AboutTrisha Torrey, Every Patient's Advocate Expertise When you want to learn more about your diagnosis, medical tests, prescription drugs, talking to your doctor, or just want to find credible and reliable health or medical information on the internet, I can help steer you in the right direction. I'm not a doctor, nor a medical professional. I'm a patient safety, consumerism and advocacy specialist who believes patients do themselves a favor by finding reliable information on the internet, then sharing it with their health care providers.
Experience I am a consultant in patient advocacy and consumerism. I'm a newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, seminar leader, and owner of two websites to help those who want to learn more about their diseases or conditions: diagKNOWsis.org and EveryPatientsAdvocate.com
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Publications EveryPatientsAdvocate.com, syracuse.com (Syracuse Post Standard -- daily newspaper)
Education/Credentials Bachelors and Masters degrees in education. Marketing consultant for 25 years. This work, however, stems from a misdiagnosis I suffered in 2004 when I was told I had a rare cancer. I was able to do the necessary research to prove I had no cancer at all.
Question My girlfriend has and still is suffering from this disease I love her a lot and I am willing to do anything that will help her. I know that there is no cure for it but I do not want to give up hope, I know that there are a lot of new developments in health care. So I would like to know if there is any kind of research on on developing for a cure for chronic pancreatitis Disease. Thank you
Answer Hovanes,
The best way to learn about research is to know what work has already led to clinical trials. I did a search at clinicaltrial.gov and found this list:
You can read through the programs to see what the possibilities are. A Stage One clinical trial is very early, while a stage 3 or 4 clinical trial means there are only a year or so from knowing whether that research will result in a benefit for your girlfriend's pancreatitis.
