Sentences with phrase «among younger patients»

Medical experts report that the findings are of great public health significance because of the potential for greater lifetime burden of disability among younger patients.

A move to lengthen limbs internally rather than via an external scaffold could reduce the effects of painful treatments, especially among younger patients

Rates of chronic opioid use are also higher in those with rheumatoid arthritis, particularly among younger patients and women.

Diagnostics could also be facilitated, mainly among younger patients in whom it is particularly difficult to arrive at a correct diagnosis.

Future treatment of OS patients with this type of antibody could reduce amputations among young patients and future studies will clarify if such a treatment strategy will also block lethal spreading of the OS cells to other organs.

However, even among young patients, mortality and significant morbidity are highly common, despite surgical treatment.

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When Gregory J. White was a young doctor in Franklin Park in the 1950s, he noticed a sense of frustration among his patients who wanted to breast - feed their children, but had no resources or support.

After one year, researchers found that primary care providers felt that treating pain patients was less of a problem in their practice, particularly among the experimental group, although younger practitioners continued to express more concern about prescription opioid use than older practitioners.

He also began consulting on a large first - episode treatment program in four cities in Norway and Denmark, applying insights from earlier studies that had convinced him that combining multifamily psychoeducation, social services, and low - dose antipsychotics could prevent relapse among young, first - episode patients.

Although the absolute risk of suicidal behaviour is modest among the cancer patients, it emphasises the need to support and carefully monitor these vulnerable young people.»

The papers «Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospital Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in Patient - Centered Medical Homes» and «Changes in Emergency Department Use Among Young Adults After the ACA's Dependent Coverage Provision,» along with an accompanying editorial («Patient - Centered Medical Homes May Reduce ED Use: What Does this Tell Us?»)

Completion of advance directives was nominally higher among patients with chronic illnesses (38.2 percent) than among healthy adults (32.7 percent), and was much higher among patients age 65 and older (45.6 percent) compared with younger adults (31.6 percent).

Among patients whose cancer had spread to distant organs, 21 percent of younger patients survived beyond five years, compared to 14 percent of older patients.

Among their many philanthropic efforts, Stan established a fund to help support young bone marrow transplant patients at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte.

Lymphoid cancers are among the most common of cancers that affect children and young adults but they can affect patients of any age or background.

Survivorship among serious renal disease patients who are very young is poor.

Korean psychologists have reported an uptick of patients from the so - called «Bitcoin blues,» divorce counselors say marriages are splitting from failed investments, and even the country's prime minister said that virtual currencies are on track to cause «serious distortion or pathological social phenomena» among Korea's young population.

Examining comorbidity is critical because it is so prevalent among juveniles in the general population, 69,70 adult jail detainees, 71 and adults who have high arrest rates, such as substance abusers, 72 young, long - term psychiatric patients, 73 and homeless, mentally ill persons.74 Moreover, studies71 of adults suggest that juveniles with comorbid disorders may be especially vulnerable to arrest, particularly if they are poor and can not afford treatment.

In 2009, GYT helped fuel an increase in STD testing among young people under the age of 25 at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide, including a 36 percent increase in the number of male STD testing patients and an 18 percent increase in the number of female STD testing patients from the previous year in ten nationally representative Planned Parenthood health centers.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14