Sentences with phrase «are patients with mild»

In an average day, there are patients with mild sickness, chronic illness, life - threatening disease and patients who are at the end of their lives.

Not exact matches

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.

Of those, eight people from five families — including two children — would be diagnosed with symptoms that were milder than those of almost all the American patients: nosebleeds, dizziness, headaches and insomnia.

The «Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Program» (EIFFE Prevention Program) educates healthcare and legal professionals to recognize when their older patients and clients may be vulnerable to or victims of financial abuse, particularly those patients with mild cognitive impairment, and then to refer these at - risk patients to State Securities Regulators, local adult protective services professionals or for further screening and assistance as needed.

The action is a direct result of its late November announcement that patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who took solanezumab as part of its EXPEDITION3 trial showed no significant improvements in symptoms compared to placebo.

In this randomized, double - blind clinical trial, virgin coconut oil was the clear winner: «among pediatric patients with mild to moderate AD, topical application of virgin coconut oil for eight weeks was superior to that of mineral oil based on clinical (SCORAD) and instrumental (TEWL, skin capacitance) assessments.»

The double - blind study (meaning neither the researchers nor the patients know if they are receiving the coconut oil or placebo) at the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, located in Tampa, Florida, will be eight months long and will enroll about 65 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Many patients who are diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury have diminished brain function, headaches and other symptoms that last for weeks or even months.

Patients with suspected concussive injury are categorized as having mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI if, when they are first seen by an emergency medicine provider, they receive a score of 14 - 15 on the 15 - point Glasgow Coma Scale, which is used to determine level of consciousness based on responses to various stimuli:

In ∼ 10 % of affected infants with plagiocephaly, there will be a permanent deformity with a mild to severe cosmetic effect.5 Patients with moderate to severe asymmetry are often referred to a craniofacial center for consideration of treatment.

The payment for those with relatively mild problems can be as low as $ 58 per member per month, meaning it is sometimes more profitable to try and fail to enroll patients than it is to coordinate their care.

Ongoing studies at Uppsala University in Sweden have shown that the chemical agent dubbed Pittsburgh Compound - B, or PIB, is a highly accurate marker of plaque buildup and that its abundance in the brain can predict whether patients with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer's — and when that decline will likely start.

Mild gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity as reported by doctors was observed more frequently in patients getting the higher daily dose, shorter frequency radiation, but no differences were observed in more severe side effects, which were rare (less than 5 percent) with either regimen.

Led by Stella K. Kang, a radiologist with the Department of Radiology at the New York School of Medicine, the study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a treatment algorithm for small renal tumors incorporating the nephrometry score, a renal tumor anatomy scoring system developed by urologists, with the current standard of uniformly recommended partial nephrectomy in patients with mild - to - moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD).

A first infection is usually mild, but a second infection with a different serotype puts the patient at risk of a serious, occasionally life - threatening illness.

«Also, patients with mild clinical forms of ulcerative colitis should be informed that they might use, with caution, an alternative probiotic treatment to prevent relapse.»

Carl E. Clarke, M.D., of the University of Birmingham, England, and coauthors conducted a large clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of PT and OT in 762 patients with mild to moderate PD who were recruited from 38 sites across the United Kingdom.

Other proposed changes run the gamut from eliminating the term «mental retardation» — to be replaced with a new «intellectual disability» category — to introducing diagnoses such as «psychosis risk syndrome» and «mild neurocognitive disorder,» which are designed to catch patients in the early stages of a disorder.

The disease is generally pretty mild — on par with flu — but health workers have recently found that a small number of patients seem to go on to develop an autoimmune disorder that can cause nerve damage and paralysis called Guillain — Barré syndrome.

«We developed this treatment for patients with mild - to - moderate obesity to reduce the attrition that is common with weight - loss efforts,» said David Prologo, M.D., FSIR, ABOM - D, an interventional radiologist from Emory University School of Medicine, and lead author of the study.

Accumulation of insoluble U1 protein was seen in samples from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor stage to Alzheimer's, but the U1 pathology was not seen in any other brain diseases that were examined.

New research shows that bariatric surgery (also known as obesity surgery) is much more effective than an intensive lifestyle / medication intervention at reversing type 2 diabetes in patients with only mild - to - moderate obesity.

«The surprise is that patients with mild disease suffer the greatest loss.»

«We see this mild increase in Aβ42 in cells from patients with Alzheimer's disease, which seems to be enough to trigger disease processes,» said Young - Pearse, a Harvard Stem Cell Institute - affiliated faculty member at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

«Further studies are needed to elucidate whether vitamin supplementation is effective in migraine patients in general, and whether patients with mild deficiency are more likely to benefit from supplementation,» says Suzanne Hagler, MD, a Headache Medicine fellow in the division of Neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and lead author of the study.

For example, although early clinical trials of Listeria - based vaccines have shown that the neutralized bacterium produces only mild flulike symptoms in human patients with cervical cancer, the various methods of genetically disarming the bacteria should be explored to find the safest approach for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune systems.

The intervention was also not associated with improved neurological status of full recovery or mild impairment at discharge for patients with or without VF.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

IU Center for Aging Research investigators have developed and validated the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit 7 — the CAM - ICU - 7 for short — an easy - to - use delirium severity instrument that scores delirium on a scale of 0 to 7 — mild to severe delirium — and is useable with all ICU patients, including those on mechanical ventilation.

The resveratrol clinical trial was a randomized, phase II, placebo - controlled, double blind study in patients with mild to moderate dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

Functional IMR affects 1.6 million to 2.8 million patients in the U.S. and is associated with a doubling in mortality among patients with mild or greater degrees of mitral regurgitation after a heart attack.

The high - risk variant was found in just 32 percent of patients with milder symptoms.

For patients with mild cognitive impairment, don't be surprised if your health care provider prescribes exercise rather than medication.

Approximately 40 to 65 percent of individuals have insomnia after mild TBI, while patients with sleep difficulties are at a higher risk of developing PTSD.

At six months, MR was mild or less in 85 percent (22/26) of patients successfully treated with H - MVRS.

Dr David Jolliffe from QMUL, first author on the paper, added: «Our results are largely based on data from adults with mild to moderate asthma: children and adults with severe asthma were relatively under - represented in the dataset, so our findings can not necessarily be generalised to these patient groups at this stage.

A small group of 15 patients with mild symptoms of AIDS are participating in the trial.

Conducting a cross-sectional study of a large cohort of patients with different levels of cognitive impairment and different disease stages, the researchers found that the amounts of a TREM2 fragment in the cerebrospinal fluid were highest during early stages characterized by mild cognitive impairment symptoms.

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is giving researchers a first look at the early stages of brain development in patients with Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that causes mild to severe intellectual disability and is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder.

«Although in 2010, the International Diabetes Federation recommended surgery for diabetic patients with mild obesity if clinical treatment is not successful, few related studies on this topic have been published,» Soggia said.

«As a result of these findings, we expect that more physicians will consider gastric bypass surgery as a viable option for patients with type 2 diabetes and mild to moderate obesity when previous attempts to lose weight and improve glycemic control have not been successful,» said Simonson.

The patients were ages 18 to 30 with mild or moderate atopic asthma.

An ACEI or ARB is known to delay the progression of CKD in patients with and without diabetes, particularly in those patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency.

The article published by the Journal of Neurotrauma is titled «Measurement of Peripheral Vision Reaction Time Identifies White Matter Disruption in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.»

Only patients with mild or no TBI completed all assessments; patients with moderate to severe TBI were immediately evacuated from Iraq.

The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

The latest blow came yesterday as Pfizer and its partners announced that they are suspending development of the intravenous form of bapineuzumab after it failed to improve mental or physical function in 1300 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Basak's laboratory, which is focused on cognitive interventions to improve abilities that decline with age, is conducting further research to evaluate differences among various types of video games, long - term effects of cognitive training using the games, and effects on patients already experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

Patients with this mutation are not at all homogeneous in their clinical presentations: some develop principally painful crises with or without bony infarcts; others are prone to hemolytic crises; some develop vasoocclusive crises, including stroke; still others develop acute chest syndrome; while many are phenotypically normal, except for mild anemia.

Most importantly, the study found that the relative risk for death or MACE for a patient with mild coronary artery disease was comparable to that of patients with single vessel obstructive disease.