Sentences with phrase «by obstructive»

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It does my heart no good to note that Canada has been in the forefront of that obstructive process, now joined by Australia.

Diagnosis, professional knowledge, are not considered necessary by Rogers and may, indeed,... be obstructive.

The «obstructive» part of OSA means that the pauses are caused by an obstruction or blockage.

The second important point I wanted to mention something that often gets missed is obstructive sleep apnea, usually caused by enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and it can cause early rising.

The gut feeling is that he'll be obstructive; but that has to be balanced by trying to minimise the extent to which this is a PR disaster.

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Suffolk OTB has all but dropped plans to build a video lottery mini-casino in Medford because of «obstructive behavior» by Brookhaven Town officials.

«Specifically, over a period of more than four years, the defendants attempted to cover up the assault of a handcuffed prisoner by Burke by obstructing the federal grand jury investigation and, when they learned that the scope of the investigation expanded into an investigation of the obstructive conduct, the defendants then attempted to obstruct the obstruction investigation,» Rohde wrote.

Suffolk OTB has all but dropped plans to build a video lottery mini-casino in Medford because of «obstructive behavior» by Brookhaven Town officials, an OTB attorney said Wednesday.

To investigate, researchers led by Roberto Pisoni, MD (Medical University of South Carolina) analyzed information on 56 patients with diabetes and CKD who had undergone screening for obstructive sleep apnea through the use of a questionnaire.

«We believe that by treating or stopping obstructive sleep apnea progression, we will not only improve patients» quality of life, but also delay health issues related to aging.»

Ischemic heart disease tops the list, followed, in order, by trachea, bronchus and lung cancers; stroke; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; road injuries; suicide; and diabetes.

A statin drug commonly used to lower cholesterol is not effective in reducing the number and severity of flare ups from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the results of a large multicenter clinical trial designed and directed by Gerard J. Criner, MD, Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA..

This decline in PAL was significantly associated with an increase in airflow obstruction (shown by a decline in FEV1) and an increase in total score on the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, which measures the impact of obstructive airway disease on overall health, daily life, and perceived well - being.

Participants were grouped by COPD severity based on Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, guidelines.

The most common form of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea, which is characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction occurring during sleep.

A companion report was also released, titled «In an age of constant activity, the solution to improving the nation's health may lie in helping it sleep better,» which summarizes the results of an online survey completed by patients currently being treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered that patients who suffer from both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea are at greater risk of developing a condition that leads to blindness within an average period of less than four years.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep - related breathing disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction occurring during sleep.

«By providing a path toward the first viable obstructive sleep apnea drug, our studies could have a major impact on clinical practice,» he said.

Other Epharmix interventions are being used by physicians in the St. Louis area who treat chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension.

A synthetic cannabis - like drug in a pill was safe and effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea in the first large multi-site study of a drug for apnea funded by the National Institutes of Health.

«We do show that obstructive coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia remain the strongest predictors of future cardiovascular events, but for the first time, in a randomized comparison we demonstrate the ability of CT angiography (CTA) to identify a large group of at - risk patients who would have been missed by functional stress testing,» says Hoffmann, who is director of the MGH Cardiac MR PET CT Program.

Uninterrupted breathing is crucial for restorative sleep, but the airflow in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea can be completely cut off by soft tissue in the mouth and throat.

FEV1 / FVC (a measure of obstructive lung disease) was better by a lesser amount but still statistically significant.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (sinus infection) and obstructive sleep apnea report a poor quality of life, which is substantially improved following endoscopic sinus surgery, according to a study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.

Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by snoring, labored breathing and repetitive obstructed pauses or gasps in a persons breathing during sleep.

None of 22 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung disease usually caused by smoking, were able to achieve long - term cessation — although this wasn't a statistically significant predictor.

New research in Respirology shows that suffers of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can reduce their risk of being hospitalized with severe attacks, by maintaining an exercise regime of walking between three to six kilometers a day.

Since the 1980s, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)-- in which positive pressure is pushed through the nasal airways to help users breathe while sleeping — has been by far the most widely used treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A * STAR, and BioSyM, Singapore - MIT Alliance for Research and Technology have described the mechanical principles adopted by liver cells as they remove excess bile during obstructive cholestasis.

Computer analysis of oxygen levels in the blood during sleep could — by itself — provide an easy, relatively inexpensive and sufficiently reliable way to determine which children who snore habitually could benefit from a diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

The researchers found that both obstructive and mild, or non-obstructive, coronary artery disease as determined by CCTA were related to patient deaths and MACE.

An underlying respiratory disease such as; asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis modifies these mechanisms by reducing the function of beating cilia and increasing the production of mucus.

Complaining in particular that «unreasonable or obstructive reviews» and reliance on a limited group of reviewers led to the publication of truly original research being delayed or prevented, Professor Smith organised the writing of a letter of protest, which was signed by a group of key stem cell researchers and sent to leading journals.

The biological mechanisms by which toxins in tobacco smoke cause lung cancer are complex and still not completely understood, but carcinogens in tobacco smoke may not only act as genetic inducers but also act to promote progression of the disease.6 7 As well as potentially reducing the risk of cancer related morbidity and mortality, quitting smoking at diagnosis could reduce overall mortality, as smoking cessation reduces mortality from other diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive airways disease.8 9

We evaluated the 8 most common medical conditions treated by general internists, according to the Medicare data: sepsis, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, urinary tract infection, acute renal failure, arrhythmia, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

This topic interested Devon because her family has been affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a progressive respiratory disease characterized by shortness of breath and cough with sputum production.

While central sleep apnea may be triggered by medical conditions (such as heart disorders) and certain medications (such as opioids), obstructive sleep apnea often affects people who are overweight.

Data was analyzed from 341 individuals having proven obstructive sleep apnea but insufficient current symptoms as determined by both the sleep physician and the individual to warrant CPAP therapy.

A number of surgical interventions are available to help obstructive sleep apnea patients open up the airway, by removing the tonsils or excess tissue at the back of the throat, or destroying tissue at the base of the tongue with radiofrequency waves.

Some of these signs and symptoms can be caused by various underlying factors, including medication side effects, obstructive sleep apnea, thyroid problems, diabetes and depression.

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My youngest daughter had obstructive sleep apnea caused by a malformation in her larynx and aggravated by acid reflux and inflammation.

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is one of these lung conditions may be aided by amino acid supplements; in particular, those with even severe COPD.

A recent study by the University of Adelaide found that drinking too much soda can increase the risk for developing asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, or COPD.

Sleep quality can be severely undermined by conditions like obstructive sleep apnea and periodic limb movements of sleep.

Studies have shown that consuming more fruits and vegetables may not only halt progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, but appears to improve lung function, and risks of suffering from allergic asthma may be halved by eating two or more servings of vegetables a day.

Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea have a small upper airway that can be modified by increasing the activity of some muscles in the mouth and the tongue.