volunteers to help medical professionals observe and test new treatments for a wide array of health products and practices… Continue Reading, 'Clinical Trials: A Crucial Key to Human Health Research'

Winning the Race

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• Working Together, We Can Defeat Cancer

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Pressure Points: Preventing and Controlling Hypertension

• Pressure Points: Preventing and Controlling Hypertension
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• Dream Robber: Living with Parkinson's disease
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• Achoooooo! Nothing to Sneeze At
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• Fighting Allergies with Research and Information

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• NIH Researchers Identify OCD Risk Gene
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