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Cocaine
The Cocaine topic includes research on cocaine’s effects on health and on the prevention and treatment of cocaine use, addiction, and overdose. Cocaine is a powerful stimulant…
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Colorectal Cancer
The Colorectal Cancer topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer in the colon or rectum. These organs form the lower part of the…
Comparative Effectiveness Research
The Comparative Effectiveness Research topic includes research that compares the benefits and harms of different approaches to preventing, diagnosing, treating, or monitoring…
Conditions Affecting the Embryonic & Fetal Periods
The Conditions Affecting the Embryonic and Fetal Periods topic includes research on conditions that affect development from the earliest stages of pregnancy until birth. It covers…
Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
The Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period topic includes research on conditions in infants that begin during later pregnancy, birth, or the early weeks of life. It covers…
Congenital Heart Disease
The Congenital Heart Disease topic includes research on heart conditions that are present at birth. These conditions involve differences in the structure of the heart or nearby…
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
The Congenital Muscular Dystrophy topic includes research on inherited muscle disorders that begin at birth or early in life. These conditions affect the proteins and structures…
Contraception & Reproduction
The Contraception and Reproduction topic includes research on female and male reproductive health, fertility, and methods of preventing pregnancy. It covers the biological…
Cooley's Anemia
The Cooley’s Anemia topic includes research on Cooley’s anemia, also called beta thalassemia major, a severe inherited blood disorder. People with this condition make too little…
Coronary Heart Disease
The Coronary Heart Disease topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases affecting the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle. These…