Sentences with phrase «at high risk for»

The research comes from the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS), a collaborative effort by investigators at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and four clinical sites in the United States, coordinated to conduct a longitudinal brain imaging and behavioural study of infants at high risk for autism.

«Many adolescents and young adults who are at high risk for psychosis smoke marijuana regularly or have a cannabis use disorder,» said Margaret Haney, PhD, professor of neurobiology (in Psychiatry) at CUMC and senior author of the paper.

«Recognizing that children at a very young age can be at high risk for emotional distress can go a long way toward doing something for them early in life.»

In women with a singleton pregnancy between 34 weeks to 36 6/7 weeks of gestation who are at high risk for preterm birth within the next seven days (but before 37 weeks of gestation), SMFM recommends treatment with betamethasone, a corticosteroid demonstrated to decrease neonatal complications in preterm infants.

With this latest approval, the Orlando Health Heart Institute now also offers the CoreValve System to patients who are considered at high risk for a surgical heart procedure, serving a broader range of U.S. patients than any other transcatheter aortic valve.

The FDA approved the CoreValve System to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk for surgery based on groundbreaking research showing the transcatheter heart valve had superior survival rates at one year when compared to open - heart surgery, the current gold standard for aortic valve replacement.

The study enrolled 2,831 women with singleton pregnancies at high risk for late preterm delivery (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) who were randomized to receive antenatal betamethasone intramuscularly or a matching placebo.

Those on diets, for example, often prefer not to look at the number of calories in a tasty dessert, people at high risk for a disease avoid screening tests that could give them a definite answer, and most consumers of news choose sources that align with rather than challenge their political ideology.

The USPSTF recommendation statement follows a review of evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women not known to be at high risk for ovarian cancer.

In the TraP Hep C program, which started in January 2016, an emphasis is placed on finding early cases and treating patients at high risk for transmitting HCV: people who inject drugs.

New results from a clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence that using the generic skin cream fluorouacil 5 percent for two to four weeks may reduce the risk of a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) needing surgery by 75 percent within a year.

More than five million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, a progressive psychiatric condition that, left untreated, puts sufferers at high risk for suicide.

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of blood cholesterol in people at high risk for cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing of the arteries, that can lead to heart attack, stroke or death.

Researchers also contend that transplant outcomes can be further improved by identifying patients who are at high risk for certain complications, such as cognitive decline, or by employing post-transplant treatments to reduce their risk of relapse.

Words in narrative hospital discharge notes may help to identify patients at high risk for suicide, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.

They classified first - born chimps and those born sixth or later as being at high risk for «developmental instability» — a term for various prenatal perturbations such as hormonal irregularities associated with both first pregnancies and late ones.

«We're really strongly recommending them for treatment rather than prevention,» said Schuchat, stressing that prophylaxis should be reserved for people who are at high risk for severe disease.

In 2011 the company received clearance for EcoShield, a spray for red meat to combat Escherichia coli O157: H7 (the culprit behind nearly 62,000 foodborne illnesses every year) and in 2013, for SalmoFresh, which targets foods at high risk for Salmonella, such as red meat and poultry.

Still, Samani notes that CRP can still be very useful for identifying people at high risk for heart disease, particularly those without other risk factors such as high cholesterol.

Parents of children with «critical» congenital heart defects — which require at least one cardiac surgery — are at high risk for mental health problems, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression, according to research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association.

The challenge is in identifying patients at high risk for suicide.

«Using an approved flu vaccine in a novel dosing schedule yielded promising results for a group patients at high risk for infection,» Branagan said.

This work expands upon previous research which has shown that after being hospitalized, older adults are at high risk for memory and other cognitive problems, including both transient (temporary) delirium and long - term changes in cognition, including dementia.

Although infertility is the most frequent outcome of the disorder, affected individuals are also at high risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, autoimmune disorders, and cancer.

In a pilot study that included children at high risk for type 1 diabetes, daily high - dose oral insulin, compared with placebo, resulted in an immune response to insulin without hypoglycemia, findings that support the need for a phase 3 trial to determine whether oral insulin can prevent islet autoimmunity and diabetes in high - risk children, according to a study in the April 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child health.

«We know that patients with BRCA mutations are at high risk for developing breast, as well as pancreatic, ovarian, prostate and other cancers, and we have learned over time that BRCA plays a very important role in DNA damage repair.

The study also found distinct blood pressure patterns from ages 18 to 55 that reveal people at high risk for calcification of coronary arteries — a marker for heart disease — by middle age.

A large Australian trial showing that daily use of nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, for 12 months reduced the incidence of new non-melanoma skin cancers by 23 % in patients at high risk for skin cancer

The PIER staff believed that her symptoms, coupled with a history of schizophrenia on both sides of the family, put her at high risk for a full - blown psychotic break with reality.

Overall, only 19 percent of the patients at high risk for influenza - associated complications who saw a primary - care provider within two days of the onset of their symptoms received antiviral treatment.

Because individuals with certain psychological disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder and substance dependence, are at high risk for criminal involvement, they are also at heightened risk for false identifications by eyewitnesses.

Older adults are at high risk for serious complications from flu because of their age.

«However, studies have shown that HDL doesn't work as well in people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Spain.

Older adults are at high risk for serious complications from flu and account for a majority of flu - related deaths and hospitalizations.

Counsel patients with or at high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, or cancer on weight control and diet.

Since 2005, URECA has enrolled 560 newborns from Baltimore, Boston, New York City and St. Louis at high risk for developing asthma because at least one parent has asthma or allergies.

The discovery holds promise for singling out people at high risk for more aggressive treatment.

Genetic alterations that can be modulated by stress have been identified in children at high risk for bipolar disorder, according to a recently published study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

«This study's results can have practice changing implications on how future prostate cancer trials are designed in terms of identifying the men for these studies who are at high risk for early death due to ineffective initial treatment for their prostate cancer,» stated Anthony Victor D'Amico, MD, PhD, chief, Genitourinary Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and senior author of the study.

«We can improve our tailoring of treatment to each patient if we know who among patients taking methadone treatment is at high risk for opioid relapse,» said Dr. Zena Samaan, principal author of the study and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences of McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

The study found that infants at high risk for developing ASD have elevated levels of «noise» and increased randomness in their spontaneous head movements during sleep, a pattern possibly suggestive of problems with sleep.

Several large trials of amyloid - based therapies are underway in groups of people more carefully selected to be at high risk for Alzheimer's.

«Predicting atypical development in infants at high risk for autism?.»

All other groups, including those at high risk for Alzheimer's but who were physically active, maintained the volume of their hippocampus.

The guidelines, endorsed by ACAAI, identify children at high risk for developing a peanut allergy as those with severe eczema and / or egg allergy.

High Risk Individuals It is especially important for certain populations at high risk for serious flu complications to get vaccinated.

Some people, such as older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions, are at high risk for serious flu complications.

End cost - sharing for diagnostic imaging for breast cancer, including diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, and breast MRIs for women at high risk for breast cancer.

The New York State Health Department released an online map of areas in the Bronx that are at high risk for cancer.

A free portable kit with condoms, lubricant and a section for pills, which health officials hope those at high risk for contracting H.I.V. will use to carry the preventive drug Truvada — will be distributed by NYC (and through clinics that receive municipal funds) early next year.