Sentences with phrase «certain types of patients»

For instance, care providers end up getting incentives to treat certain types of patients over others.

This objective informs the employer that you are certified in a specific field of physical therapy that and want to work with certain types of patients.

Breast milk is even used as a medical treatment for certain types of patients.

While some clinics, such as general practice or internal medicine, serve a wide spectrum of patients, clinics serving a medical specialty allow you to work with a certain type of patient, which provides greater expertise in a specific area of healthcare.

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While it's intriguing that data mining of this type could potentially help doctors and patients diagnose certain conditions earlier, it's also kind of creepy.

«We treat those types of patients very simply, normally with clomiphene citrate, which is a pill that will normalize ovulation,» says Dr. Marrs, «If that doesn't work in certain cases of ovulatory dysfunction, women will take natural FSH, follicle stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone which are the two hormones in the pituitary gland that create ovulation within the ovarian follicle system.»

We ended up driving around for two hours, being given directions to one hospital and getting lost, stopping at a pharmacy that couldn't help us, going to a clinic that wouldn't accept children under the age of six, visiting hospital that only accepted patients with a certain type of insurance, until finally being taken in at an ER.

Drug - induced lupus occurs when a patient has a reaction to certain types of medication, but it usually goes away once the person stops taking the medicine.

The first gene therapies approved in the United States are treating patients with certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.

Half of the patients treated in this study responded to either ponatinib (typically used for certain types of leukemia) or pazopinib (a kidney cancer drug), depending on the genetic alterations identified through sequencing.

The one - stage strategy may also be better suited for patients with certain types of infection or problems that were previously thought not to be appropriate for this type of surgery.

«For this reason, we decided to combine vitamin C with a PARP inhibitor, a drug type known to cause cancer cell death by blocking the repair of DNA damage, and already approved for treating certain patients with ovarian cancer.»

While the use of light - based devices remains a subject of debate, Dr. Orlow points out that some patients seem to benefit from certain types of blue or red light treatments.

Some scientists disagreed over whether certain types of gene - editing would be important for helping patients, with one prominent researcher contending the technology would not often be needed, while another described dire current clinical needs for it.

Therapeutic hypothermia (targeted temperature management) is an established intervention for certain types of cardiac arrest, stroke and asphyxia patients and is used to protect neurological function, but its impact on renal protection in the transplantation setting has been unknown, according to the researchers.

In contrast, the toes of infants, whose neural circuits have not fully matured, and those of certain types of neurology patients, will typically extend out in a response called the Babinski reflex.

After adjusting for certain factors including age of patient at time of treatment, cause of female or male infertility, and type of treatment (ICSI vs IVF), the study found that White Irish, South Asian Indian, South Asian Bangladeshi, South Asian Pakistani, Black African, and Other Asian women had a significantly lower odds of a live birth than White British women.

New research led by Li Ding, Ph.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, shows that current approaches to genome analysis systematically miss detecting a certain type of complex mutation in cancer patients» tumors.

«Patients who use certain types of coping strategies, such as denying the problem, blaming themselves for any difficulties or turning to drugs for comfort, face a greater risk of developing PTSD after TIA,» Utz said.

New findings from large - scale studies of more than 3.6 million people who underwent screening for cardiovascular disease reveals that a person's age and gender affects the prevalence of certain types of peripheral vascular diseases (PVD), and that diabetes is a major risk factor for developing these diseases, even in patients without heart disease.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

«The findings suggest that increasing dietary intake of polyunsaturated fats may have a beneficial effect for patients with a certain type of prediabetes but also illuminates why certain dietary changes may have no effect on progression of type 2 diabetes in the other subtype.

The team from the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology looked at data from over 15,000 patients diagnosed with the disease who were being treated with certain types of immunosuppressive drugs, and found that one in five patients received no influenza vaccinations and one in two patients received no pneumonia vaccine over a five year follow - up period.

While the animals» brains experience dramatically reduced blood flow during hibernation, just like human patients after a certain type of stroke, the squirrels emerge from their extended naps suffering no ill effects.

Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy in certain types of breast cancer patients, according to results from the largest study to date, to be presented to the European Cancer Congress 2017 today (Monday).

In their new paper in Journal of Immunology, Mandy Ford, Craig Coopersmith and colleagues show that 2B4 levels are increased on certain types of T cells (CD4 + memory cells) in human sepsis patients and in a mouse model of sepsis called CLP (cecal ligation + puncture).

Many patients are ignorant of the radiation risks inherent in certain types of medical scan tests, a survey finds.

We'll be back with a recap of Day 3, which promises to reveal compelling clinical data that is certain to generate a lot of excitement among the researchers attending the conference as well as patient advocacy groups focused on the cancer types that will be discussed on Monday, April 16.

In knowing this diseases could be diagnosed earlier and certain types of learning could be enhanced to help patients learn to better cope with the disorder.

And if it wasn't hard enough, I heard more reports of somatic mosaicism (mutations present only in certain cell or tissue types) underlying disease susceptibility, meaning that DNA from blood cells may not be informative in some patients for some diseases.

Immunotherapy has been an effective treatment for patients with certain types of cancer that have been resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatment (e.g., melanoma)

CD8 (+) CD28 -LRB--) T cells also accumulate in patients with certain types of cancer.

A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, have discovered that HIV - infected patients experience a dysfunction in a certain type of immune cell: the follicular helper T (Tfh) cell.

By assessing the incidence of a particular mutation or the frequency at which certain genes / pathways are altered across multiple patients (of the same tumor type), it should be possible to identify key mutations.

Researchers at Whitehead Institute have identified a key target protein of glucocorticoids, the drugs that are used to increase red blood cell production in patients with certain types of anemia, including those resulting from trauma, sepsis, malaria, kidney dialysis, and chemotherapy.

A team of researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center recently found an increased incidence of certain types of cancer, particularly lymphoma, in patients with PIDD.

It was small, and the findings can't be applied to certain subgroups of patients who were excluded from the study (such as those with severe depression who may be suicidal), to primary care settings, to forms of dementia other than Alzheimer's, or to other types of antidepressants.

FALSE Many asthma patients believe doing certain types of breathing techniques can help reduce their symptoms.

Sometimes doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to help patients with HIV gain weight and to treat certain types of severe anemia (low red blood cells) or other health problems.

Initially, we thought this autoimmune phenomenon occurred mainly in patients that had tumors or certain types of cancers.

However, like all types of surgery, there are certain risks associated with going under the knife and this often a last resort for pseudogynecomstia patients.

- see above question # 1) If the doctors find certain types of abnormalities, they may recommend delaying the surgery until they are sure the patient is healthy enough for surgery.

However, certain types, e.g., some of those affecting Golden Retrievers, can remain small for the entire life of the patient.

CBCs provide invaluable data to our veterinarians, and can help them diagnose conditions including infections, parasitic infections, anemia, certain types of cancer, and dehydration in the patient.

Theophylline may increase a patient's heart rate, exacerbating certain types of heart arrhythmias or interfering with the heart's ability to fill.

This includes patients with glaucoma, hyperthyroidism, and diabetes mellitus as well as those with certain types of cardiovascular disease.

History also teaches us the greatest advances in medicine have come from scientific breakthroughs, whether the discovery of antibiotics, or improved public health practices, vaccines for smallpox and polio and many other infectious diseases, antiretroviral drugs that can return AIDS patients to productive lives, pills that can control certain types of blood cancers, so many others.

The government may, on its own initiative and without legal compulsion, seek input from patients with rare diseases in making health care coverage decisions, and indeed, certain processes have been recently put in place to facilitate public participation in these types of decisions.

On June 12, 2013, the government tabled in the National Assembly Bill 52, An Act respecting end - of - life care, which besides its main goal of ensuring that end - of - life patients are provided with care «that is respectful of their dignity and their autonomy,» establishes specific requirements for certain types of medical assistance to die.

Lipitor is proven to lower the risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, certain types of heart surgery, and chest pain in patients who have heart disease.