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• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Long term conditions >> Angela - Interview 23 >> Angela thinks it’s a pity much publicity about trials has been negative and all about side effects. People need to come forward with positive stories.

Angela was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after taking part in a trial on nerve conduction. She has since been in a randomised trial of different drugs for Parkinson’s and would happily take part in another trial, despite having had side effects.(Angela is also on our Parkinson’s disease site, Interview 10).

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Screening, prevention other medical interventions >> Joanna - Interview 04 >> The 60th anniversary of the NHS could have been an opportunity to tell the story of why medical research is valuable and what’s been achieved in the l

Joanna took part in a six-year trial of screening for ovarian cancer. She feels some aspects of the trial were not well managed. Her husband, who had leukaemia and died recently, also took part in trials.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer drugs and radiotherapy - randomised trials >> Jayne - Interview 03 >> EastEnders missed an opportunity to include clinical trials in a story about breast cancer. But awareness still needs raising among health professiona

Jayne had breast cancer aged 33. She wanted to join a clinical trial but her consultant was not interested, so she transferred to another hospital and took part in a trial comparing tamoxifen with tamoxifen plus goserelin (Zoladex).

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Trials involving surgery >> Alex - Interview 45 >> TV programmes might raise awareness, but Alex thinks improving public understanding of medicine, science and maths is the first step. Clinical trials

Alex fractured his heel in 2007. He agreed to take part in a trial comparing surgery with letting the bones heal naturally. He was randomised to the group having surgery, and his heel is slowly recovering.