Sentences with phrase «cause treatment side»

These effects of radiation on normal cells cause treatment side effects.

Not exact matches

CAR - T treatments, including competing products from Novartis rivals Kite Pharma and Juno Therapeutics, come with the risk of potentially deadly side effects such as cytokine - release syndrome (CRS), in which a glut of T - cell - assisting cytokines can cause high fever, low blood pressure, and problems with lung oxygenation.

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

Just as I started to come to grips with permanent nerve damage and an array of side effects caused by my treatments, another crisis struck.

They found the new treatment has no side effects because it comes from natural products unlike current available treatments which can cause redness and burning.

Side effects of the treatment included skin rashes, thyroid problems and diarrhea as the therapy caused the immune system to attack other parts of the body.

Chemotherapy and radiation can cause devastating side effects to children, and it's not clear how beneficial the treatments are for this disease.

The standard treatment for this chronic nerve pain can cause burdening side effects.

This is likely partly due to aging, and partly due to some men who experienced cancer progression that necessitated treatments that caused these side effects.

But when drugs don't work or cause unacceptable side effects, alternative treatments include surgery or catheter ablation.

While glaucoma treatment preserves sight by reducing pressure inside the eye, it can also cause painful, irritating side effects for patients.

Chronic treatment with rapamycin has been problematic in both humans and mice; the drug has the potential to cause deleterious metabolic side effects including weight gain and glucose insensitivity.

However, because their prognosis is unknown, many opt for aggressive treatments that have side effects that cause urinary, bowel and erectile dysfunctions and more.

According to Dr. Rosamilia, early treatment not only can reduce the pain and severity of the disease, but also can help prevent potential side effects like eye problems, infection, and a condition called post-herpetic neuralgia, which causes pain, numbness, itching and tingling.

To explain why antidepressants in such trials nevertheless often cause greater symptom relief than placebo, it has been suggested that SSRI - induced side effects will make the patient understand that he or she has not been given placebo, hence enhancing his or her belief of having been given an effective treatment.

Even more selective treatments, with fewer side effects, cause physiological reactions that increase the aggressiveness of the disease.»

«In future, organoids could be used to find the best treatment combination for every patient, thereby increasing response rates, but also reducing the side - effects unnecessary treatment may cause.

While direct - acting antivirals have been used to treat and cure adult patients with HCV, until now children have been mainly treated for 24 to 48 weeks with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (RBV), an older treatment which causes severe side effects.

Their goal is to develop a safer treatment for pain and itch as an alternative to opioids, which often cause addiction and other detrimental side effects.

Steven Pavletic, who heads the Graft - versus - Host and Autoimmunity Section at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, says the standard treatments — corticosteroids such as prednisone — «carpet bomb» the immune system, causing a host of side effects and weakening the immune response to potentially deadly infections.

But anti-inflammatory treatments do not halt the progress of the disease and may cause side effects ranging from ulcers, kidney disorders, hypertension and heart disease to mental disorders and sometimes death.

«It's been known that long - term daily treatment with prednisone also has the side effect of causing muscle wasting in many people,» McNally said.

Radical treatment such as surgery and radiation for localized prostate cancer may cause significant side effects.

«Nonsurgical treatment for enlarged prostate remains effective for years: Prostate artery embolization relieves urinary symptoms of BPH without causing major side effects.»

Clinical trials will be needed to determine how well the new treatment works in people, and if it causes side effects like nausea, says Véniant.

Older traditional treatments that included interferon and ribavirin were less effective and caused a variety of side effects, including fatigue, as well as flu - like symptoms, depression and lowered blood cell counts.

However, because the a4 * receptor subunit is important for learning, memory, appetite, and biological clock timing, treatments that narrowly target a4 * receptors could cause significant side effects, says Daniel McGehee, a neurobiologist at the University of Chicago.

One important result is that the treatment didn't seem to cause a serious autoimmune response as a side effect, he adds.

Steroids have been effective at suppressing inflammation, but if used for long - term treatment they can cause serious side effects such as increased risk of infections, liver damage, fluid retention, increased blood pressure, weight gain, easy bruising and slower wound healing.

Early radiation treatments caused severe side - effects because the energy beams would damage normal, healthy tissue, but technologies have improved so that beams can be more accurately targeted.

The scientists also found that the surgery and radiation treatments sometimes caused severe side effects, including sexual dysfunction, incontinence and bowel problems, that hurt the patients» quality of life.

This therapy controls problems or side effects caused by the disease or its treatment, and improves quality of life.

Overweight pediatric cancer patients who eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly may improve outcomes and reduce treatment side effects that cause disease, according to a review study led by researchers at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital.

It has focused its efforts on developing treatment regimens for diseases and conditions for which current treatment options are ineffective, costly, and / or cause unwanted side effects.

It's also very important for medical teams — not only oncology practices or centers but emergency - room staff, primary and urgent - care teams, intensive - care personnel, pulmonary doctors and other specialists — to know what therapies a patient is receiving and to be aware of the potential side effects and interactions that these treatments may cause.

The system was shown to work nearly as well as — or in some cases better than — when the drug was freely moving, the type of scenario that causes the commonly experienced cancer treatment side effects.

Although effective in the treatment of anxiety, they can cause significant side effects, including orthostatic hypotension (drop in blood pressure on standing), constipation, urinary retention, dry mouth, and blurry vision.

This constitutes a major cause of long - term sick leave and forced early retirement, placing a great financial burden on both individuals and healthcare systems.Despite extensive research programmes by biopharmaceutical companies and academia, there remains a need for treatments that are more effective and with fewer side - effects.

Abacavir is a highly effective treatment for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) but around five to eight per cent of patients suffer severe side - effects, such as rash, fatigue and diarrhoea.

Botox is sometimes recommended for people with enlarged muscles in the area that are causing them pain, or for someone who also has chronic headaches; but Dr. Bakhtiari notes that it has side effects and shouldn't be a first - line treatment.

It's important to understand, for instance, that women who undergo CPM don't have a higher quality of life, on average, than those who choose less invasive treatment options — and they may even have lower levels of physical well - being, according to a study by Dr. Hwang, because the surgery itself has side effects that can cause long - lasting problems.

«This raises the question of whether treatments that don't cause side effects... might have a role in treating depression.»

Depending on the formulation, treatment can cause skin irritation, breast enlargement and tenderness, sleep apnea, acne, reduced sperm count, increased red blood cell count, and other side effects.

Typically, oral anti-histamines or steroids are the conventional treatment for skin issues, and while they may provide temporary relief, these drugs don't address the causes of the problems and come with a long list of side effects.

Because much of the peripheral damage of cancer treatment is caused largely by oxidative stress and inflammation, increasing the body's antioxidant defense systems will drastically reduce side effects and limit suffering by the patient.

Alternatively, we have plenty of evidence that statin drugs cause harmful adverse side effects, especially considering a child starting a statin drug is committed to 40 years of drug treatment.

This article will examine the common causes, symptoms, and natural treatments with regard to men and yeast infections, without having to resort to pharmaceutical drugs such as antibiotics which only produce unwanted side effects.

Patients were empowered to use these treatments because they dramatically changed their illnesses without causing side effects and put them in control of their lives.

Conventional medicine has no treatments for the underlying autoimmunity that causes Graves» disease, so treatment focuses on the hyperthyroid condition itself, with the goal of normalizing your thyroid function, reducing the amount of thyroid hormone being produced, and addressing the symptoms and side effects of your overactive thyroid.

According to recent Bulletproof Radio (iTunes) podcast guest Kris Smith, MD, a top neurosurgeon who specializes in brain tumors at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, the downside of some aggressive cancer treatments is that they can cause lifelong side effects in survivors.