Sentences with phrase «black patients with»

Compared with hospitals with fewer black patients, hospitals with a higher proportion of black patients with in - hospital cardiac arrest achieved larger survival gains over time.

«Gene variant explains racial disparities in adverse reactions to urate - lowering drug: Findings support screening for risk - associated variant in Asian, black patients with gout.»

Not exact matches

Then there's Proteus Digital Health's ingestible sensor, which — with a technology worthy of an episode of Black Mirror — helps patients (and, if they want, their doctors and family members) keep tabs on whether or not they're taking their meds.

Simultaneously there arose in my mind the image of an epileptic patient whom I had seen in the asylum, a black - haired youth with greenish skin, entirely idiotic, who used to sit all day on one of the benches, or rather shelves against the wall, with his knees drawn up against his chin, and the coarse gray undershirt, which was his only garment, drawn over them inclosing his entire figure.

The patient's hard, black tongue is scarified and treated with a mixture of chile powder, natron, and soot.

They had inevitably treated other black patients, but this time, perhaps persuaded by Trice downplaying the severity so he could return to Ames with his teammates, they did not provide adequate care.

To conduct this work, Drs. Carmen Black and Brian Miller at Georgia Regents University collected and pooled data from 18 published studies, resulting in a combined total of 583 psychiatric patients with suicidality, 315 psychiatric patients without suicidality and 845 healthy control subjects.

Using data from the Pediatric Health Information System database, a large, regionally diverse system, the researchers examined racial disparities in the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized white and black pediatric patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.

Living donor kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with kidney failure, but disparities exist among certain groups including blacks and women.

Unmarried individuals were more likely to be female and black, have hypertension, heart failure, or high cholesterol and less likely to be smokers compared with the married patients.

Among patients with that diagnosis, there was a significant over-representation of Asian and black patients compared with whites.

Patients selected represented the three largest groups with SCI: non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanic.

«We found that Asian and black patients have a substantially higher risk of severe cutaneous adverse reactions to urate - lowering drugs than do white or Hispanic patients, which correlates with the frequency of the HLA - B * 5801 gene in their U.S. populations,» says Hyon K. Choi, MD, DrPH, of the MGH Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, senior author of the report that has been published online in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.

The analysis compared patient consultation rates with cancer specialists as well as treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy for white and black patients.

Black said the researchers will aim to replicate these findings in additional patients and determine if and how the brain regions they identified may contribute to Tourette's syndrome, with a goal of developing more effective therapies.

The research explored how patients, who identified as Black or African American, perceived their interactions with law enforcement at a trauma center in Philadelphia.

Appropriate patients with early stage breast cancer should not opt for less than this standard in care if properly educated,» Black continues.

There has been a substantial reduction in racial differences in survival after in - hospital cardiac arrest, with a greater improvement in survival among black patients compared with white patients, according to a study published by JAMA Cardiology.

The authors also concluded that there was no evidence of a lower likelihood of black patients receiving a cardiac stress test with imaging (odds ratio, 0.91 [95 % CI, 0.69 to 1.21]-RRB- than their white counterparts — although some modest evidence of disparity in Hispanic patients was found (odds ratio, 0.75 [CI, 0.55 to 1.02]-RRB-.

Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a statistical analysis to determine the degree of divergence in differentially expressed RNAs in patients with c9ALS (black) with those in patients with sALS (purple) or healthy individuals (green, controls).

«With this research, we wanted to determine if new surgical innovations were being incorporated equally amongst different patient populations,» says Black, also the study's first author.

The researchers analyzed data on more than 69,000 black and white patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated at 253 hospitals in three states during 2006 - 07.

The NCI estimates it will take about two years to collect sufficient data and material on 2,400 patients across the nation with early onset of the six cancers who are black, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native or white.

Stratified reports could also raise awareness of racial disparities in care, provide a framework for feedback and accountability of health plans and clinicians, and ideally promote effective efforts to improve care for patients who experience worse outcomes, particularly black Americans with diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease.

The cumulative incidence among black patients undergoing ALND was 18 %, compared with 12.2 % for white patients undergoing that procedure.

«Improving patient education and creating ways to ensure all healthcare providers know practice guidelines which they are able to implement, will help with this disparity,» Black said.

Among HIV - positive patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, a new study finds that blacks are significantly less likely than whites to receive treatment for the cancer, even though chemotherapy saves lives.

Patients with Stargardt disease often develop symptoms including difficulty reading, black spots in their central vision, or changes in color perception between the ages of 10 and 40.

Montgomery SR, Hoffman, RL, Aarons, CB, Butler PD, Kelz, RR: Racial disparities in surgical outcomes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease Society for Black Academic Surgeons, Chicago, IL: 2017.

A 2010 study found that black seed oil was effective for patients with h.pylori infections (without ulcers).

I've often used Omega - 6 fatty acids also; particularly gamma linoleic acid or GLA (found in black currant seed, evening primrose oil, and borage oil) with great success in patients that have chronic musculoskeletal inflammation.

In the supplement form, I tell patients to use a product that is combined with black pepper or soy phytosome for best absorption.

One study showed a recovery rate of 2 days, with a few taking as long as 3 days, for patients taking the Black Elderberry Extract (Sambucus nigra) on influenza type A and B in different strains.

Here is a recent Iranian study of Hashimoto's patients which showed a benefit of treatment with Nigella sativa seed (=» black cumin»).

Patients report noticeable benefits after foout to six weeks of treatment with Black Cohosh extracts.

A patient may not present with «Generalized Anxiety Disorder», but «nervousness» or «uneasiness», «a pinball machine in my chest» or, one of my favourites, a «black smog feeling».

There's also a black MD who makes house calls, but comes on to his patients, and a dude separating from his wife who bitterly complains, «Only in America could a black bitch put a black man out of his bleeping house with a gun.»

With more than 100 film and television credits, Rubin has cast such features as the upcoming Warren Beatty film «Rules Don't Apply,» «Trumbo,» «Wild,» «Lars and the Real Girl,» «Hairspray,» «The Talented Mr. Ripley,» «Men in Black,» «Romeo + Juliet,» «The English Patient» and «Four Weddings and a Funeral.»

Other attendees amongst the 400 guests included Ashley Tisdale, Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick, former Glee co-stars Darren Criss and Blake Jenner, Scandal «s Tony Goldwyn, Jane the Virgin «s Justin Baldoni with his family, The Leftovers «Margaret Qualley and Max Carver, Jamie - Lynn Sigler with her family, cute couple Abigail Spencer and Josh Pence, How to Get Away with Murder co-stars Jack Falahee and Matt McGorry, Barely Lethal «s Cameron Fuller, The Hunger Games «Jack Quaid, Black - ish «s Yara Shahidi, Bethany Joy Lenz, BFFs Nathalia Ramos and Hayley Hasselhoff, Chloe East, Chazz Nittolo, DJ Oscar Adler, plus 100 children and a number of patients from St. Jude.

Before the latest volume of Black Jack is even a third of the way through, the good doctor fends off sharks with scalpels while adrift at sea with a critical patient.

We're all familiar with Black Friday - the most popular shopping day of the year that rewards diligent and patient customers.

Black and Tan Coonhounds can be good family dogs; they are patient with children and good with other dogs.

The rest camp's traditional bungalows lie within a spectacular setting, with the rolling, game - rich veld just beyond your bedroom window (you might even spot a black - backed jackal or caracal if you're patient), and some of the hikes and game drives of the park close by.

Painted with broad expanses of flatly sprayed, banal commercial colors (e.g. manila envelope tan, file cabinet grey), they featured nearly imperceptible, atomized tonal gradations along their bottom edge — an unexpected intrusion of the transcendent into the profane, not dissimilar to that revelatory moment when a Reinhardt black painting begins to yield to an attuned and patient eye.

The FDA has required the maker of Depakote to include a strong black box warning alerting doctors and patients to the potential for life - threatening side effects associated with Depakote use including serious birth defects such as anencephaly (brainless babies) and spina bifida.

Trevor, a personal injury lawyer who works with health and social care teams to help improve pathways for patients following serious injuries, believes that recognising Mary's contribution to the nursing profession will be a historic step, as the statue will also be the first of a named black woman in the UK.

Researchers studies nearly 800 patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who were asked to report their intake of coffee, green tea and black tea.

Earlier results had also found that diuretics were as good or better than other blood pressure - lowering drugs for treating hypertension in patients with metabolic syndrome (a collection of factors that put people at risk of heart disease), especially black patients.

How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

In a family struggling with dysfunction and problems there is often an identified problem person, identified patient (such as the black - sheep of the family or the «crazy one») who may actually have this role out of necessity in order to have some place in the family, or to keep the family together.