Tufts Medical Center is a 415 - bed robust organization, providing everything from routine medical care to treating
the most complex diseases affecting adults and children.
«Multiple sclerosis is arguably
the most complex disease ever described,» says Sergio Baranzini, a geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco.
Not exact matches
California avocado growers are encouraged to attend and learn more about managing this pest -
disease complex from some of the
most respected researchers in the industry.
We provide pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in every medical and surgical specialty — from general pediatric services to the care of the
most complex cancers, heart
diseases and traumas.
«This response has been the
most complex outbreak response for CDC,» said Ben Beard, deputy director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector - Borne Diseases, in an email.
Our people have diverse expertise and perspectives, but share a single passion: to address some of the world's
most complex and serious
diseases.
Severe gum
disease is among the
most prevalent chronic infection in particular in African - American populations and is associated with
complex microbial infection in the sub-gingival cavity.
And even if such a demand existed, there was no evidence that genetic counseling could help patients with psychiatric disorders, which — like
most of the more common
diseases — are caused by a
complex interplay of multiple genes and variants as well as environmental factors.
Silent strokes are frequent in sickle cell anemia (the
most common form of sickle cell
disease), occurring in approximately 3 percent of school - age children with the
disease, and can cause poor school performance and limit performance of
complex tasks.
Launched with a $ 215 million investment in the President's 2016 budget, the initiative aims to «give clinicians tools to better understand the
complex mechanisms underlying a patient's health,
disease, or condition, and to better predict which treatments will be
most effective,» according to a statement issued by the White House.
The Pavilion will provide a new home for the University of Chicago Medical Center's
most distinguished clinical programs, those that provide
complex specialty care with a focus on cancer, gastrointestinal
disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - technology medical imaging.
In the Comer Emergency Department, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, nurses, social workers and other professionals will treat the
most complex cases — not only those with traumatic injuries but also patients with all types of severe illnesses who need emergency specialty care, including patients with congenital heart
disease, cystic fibrosis, cancer and neurological disorders.
«But for
complex traits, association signals tend to be spread across
most of the genome — including near many genes without an obvious connection to
disease.»
Critical transitions across states and tipping points lay at the heart of
most complex problems in modern biology, including reversible physiological adaptation to environmental change, evolution of interactions in the microbial loop, development of an adult body plan from an embryo, differentiation of a stem cell, and transition from health to
disease.
Now, scientists from the University of Chicago have created one of the
most expansive analyses to date of the genetic factors at play in
complex diseases — by using disorders with known genetic causes to guide them.
Not so long ago, there was a hope in the research community that common genetic variation, i.e. variants present at minor allele frequencies > 5 % in human populations, might explain
most or all of the heritability of common
complex disease.
Compared to such blunt, non-specific drugs, our immune system is a
complex, highly effective system, responsible for protecting us against
most diseases and keeping us healthy for the duration of our lives.
In contrast to Mendelian disorders (e.g., Huntington's
disease, sickle cell anemia) in which variation in a single gene causes
disease, common
complex disorders, such as heart
disease, diabetes, and
most cancers, develop as a result of both genetic and environmental factors.
Last month, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) announced the launch of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic
Diseases, a global collaboration to accelerate treatments and cures for five of the world's
most complex and devastating neurologic
diseases.
Most inflammatory
diseases are
complex diseases that have a multitude of inflammatory pathways targeting the area.
From diagnosis and medical management of common cardiac disorders to groundbreaking therapies for
complex congenital heart conditions, our team is committed to providing the
most advanced evidence - based care for infants, children and adolescents with all forms of congenital and acquired heart
disease, as well as for adults with congenital heart
disease.
«It suggests that human adaptation, like
most common human
diseases, has a
complex genetic architecture.»
Since actual cohesion defects will cause mitotic failure (which
most surely results in cell death),
most of cohesin - associated
diseases are believed to be caused by misregulation of the
complex's non-canonical functions in replication / transcription.
One of the
most daunting obstacles in biomedicine is the
complex nature of
most phenotypes (including cancer, diabetes, heart
disease and some rare
diseases) due to interactions between multiple genetic variants and environmental influences.
Dr. Edman specializes in teaching and coaching employees, clients, the public, and practitioners about the
most effective use of nutritional and integrative or Functional Medicine therapies for everything from chronic and
complex symptoms and disorders to wellness and
disease prevention.
This
complex condition is perhaps one of the
most underdiagnosed
diseases in the United States.
Most physicians are not adequately trained to address the underlying cause of
complex, chronic
disease and to apply strategies such as nutrition, diet, detoxification, exercise and stress management.
Our varied experiences show that this
disease is
complex; it is not as simple as the article in the Chicago Tribune,
most doctors, or conventional wisdom suggests.
The incidence of chronic
disease has reached epidemic proportions; functional medicine offers a more effective approach for the prevention and treatment of
complex, chronic health problems than the acute - care model that
most health services are still based on,» Jones added.
Also, the process of trying to modify our genomes so that we become resistant to certain
complex diseases is obviously not simple and straight - forward, seeing as
most diseases involve the expression of thousands of genes.
The reason is simple:
Most diseases develop as a result of
complex genome - environment interactions.
One thing
most doctors agree on is that nutrition is a
complex and relatively new scientific field, one riddled with unknowns, but within that murky world, the link between saturated - fat consumption and heart
disease appears to be a better - supported claim than
most.
We excluded trials concerning calcium and vitamin D given together with a placebo comparator (trials were only eligible if vitamin D was given to both intervention and control groups, because vitamin D supplementation has been associated with decreased mortality17); trials in which calcium was administered in the form of dietary modification or a
complex nutritional supplement; and trials in which
most participants had a major systemic
disease other than osteoporosis.
The largest and
most complex of our microbiomes is that of the gut, and disruptions in its delicate balance have been linked to virtually every
disease that a person can suffer, from autism to cancer to dementia to cardiovascular and autoimmune
diseases.
Most experts believe that the majority of Alzheimer's
disease occurs as a result of
complex interactions among genes and other risk factors.
While
most people associate diabetes with humans, dogs are equally subjected to this
complex disease.
These two viruses in combination with Bordetella bronchiseptica are the agents
most often associated with kennel cough, however, other factors play an important role in
disease (e.g. stress, dust, humidity, molds, mycoplasma, etc.), thus kennel cough is not a vaccine preventable
disease because of the
complex factors associated with this
disease.
In
most anemic pets, an underlying
disease is interfering with the
complex processes that allows red blood cells to form within your pet's bone marrow.
The
disease is relatively
complex and whilst there are a number of causal organisms, the
most common are Feline Calicivirus (FCV) and Feline Herpes Virus (FHV) or Feline Rhinotracheitis.
In FIP, these antibodies are not only ineffective in cleansing the cat's body of coronavirus; they appear to instigate (begin)
most of the symptoms of the
disease, by forming factors (antigen - antibody
complexes) that make matters worse.
Below are the symptoms of canine infectious respiratory
disease complex (which would include dog flu) and which dogs are
most at risk, however, it's noted that even dogs on walks might be at risk in communities where there is active flu.
They are experts at diagnosing and treating the
most complex and serious
diseases.
Diabetes is one of the
most common feline endocrine
diseases and, while we do not know all of the causes of this
complex disease, we do know that many diabetic cats cease needing insulin or have their insulin needs significantly decrease once their dietary carbohydrate level is lowered to a more species - appropriate level than that found in many commercial foods — especially dry kibble.
In utero viral infection (bovine viral diarrhea [see Bovine Viral Diarrhea and Mucosal
Disease Complex], bluetongue virus [see Bluetongue], and swine fever virus [see Classical Swine Fever]-RRB- during midgestation is the
most common cause.
This is
most likely because
diseases like CM and syringomyelia have a
complex etiology and
disease expression probably occurs when there is a threshold combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Undoubtedly, CDRM has a
complex aetiology which probably involves several different factors but
most authors agree there is almost certainly a genetic factor due to the very high incidence of the
disease in one breed.
Continuing the theme of social deprivation, «Simone Weil: The
Most Dangerous
Disease» (1990) is a
complex series of interconnected, infographic panels that curl through two rooms.
These things allow us to provide world - class primary care and coordinated care to the
most vulnerable population moderate - to low - income seniors who have
complex chronic
diseases.
The review found that
most coaching services targeted patients with
complex needs who had one or more chronic
diseases.