Clinical research
{{Expansion depth limit exceeded|Term=clinical research |Short definition=clinical research - {{Expansion depth limit exceeded}} (KLIH-nih-kul REE-serch) Research that examines people or data or tissue samples from people to understand health and disease. Clinical research helps find new and better ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases. |Type=clinical research - {{Expansion depth limit exceeded}} (KLIH-nih-kul REE-serch) Research that examines people or data or tissue samples from people to understand health and disease. Clinical research helps find new and better ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases. Types of clinical research include clinical trials, which test new treatments for a disease, and natural history studies, which collect health information to understand how a disease develops and progresses over time {{Expansion depth limit exceeded}} }}