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Whether they are a healthcare facility seeking to advance the patient experience, or a hotel wanting to create memorable arrivals and departures through service for their guests, the following testimonials and case studies spotlight how we affect positive change for our partners.

Physiologic studies also have shown that healthy infants are able to protect their airways and do not have increased apnea when placed supine.20 Meyers and Herbst21 showed that the amount of gastroesophageal reflux in healthy patients was not significantly affected by changes in sleep position.

A second study, «Arteriolosclerosis that affects multiple brain regions,» appears in a recent issue of the journal Brain, and looks at small blood vessels in patients with HS - Aging and describes a specific change, called «arteriolosclerosis,» which is present in patients with HS - Aging.

«If lithium's effect on the cerebellum is the key to its effectiveness as a mood stabilizer, then a more targeted treatment that causes the same change in the cerebellum without affecting other systems might be a better treatment for patients with bipolar disorder,» Wemmie says.

«I enjoy the clinical work I do now,» she says, «but ultimately, translational research can affect patients by changing the current standard of care.

The research is also the first to demonstrate beneficial effects of UDCA on dopaminergic neurons, the nerve cells affected in Parkinson's disease, in a fly model of Parkinson's disease which carries the same genetic change as some patients with the condition.

Delirium, or sudden severe confusion due to rapid changes in brain function that can occur with physical or mental illness, affects 15 % to 53 % of older surgical patients.

Unlike «big data» genetic studies, which have loosely linked hundreds of genetic changes to schizophrenia but can not explain varying symptoms, the new study revealed distinct disease versions that may affect large slices of patients and enable precision treatment design, say the authors.

Among the interesting topics covered in Pathways are: the changing role of the patient in the total health equation and the ways in which decentralized information is affecting their expectations and demands; the dearth of pipeline products among international pharmaceutical companies against a backdrop of increased research and development spending; the dynamics of emerging markets and their rising demand for therapies in chronic disease; the value of drugs and biotechnology solutions within the context of global economic realities.

Patients affected by Parkinson's disease often show marked changes in body weight: they may gain or lose a lot of weight depending on the stage of the disease, or they may put on up to ten kilos after deep brain stimulation (a treatment to alleviate the symptoms).

Still, he wants to be able to get a better picture of not only which areas are affected by the treatment, but also which areas show long - lasting changes in patients who find relief.

And slight changes to the pre-testing probability of any given condition — based on the patient's history and symptoms — can affect the patient's recommended course and potential costs greatly.

In FTD, the frontal lobes and temporal lobes are affected first, causing changes in the patient's behavior and personality, or problems with language.

The data suggested that changes in Medicaid coverage did not significantly affect doctors» acceptance of new Medicaid patients.»

The research, being presented at Neuroscience 2015, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, is the first to focus on the transient changes that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can affect in patients with severely disabling post-stroke arm impairment.

This is the first study to focus on the transient changes that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can affect in patients with severely disabling post-stroke arm impairment.

Studying cancer with single - cell technology will allow us to unlock the interactions between different types of cells in tumors — and monitor how these interactions change over time, affecting patients» outcomes.

«We have to find ways to intervene when a patient starts showing clinical signs, and if we learn how changes in gut bacteria affect onset or progression, or how the molecules they produce interact with the nervous system, we could use that to create a new kind of personalized medicine.»

1/17/2008 Rapid Effects of Intensive Therapy Seen in Brains of Patients with OCD In a study that may significantly advance the understanding of how cognitive - behavioral therapy affects the brain, researchers have shown that significant changes in activity in certain regions of the brain can be produced with as little as four week... More...

Further reanalysis of the data excluding these 2 patients did not materially affect the results or change the conclusions (data not shown).

One of the results of this collaboration is that we were able to take a basic science finding from Andrew Huberman's lab that certain layers in the retina are affected early in glaucoma — and we're immediately able to develop engineering approaches to see some of those changes in human patients with glaucoma.

While many contend that the earliest cognitive deficits are caused by damage to the striatum — a structure deep in the brain known to be severely affected in HD — recent evidence suggests that this claim may paint an incomplete picture of the widespread changes occurring in the brains of HD patients during the very early stages of the disease.

Overall, 46 percent of patients had an actionable finding: a specific genetic anomaly that is the target of an approved or experimental drug; a change in diagnosis; or genetic counseling for inherited cancer risk that could affect the patient or the whole family.

A 2016 study by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the UCLA Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, showed that memory loss in Alzheimer's patients can be reversed, and improvement sustained, using a complex, 36 - point therapeutic personalized program that involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals and vitamins, and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry.

«Inactivity, sleep disturbance, psychiatric comorbidity, medication, and ongoing stress experienced by people with CFS will affect HPA axis function, and the findings that HPA axis dysregulation is more prominent in patients with a longer duration of illness suggest that the endocrine changes may be secondary.»

Dietary factors play a role in some cases of urinary infections and crystals, and veterinarians may change the diets of affected patients, based on a microscopic urine analysis.

Our science programs derive vital data from our sick and injured patients - what diseases they suffer, how their immune systems work, and how they're affected by changes in their environment.

Leaving your current workplace is always a big decision to make, but in the healthcare sector, your change in employer could drastically affect patients» care.

Some argued that covered entities should only be required to inform business associates of these changes if the amendment could affect the individual's further treatment, citing the administrative and financial burden of notifying all business associates of changes that may not have a detrimental effect on the patient.

com MAR 2018 HEALTHCARE Leaving your current workplace is always a big decision to make, but in the healthcare sector, your change in employer could drastically affect patients» care.

«Depending on what function the user ID / password provides within the code, the range goes from affecting how the device operates - a patient safety issue - to changing data - integrity - to complete shutdown to accessing patient information,» he says.

Now's the time to help doctors, nurses, technicians, and others in the healthcare field understand how their personality preferences affect their communication and patient care styles — and how making small, deliberate changes in style can profoundly improve their patients» overall care and satisfaction.

• Troubleshooted a hemodialysis machine component which broke down mid-treatment, without letting the process affect the patient • Changed fluid removal rates and positioned the patient according to the demands of the dialysis procedure • Communicated concerns regarding emotional, medial and nutritional problems to the nurse on duty • Ascertained that all disposable apertures and supplies are properly disposed of at the end of the procedure • Cleaned, sterilized and maintained dialysis room and equipment according to standardized procedures

The healthcare industry is constantly changing, as new technology is continuously being developed that affects patient care.

Rapid advancement in healthcare technology, medical research, new discoveries and computer software continually change and affect all phases of how medications are prescribed and administered to patients.

Duke University Medical Center, Location 2007 — Present Central Telemetry Accountable for obtaining, mounting and interpreting cardiac physiological monitoring data, documenting any changes in arrhythmias and reporting any problems to a registered nurse or physician that affected the patients cardiac health and patient safety.

Charge Nurse — Duties & Responsibilities Provide exceptional patient care and medical team support across a variety of medical disciplines Responsible for 30 residents with broad medical needs and diseases including dementia, Parkinson's, congestive heart failure, COPD, acute renal failure, MRSA, and stroke Implement physician directed treatment plans alerting medical team of patient status changes as appropriate Maintain patient charts and confidential information in a secure and organized manner Supervise and educate CNA on infection control and patient care best practices Advocate for patient rights striving to understand patient needs and concerns Administer medications via peripheral line assessing IV site and flow rate Monitor urinary elimination including consistency, odor, volume, and color indwelling catheter patients Inspect wounds for type, drainage, odor, presence of undermining and / or tunneling, and pain Collect specimens from patients for a variety of laboratory tests Assess patients receiving oxygenation therapy for symptoms of impaired gas exchange Maintain alignment of the affected joints post total hip / knee replacement Encourages deep breathing and coughing exercises Assesses pain control and evaluates response to pain management Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity

We provide life - changing health and education services to over 250,000 patients and program recipients across mid-California and Northern Nevada and advocate for issues that affect our patients and their families.

The first part of the book, Affect Regulation Therapy and Clinical Neuropsychoanalysis, contains chapters on the art of the craft, offering interpersonal neurobiological models of the change mechanism in the treatment of all patients, but especially in patients with a history of early relational trauma.

I believe in creating a safe confidential space for patients to feel comfortable processing the challenges that are affecting their functioning whether it be difficulty coping with change, depression, anxiety, grief, pain management and health related issues.