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Ivacaftor is the first drug to treat the underlying causes of cystic fibrosis rather than just its symptoms and is currently approved for patients with the «celtic gene» mutation carried by about four per cent of all patients and 10 - 15 per cent of patients in Ireland.

«Fifty per cent of the patients in our study have survived two years since their diagnosis — this is very encouraging and we are very positive about the outcome,» says Dr. Shenouda.

Not exact matches

Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per cent and disillusionment with the quality of care provided to patients, cited by 27 per cent.

The role of now regular surveillance, screening and monitoring processes as recorded by the Health Protection Agency has also contributed greatly to a significant reduction in key infection rates of MRSA bacteraemia, a 75 per cent reduction since 2003/04, when more patients were dying from what are largely avoidable infections.

The report found that 47 per cent of carers said being in hospital had a significant negative effect on patients» health, with over half saying that the person's dementia also worsened.

Speaking on the 31st Convocation lecture of the institution titled» Stepping Out Into The World; Potential Well - Being, Change in Lifestyle And Cancer Education», the don lamented the drain the disease cost on the nation's resources through just about five per cent of the cancer patients (10,000) that had resources to go abroad where they pay between $ 10,000 - $ 15,000 per patient for a three to five weeks course of Radiotherapy.

The study, recently published in the journal Resuscitation, found that patients discharged in «good neurological condition» after a brief cardiac arrest (when the heart suddenly stops beating normally and can not pump blood effectively) had significant memory problems and a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in size of their brain's memory region, the hippocampus.

More than 90 per cent of educational materials written for kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new study published in the June issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

And a recent study in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (vol 64, p 345) shows that animal tests missed 81 per cent of the serious side effects of 43 drugs that went on to harm patients.

Strikingly, only 30 per cent of patients were relapse free in the high - risk group.

In the moderate - risk group 65.9 per cent of patients were relapse free.

In tests patients are hearing about 80 per cent of what an external microphone would provide, he says.

In patients with muscle spasticity, 25 per cent of those taking a placebo saw a moderate improvement compared to 35 per cent on medical cannabis.

Within the test cohort, all patients with MS had central veins in more than 45 per cent of brain lesions, while the rest had central veins visible in less than 45 per cent of lesions.

The clear result of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.

There aren't many things we do to patients in terms of treatment that affect the recovery for a group by 25 per cent.»

Pre-malignant MPN occurs when the bone marrow makes too many blood cells, and in 10 per cent of patients can lead to overt leukemia.

This test may be particularly useful for patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer because the mutated cancer gene TP53 is found in more than 99 per cent of patients with this form of the disease.

Meanwhile, diabetic retinopathy - the most common form of diabetic eye disease — affects between 40 and 50 per cent of patients with diabetes and is a leading cause of blindness in the Western world.

A new genetic testing method developed at Western University called LipidSeq can identify a genetic basis for high - cholesterol in almost 70 per cent of a targeted patient population.

By pre-identifying patients who have a personal and familial history of high - cholesterol, LipidSeq was able to find a genetic mutation in 67 per cent of those tested.

Since the international Delta trial began in 1992, the death rate of patients who received «combination therapy» has fallen by 38 per cent compared with patients who were treated with a single drug.

Only two per cent of patients with life - threatening bleeding after serious injury receive optimal blood transfusion therapy in England and Wales, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and NHS Blood and Transplant.

Overall, only two per cent of all patients with massive hemorrhage received what might be considered the optimal transfusion of a high dose of clotting products in conjunction with red blood cells during the first hour of arrival within the Emergency Department.

In primary care, he writes, 90 per cent of patients respond well to an antidepressant.

«Similarly 71 drugs approved by the FDA from 2002 to 2014 for solid tumours have resulted in median gains in progression - free and overall survival of only 2.5 and 2.1 months, respectively,» he says adding, «Also, only 42 per cent met the American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Research Committee's criteria for meaningful results for patients.»

When the company tested the treatment in 27 patients, it reduced fat concentrations in blood within one to three months, and reduced the frequency of pancreatic pain attacks by 50 to 60 per cent.

TB now accounts for one in seven new cases in the US and five per cent of these patients are expected to die.

But when Sly syndrome patients produce just 1 per cent of the βglucoronidase found in healthy people, their symptoms are much milder than those of patients who produce no enzyme at all, says Heard.

Among type - 2 diabetic patients with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease — those with high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol (high - density lipoprotein or HDL)-- fenofibrate cut adverse cardiovascular outcomes by 30 per cent in women and 24 per cent in men.

Even a partial restoration of genetic function, for example a 20 per cent boost in the production of a missing enzyme or other protein, would benefit some patients.

The air pressure in the treadmill can be adjusted to take the patient from 100 per cent of their body weight to only 20 per cent, the same feeling as walking on the moon, and reducing the impact and pressure on joints during the run.

In comparison, the five obesity medications currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for long - term weight management help patients lose an average of 7 to 12 per cent of their body weight over the course of a year.

«At least 40 per cent of patients who suffer from severe forms of chronic pain also develop depression at some point,» says Venetia Zachariou of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

But there is still much to do to improve treatment outcomes, as 30 per cent of MDR - TB patients still can not be cured in Europe.

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Between 10 and 30 per cent of dialysis patients in France carry the hepatitis C virus compared to 1 per cent of the general population.

In a new study, led by Imperial College London, the treatment prevented symptoms of severe disease from worsening for five years, in 46 per cent of patientIn a new study, led by Imperial College London, the treatment prevented symptoms of severe disease from worsening for five years, in 46 per cent of patientin 46 per cent of patients.

Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever, and nortriptyline, an antidepressant, has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain — or a localized sensation of pain due to abnormal function of the nervous system — in 87 per cent of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone.

In the first clinical trial of the drug, called G3139, 43 per cent of the 14 patients saw a measurable shrinkage in their tumours after treatment, says Burkhard Jansen of Vienna UniversitIn the first clinical trial of the drug, called G3139, 43 per cent of the 14 patients saw a measurable shrinkage in their tumours after treatment, says Burkhard Jansen of Vienna Universitin their tumours after treatment, says Burkhard Jansen of Vienna University.

In the first year of reporting (March 8, 2016 to March 8, 2017), at UHN there were 74 MAiD inquiries, 74 per cent of which were for patients whose primary diagnosis was cancer.

When compared to patients who received supportive treatment only, 67 per cent of the interferon - treated patients were still alive at 21 days in contrast to 19 per cent of the former patients.

Nosten has shown that the proportion of patients who are still infected after three days of ACT has increased from zero in 2000 to 28 per cent in 2011.

Previous research has shown that between 4 and 6 per cent of patients with CTE will also simultaneously show clinical features of ALS — that's 800 fold higher than the prevalence of ALS in the general population.

In 26 out of 32 patients, tumours shrank by more than 30 per cent, and two of the patients saw their tumours completely disappear.

The MS Clinic to date has seen over 10,000 patients and cares for 80 to 90 per cent of MS patients in BC.

In the 52 patients treated with honey, 91 per cent of wounds were rendered sterile within 7 days.

But while an estimated 42 per cent of OCD patients have compulsive hoarding as a secondary symptom, and for many there does appear to be a link between the two conditions, they do not necessarily go hand in hand.

So with that in mind, there's a ton of testing that we can do, but I try to pinpoint the testing at what makes the most cent for the patient.

The response to treatment was recorded as good (no significant residual complaints) in 40 per cent or more of patients taking 100 - 150 mg pyridoxine daily and in 60 per cent of patients treated with 160 - 200 mg daily.