Sentences with phrase «as general treatment»

«The results of our much larger study suggest caution should be exercised in recommending nasal oxytocin as a general treatment for young people with autism.»

To determine its suitability as a general treatment Professor Dadds» team conducted a randomised controlled clinical trial of 38 boys aged between seven and 16 years of age with autism.

But Perron is emphatic: Although the research looks promising, especially for use in MS, a lot still needs to be done until we can see this as a general treatment for schizophrenia or MS.

Not exact matches

But while those suffering severe memory problems are obviously the first contenders for treatment with devices of this type, Science Alert also notes that these findings are part of a more general push toward performance - boosting brain implants that may soon be used by the healthy as well as the impaired.

Chapter 4, dealing with the Emmanuel Movement, is of special interest to those who are concerned, as many clergymen are, with helping to develop a closer relationship between religion and psychotherapy, both in general and in the treatment of alcoholism.

For those who argue that other faiths are not given equal treatment in for example many Middle Eastern countries, i say that this is not just any Eastern country, it is America and our fundamental general beliefs as a people are different from those of extremist Islamic countries.

A renowned psychiatrist, who served as a nonalcoholic trustee of the A.A. General Service Board, made the following statement: «Singleness of purpose is essential to the effective treatment of alcoholism.

Although Whitehead's theory of propositions has received treatment in many general studies of Whitehead's philosophy, it has received little attention as a topic by itself.

Though he provides a vivid account of Pascal and Jansenism to illustrate the divisions within seventeenth century French Catholicism and emphasizes the violent opposition encountered by Catholic reformers like Charles Borromeo and John of the Cross, Eire's treatment of the divisions within Catholic reform in general is less vividly realized than his treatment of the corresponding tensions with Protestantism, though Catholic reform could be every bit as fiercely contested and divided.

In mental hospitals as in general hospitals, intelligent treatment of patients is always better where education and research are going on.

In general, it may be said that Merleau - Ponty's treatment of commitment establishes: (i) the absolute commitment of the body to the world and of the world to the body, as the overarching schema of all perception and of all experience; (ii) the relative, reversible, and replaceable commitments in virtue of which the body realizes its absolute commitment.

As Albert Deutsch showed in his monumental history of care of the mentally ill, some 19th century institutions did provide humane care, as well as general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed iAs Albert Deutsch showed in his monumental history of care of the mentally ill, some 19th century institutions did provide humane care, as well as general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed ias well as general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed ias general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed it.

In addition to a helpful glossary and an indispensable index, The Literary Guide features some useful and, in several instances, excellent general essays such as Helen Elsom's superb treatment of the New Testament and Greco - Roman literature, Gerald L. Bruns's brilliant study of midrash and allegory, and an interesting essay by Alter on the characteristics of ancient Hebrew poetry.

Try the benefits of herbs as natural treatment for asthma (NaturalNews) Natural treatment for asthma helps reduce acute asthma attacks, manage chronic asthma and helps those with general trouble breathing.

Traditional medicinal uses in both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as well as Ayurvedic medicine include the treatment of liver disease, skin problems, respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments, sprained muscles, joint pains, and general wound healing.

Such Content is intended solely as a general educational purposes and is not intended for medical diagnosis or treatment for an individual problem.

Clearly there's a reason doctors and International Board Certified Lactation Consultants consistently recommend moist heat as a form of treatment and prevention - it's because it's one of the most effective ways to naturally increase milk supply and to relieve and prevent breastfeeding problems like clogged ducts, mastitis, nipple pain, milk blisters, engorgement, and general discomfort.

Treatment — prescription antibiotic ointment as well as the above general measures.

Keep in mind that herbal and other «natural» treatments in general are not without risk for nursing moms — herbs can be just as pharmacologically active as meds from the pharmacy.

Vinton W. Bacon, 80, a national expert in water resources and waste water treatment, served from 1962 to 1970 as general superintendent of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, now the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

Adverse maternal morbidity: defined as at least one of: general anaesthetic; instrumental birth; caesarean section; third or fourth degree perineal trauma; blood transfusion; admission to an intensive treatment unit, high dependency unit, or specialist unit; or maternal death (within 42 days after giving birth)

Take the new NHS rights to see a cancer specialist within 2 weeks of diagnosis, and a maximum waiting time for general treatments of 18 weeks, with the systems of redress such as getting treated in a private hospital if the NHS trusts can't get you treated in time.

European Council Directive 2000 / 78 / EC, which established «a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation», sets out in Article 4.2 that organisations with an ethos based on religion or belief, such as «faith» schools, can treat persons differently in recruitment and employment on the grounds of religion or belief where there is «a genuine, legitimate and justified occupational requirement».

Instead his treatment has been justified on two arguments: firstly that, in general, as a lawmaker, he must uphold the laws of the land.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Humanists UK works for an end to irrelevant religious discrimination in publicly funded posts such as general pastoral support jobs in hospitals and elsewhere, which are often unfairly reserved only for religious people or people of certain religions, and for equal treatment of the non-religious according to need in the limited number of settings where belief - specific services are legitimately provided, including hospitals.

New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against an Albany - area health insurer that he says broke the law by denying coverage for expensive hepatitis C treatments until patients showed advanced symptoms of the disease such as moderate to severe liver scarring.

«In general, across all the health systems, people with serious mental illness aren't getting a lot of psychotherapy as a form of treatment, and maybe that's a missed opportunity for our health systems to provide care to those patients.»

The results show that while the prevalence of hypertension in the Hispanic community is nearly equal to that of non-Hispanic whites, diagnosis of the disease is much lower, as is general awareness of its symptoms and treatment options.

The assessment of headaches depends on identifying the relatively rare instances where serious underlying causes are suspected, says lead author John N. Mafi, MD, a fellow in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC, who notes that evidence - based guidelines for routine headache, including those from the American Academy of Neurology, suggest conservative treatments such as counseling on stress reduction or avoiding dietary triggers.

«As hepatitis C has become a major public health concern in Malaysia, it is crucial to increase access to treatment for the benefit of the nation,» said Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.

... the fact that smoking rates for individuals receiving mental health care have not experienced the same rates of decline as the general population suggests limited adoption of integrated treatments and ongoing barriers to cessation treatment in mental health care settings.»

Such speed and accuracy would represent a profound step forward in medical diagnoses and treatment, according to Zhang, noting that current health care is often lengthy as patients are referred from general physicians to specialists, consuming time and resources and delaying effective treatment.

Compared with the general population, and after controlling for confounding factors (such as disease duration, other co-existing diseases and socio - economic factors), patients with RA actively on TNF inhibitor treatment were 50 percent more likely to have ACS, while those who had never taken these medications were over twice as likely to have ACS.

Teaching children skills such as how to cope with bullying at school, poor performance or problems with their parents, for example, in the framework of general cognitive preventative treatment and resilience training in school, may help children to better deal with emotional turmoil and challenging situations during adolescence.

Dr. Pandya also serves as medical director for the DFW Vitiligo Support Group, whose mission is to educate those with vitiligo about the diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo, to provide support for those affected by vitiligo, and to increase awareness of this disorder in the general public.

Commissioned by ASTRO's Board of Directors as part of the Target Safely campaign, the white paper evaluates the current safety and practice guidance for HDR brachytherapy, makes recommendations for guidance applications to the delivery of HDR brachytherapy, suggests topics where additional guidance is needed and examines the adequacy of general physics, quality assurance (QA) and clinical guidance currently available for the most common treatment sites with regard to patient safety.

«These two studies demonstrate that treatment with tenofovir alafenamide is as effective and yet safer than treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate,» said Dr Maria Buti, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, and lead author of one of the studies.

Its mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, to educate physicians, and other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addictive disorders, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services and the general public.

«We're going to [discuss] how this is applicable as a general tool for the development of targeted mental health treatments,» Santoyo said.

As our knowledge of the role of pathogen and host genomic factors in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease expands, it is critical that we evaluate current legal frameworks to determine the extent to which current genetic privacy laws - for example, both state and federal in the US - may hinder our ability to use genetic information to protect the health of both individuals and the general public.

Investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have added another piece to the puzzle of how a small group of individuals known as elite controllers are able to control HIV infection without drug treatment.

Robert Trossel, who also practised from Wimpole Street in central London, is accused by the General Medical Council of abusing his position as a doctor and offering treatment unjustified by the scientific evidence to patients with multiple sclerosis and Hodgkin's disease.

These rabbits are used as a model to provide better treatments for children with this disease, and for general research into high cholesterol.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

This could, in very rare cases, possibly lead to side effects, such as extreme tiredness (after a treatment), a general feeling of illness.»

Researchers revealed that although fatigue had been counteracted with basic stretching exercises, individuals who took part in yoga exercises in which controlled meditation, breathing, as well as relaxation techniques were integrated into their treatment plan had better ability to participate in their day to day activities, improved regulation of the stress hormone cortisol, as well as general improved health.

As you can see, all of these causes, including both tumors and their rather harsh treatment options, fall under a general heading of testicular trauma, preventing the testicles from functioning properly.

Once you've made the choice to correct the problem, some general principles of treatment apply: * If the treatment is working, one should feel improvement as time goes on.