Sentences with phrase «by physicians»

Comparisons of review outcomes and funding rates were made for the following: applications submitted by physicians vs nonphysicians; applications submitted by physicians with only the MD degree vs physicians with a combined MD / PhD degree; and applications for clinical vs nonclinical projects.

Thus, our findings may not be generalizable to surgical conditions, to patients treated by physicians of other specialties, or to outpatient care.

Because sarcomas are rare, it is important to be diagnosed and treated by physicians who have extensive experience in managing these tumors.

Genome sequencing services are currently available to and being utilized by physicians and their patients in both research and clinical settings.

Therefore in the United States, these procedures should be performed only by physicians holding an FDA - approved Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the radiopharmaceutical.

deCODE BreastCancer ™ is a DNA - based reference laboratory test performed using a simple blood sample or cheek swab, ordered by physicians on behalf of their patients.

«If physicians» ideas translate into their practices, then 14 percent of patients — more than 40 million Americans — may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they are obligated to disclose information about medically available treatments they consider objectionable.

«We were reassured that we did not find combinations of the most commonly used drugs that were absolutely forbidden,» she added, «one indication that drug safety systems used by physicians, nurses and pharmacists are working.»

There are no reliable statistics on the prevalence of this type of female genital surgery, since it is a doctor's - office procedure performed by physicians in a wide range of fields, but the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that more than 1,000 procedures for «vaginal rejuvenation» were performed?

The research team says that benefits of knowing predicted longevity include the ability to make more informed healthcare decisions by both physicians and patients, especially regarding the prescription of particular drugs for chronic diseases.

«Across the country, and especially in Pennsylvania, there's been a significant effort made by physicians, law enforcement, politicians and others to take necessary steps to address the staggering statistics related to both prescription opioid pain relievers and the street - drug heroin,» says Scott Shapiro MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Suddenly Abramson, who had taken many hits for his critiques of cholesterol - lowering drugs, was joined by physicians calling for more openness in research and more careful examination of the evidence before drugs are put on the market.

This retrospective chart review, authored by physicians and researchers within the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA) Research Project, is one of the first such studies to find a direct connection between the increasing width of the vestibular aqueduct and the degree of hearing loss a child experiences over time.

Currently, cancer is present in one in 10 biopsies ordered by physicians, but all must be analyzed by pathologists to identify the extent and volume of the disease, determine if it has spread and whether the patient has an aggressive or indolent cancer and needs chemotherapy or a less drastic treatment.

Some of the difference may be clinical decision - making by physicians who know that women are less likely to have bladder cancer than men.

About two thirds of employees had a medical condition at the time of screening, according to an analysis by physicians hired by the researchers to evaluate the health data.

The unusually deadly bacteria moved undetected through the food supply from livestock to agriculture to the dinner table, and the response to the outbreak was branded slow and inefficient by physicians and scientists (see «Microbe outbreak panics Europe»).

At relapse, he was seen by physicians at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute and was enrolled in a clinical trial for the Notch inhibitor BMS - 906024.

In the first analysis of the National Survey of ACOs, the research team from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice found that the majority of ACOs identified as physician led, with another third jointly led by physicians and hospitals.

«Study examines political contributions made by physicians.»

Palliative care can either refer to a specific service that is provided by physicians and nurses who have received specialized training in this type of care, or an overall approach to care for patients with serious illness, which would include palliative care when provided by a specialist or by a non-palliative care specialist (like an oncologist or a primary care physician).

If the drugs prove safe and effective in those clinical trials, they could then become available for general use by physicians.

«Around 50, that's when reproductive processes have physiologically stopped, and therefore the intervention and treatment by physicians should also stop,» says Robert Stillman, a former member of the society's board of directors.

Opioids are now also prescribed by physicians more frequently to treat chronic conditions, including musculoskeletal pain of the spine and limbs, while prescriptions for non-opioids like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or acetaminophen have remained constant.

«I was surrounded by physicians, nurses, scientists, lab techs,» he recalls.

The low - cost sensors could be directly used by physicians in their practices in order to detect and discriminate various types of flu viruses with which their patients could be infected.

The findings, published online ahead of print in the Annals of Internal Medicine, highlight the challenges faced by physicians to balance the known risks with potential benefits of prescription opioids for patients with chronic pain and reinforces the importance of developing tools that will help better identify and treat patients at risk for opioid use disorders and / or overdose.

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.

These cognitive impairments may go unnoticed by physicians assessing patients with Parkinson's who are lying down or seated, and could lead to difficulty in daily activities performed while standing and walking, such as tracking conversations, counting change and interpreting traffic signals.

«Post-esophagectomy patients need to be followed by physicians familiar with the long - term sequellae of esophagectomy.»

A question raised by physicians is whether any patient, upon seeing this data, would want to be injected with the less stable agents.

Perhaps the most well known professional pledge that is made public is the Hippocratic oath, sworn to by physicians as a «firm commitment of behavior,» explained Pellegrino.

The result is a two - track system in which medical research is conducted by Ph.D.'s, and medical practice is conducted by physicians with little access to what is discovered by the academics.

«People are encouraged by physicians and dieticians to include resveratrol - containing products in their diet and protection against methamphetamine's harmful effects may be an added bonus,» Miller said.

As well, patients who score higher on the CHADS2 score, a rule used by physicians to determine a patient's risk of stroke, are at increased risk of stroke with or without atrial fibrillation.

In 1895 Anheuser - Busch launched Malt - Nutrine, a 1.9 percent - alcohol - content beer prescribed by physicians as a tonic for pregnant women and a nutritional beverage for children.

Similar limbal stem cell transplant work has been done by physicians at the University of Melbourne's Center for Eye Research Australia and the Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery in Fitzroy, Australia.

He is currently working with software developers to create a questionnaire program that may help target areas for follow - up by physicians who do not have the luxury of time in which to ask questions — which is to say, nearly all physicians.

Attanasio, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean delivery.

Neuroimaging for headaches is frequently ordered by physicians during outpatient visits, despite guidelines that recommend against such routine procedures.

Complicating matters, many clinical guidelines are written by physicians and members of professional societies who have financial conflicts of interest with drug, device, or test kit companies.

The registry now includes hundreds of patients who have learned about the registry through the Internet, social media or referrals by their physicians.

Cocaine's chemical cousin lidocaine is still used by physicians and dentists as an effective local anesthetic.

Whereas the industry and many consumers celebrated DSHEA for expanding access to supplements, the act was skewered by physicians, journalists, and consumer protection groups.

«Our data show that shaking a young child is generally accepted by physicians to be a dangerous form of abuse,» says Narang.

Dubious doctors And even if it works perfectly, a diagnostic AI system still might not be a major part of technology used by physicians in a clinic or hospital.

«The results of this study can be used by physicians, public - health providers and policy - makers to address public and parental concerns about HPV vaccination and promiscuity.»

An editorial in the The New England Journal of Medicine recommends that patients provide informed, written consent to undergo elective surgery by physicians who haven't had enough sleep.

This is the only smart wearable posture trainer recommended by physicians.

Instead, like with other drugs, he would allow doctors to prescribe pot in one - month doses that would be decided by the physicians.