Annicka Evans

1 month ago | thosenerdygirls.substack.com | Elisabeth A. Marnik |Annicka Evans

Reader donations fund Those Nerdy Girls. Help keep the lights on by becoming a paid subscriber today. 10% off annual subscriptions until May 25th plus other perks for paid subscribers!How do we know clinical trials actually work? Clinical trials are done to ensure that medications or vaccines work (officially called efficacy) and to determine their safety (e.g. do their benefits outweigh the risks?).

1 month ago | thosenerdygirls.substack.com | Elisabeth A. Marnik |Annicka Evans

Reader donations fund Those Nerdy Girls. Help keep the lights on by becoming a paid subscriber today. 10% off annual subscriptions until May 25th plus other perks for paid subscribers!How do we know clinical trials actually work? Clinical trials are done to ensure that medications and vaccines work and that their benefits outweigh the risks. We know these trials work because we can find examples where trials were paused or stopped due to concerns with safety and efficacy.