Sentences with phrase «abilities of patients»

Deep brain stimulation using surgical wire implants into the frontal lobes of the brain of Alzheimer's patients may help improve cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities of the patients.

The aim would be to thereby improve the impaired cognitive abilities of patients.

Birth Control pills can only be accessed through a perscription, and the cost is based on the ability of the patient to pay at PP.

This condition is known to impair the cognitive ability of patients to make sound judgments and to correctly perceive the life - threatening condition that they are in.

An important aspect of the new study involved assessing the ability of each patient to modulate his movements in response to auditory and visual cues.

A complete blood count (CBC), a serum chemistry profile and urinalysis are always performed and provide important information regarding the effects of the cancer on body functions as well as the ability of the patient to handle chemotherapy.

Provided assistance with unit programming to facilitate the carryover of therapy issues, leisure activities, and activities of daily living within the functional ability of patients and with consideration for the patient's level of growth and development

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Delegating selected acts, tasks or functions that fall within the scope of professional nursing practice and the abilities of patient care assistants and...

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Willingness and ability of all patients and relatives to give written informed consent to participate

All of the psychotherapies proving successful for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) strive to address underlying deficits in the ability of patients to relate to others and manage emotions, longstanding problems that are typically rooted in childhood experience.

The ability of the patient to manage the crisis psychologically and biologically is heavily influenced by the patient's Biopsychosocial / Cultural / Spiritual vulnerabilities (diatheses) and strengths, such as genetic vulnerability to illness, temperament, attachment style, and personality, which may modulate or exacerbate the crisis.

Not exact matches

One research project, for example, focuses on using robots to recognize the facial reactions of Parkinson's Disease patients who have lost the ability to convey emotion to others because of reduced muscle activity.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which eats away at patients» ability to breathe, is a devastating condition that saps quality of life from even people with milder forms of the disorder.

Clinicians can measure language ability by having a patient describe a picture, for instance, said Dr. Seyed Sajjadi of the University of Southern California, a neurologist who specializes in dementias.

Gross says focusing on video games was as much about the science of tracking and collecting information about patients» vision, as it is about the psychology in having a testing format that appeals to a wide range of ages and cognitive abilities — from children through elderly — regardless of reading or language skills.

«He has a proven track record of bringing innovative new programs and services to our patients and a strong ability to lead our retail pharmacy team.

It reinforces my commitment to use the best of my ability and judgment when caring for my patients.

In clinical trials, patients» sight was assessed by their ability to navigate an obstacle course in different levels of light.

«The goal is to analyze, utilize and share the data generated with the objective of enhancing diagnostic abilities and improving patient outcomes,» the company said in a statement.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

The disorder eats away at motor functions and disrupts voluntary muscles; patients usually die within three to five years of the first symptoms as they lose their ability to breathe.

But regulations, business, and free market forces are increasingly taking over to usher in generics and steer patients towards them, effectively neutralizing the impact of Valeant's price increases and its ability to gouge.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Amarin has been issued multiple patents internationally based on the unique clinical profile of Vascepa, including the drug's ability to lower triglyceride levels in relevant patient populations without raising LDL - cholesterol levels.

Her memory and ability to think were largely unimpaired, which is atypical of brain injury patients.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

On Sunday, the two companies emphasized their ability to transform CVS's 10,000 pharmacy and clinic locations into community - based sites of care that would be far less expensive for patients.

Announced in private preview at RSNA, Project InnerEye uses state - of - the - art machine learning and computer vision to turn medical images into measurement devices, to amplify a clinician's ability to personalize treatment, spend more time with their patients, and for hospitals to save costs.

The ability to reduce bad cholesterol by an additional 20 % could allow millions of patients to reach their bad cholesterol targets, yet investors reacted to Esperion Therapeutics» news by pressing the sell button.

Merleau - Ponty describes the case of a patient who loses, not a stock of words but the ability to use them for novel purposes:

This is one of the most helpful contributions possible to the increase of the patient's self - esteem and as such — his ability to get well.

The physician's ability to experience the afflictions of his patients personally and empathetically has been truncated.

And just as He was always loving, patient, forgiving, and kind, so also, as we grow in our knowledge of the truth, we will also grow in our ability to love.

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

As his patients suffer from bizarre afflictions like Tourette Syndrome, anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), and deficient proprioception (the ability to sense one's own body), there is an unmistakable «freak show» appeal to the book.

He demonstrated patient acceptance of life and an ability to rest and to find peace in the midst of hard work.

I WILL FOLLOW that method of treatment which according to my ability and judgment I consider for the benefit of my patient and abstain from whatever is harmful or mischievous.

But meanwhile, the ability to bear witness to one's faith by manifesting the love of Christ toward students, patients, and poor people recedes until it is completely lost.

He writes that the laymen reported increased honesty with patients; increased ability to listen to the patients; increased ability to notice nonverbal behavior; lessening of the savior role; increased ability to help the patient face the facts as they are, and a lessening of the temptation to give false assurance; and finally, further realization that their being with another person was a tangible expression of God's concern.

I could have given a few Arsenal players the Man of the Match award for yesterday's hard fought win at Newcastle, with Cazorla's probing and patient passing as well as Oxlade - Chamberlain's direct approach and shot for the goal being key factors, but for me the anchoring presence of Coquelin in midfield and his ability to keep the ball and his cool amid concerted pressure was brilliant.

, Arsenal is not a charity, Arsenal is a football club trying to to win EPL, not a charity trying to help a player who is overated and useless, he got pay to play a football, not to operate patients and he got 75m a week to be able to pass the ball correctly, never mind score or assist, I get 480 # / week if my confidence is low my boss will give me a kick at back side to sort my self out or the door, we do not have to risk our chance of winning the game for a sake of Ox, bench him, the best player plays, we don't gonna miss is scoring ability or his assist, we will be less frustrated if he is on the bench typical English player!

For some time now I have been a massive supporter of Arsene Wenger and his ability to cultivate talent and do it all through a cost - effective business model, but in the past couple of years as a supporter like many others we have been supportive and patient of his methods with no end product.

This means that our trauma team has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons» Committee on Trauma for our dedication, commitment and ability to provide the best possible care for all pediatric trauma patients.

A patient should be able to feel comfortable with all aspects and abilities of the plastic surgeon.

He possessed an uncanny ability to remember details of his patients» lives through childhood and drew joy from watching them grow into healthy adults.

Any midwife is going to be nervous about accompanying their client to the hospital and when they do they have NO rights, their skills and abilities and expertise and knowledge of their patient is completely disregarded (even for CNMs) and they have the same status as a friend of the patient.

Each of these studies should help each kind of provider improve their ability to assess risk and offer patients the best options for their particular situation.

By having the ability to see a patient from the initial on - set of injury to return to activity ATs have been shown to reduce time lost due to injury in not only the recreational arena but the labor market too.