Sentences with phrase «consumed by the patient»

Actually, the amount of pig meat consumed by our patient in the days before the onset of her illness was not enough to indict it.

Supplements to support cellular power are consumed by some patients to support brain function.

Not exact matches

A big part of what's driving Opdivo's success is an early decision by BMS to chase a much wider share of the cancer patient population — a decision that has meant that doctors don't have to administer a time - consuming diagnostic test to check if patients have a protein called PD - L1 before prescribing Opdivo in certain cancers.

One such study by the University of Utah found that healthy patients who consumed unprocessed cacao experienced a decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 5 mm within two weeks.

Packaging does not contain the caveat that oats are not safe for everyone, that they should not be consumed in amounts larger than 1/4 to 1/2 cup per day, and that the patient should be closely followed by a physician to monitor changes to their health.

After the PET scans were complete, the researchers calculated how much glucose was being consumed by the most active hemisphere of the patients» brains relative to the healthy controls.

For real relief, spend the spring in San Diego and the fall in Portland, Oregon, but avoid Knoxville — named 2011 Allergy Capital by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, based on pollen count, allergy prevalence, medicines consumed, and number of allergists per patient.

«If we were to find that increased dietary zinc impacts the outcome of C. diff infection in people, I think that official recommendations regarding how much zinc is consumed by certain patient populations would have to be reconsidered,» Skaar says, «particularly for those patients on antibiotics and at increased risk for C. diff infection.»

In another recent study published by the NEJM (3), researchers compared the health outcomes of patients that followed the very low sodium diet recommended by the FDA and AHA, consuming less than 3 g per day, and found that they had a higher risk of death or cardiovascular than those who consumed more than 7 grams per day:

When patients introduce probotics and increase their dietary fiber intake by consuming fruits and vegetables, the beneficial bacteria, butyrate, and SCFAs increase.

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy should also be wary of over consuming cabbage, as it can worsen the diarrhea caused by this treatment.

This process is engineered chemically by consuming the correct blend of amino acids and nutrients that can be custom - designed according to the specific needs of each patient, medical wizardry unheard of even a few short years ago!

A 2002 study conducted by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine found that elderly patients who consumed the highest levels of selenium had higher cognitive test scores than those who consumed the lowest levels of the element.

I have discovered (by reading the ingredients) that cholesterol and sugar patients can safely consume it as a condiment.

However, the effects of dietary fiber on glycemic control were considered inconsequential.1 Furthermore, the expert panel of the ADA considered it difficult to achieve a high dietary intake of soluble fiber without consuming foods or supplements fortified with fiber.1 We therefore designed the present study to determine the effects on glycemic control and plasma lipid concentrations of increasing the intake of dietary fiber in patients with type 2 diabetes exclusively through the consumption of foods not fortified with fiber (unfortified foods) to a level beyond that recommended by the ADA.

A terminal cancer patient, for example, may be cured over a 6 month period by consuming the proper nutrients, but may only have 3 weeks to live.

Studies have shown an increase in HDL cholesterol (aka «the good» cholesterol) by 15 percent and a reduction of triglycerides by up to 25 percent in patients that consumed 12 mg of astaxanthin taken daily for several weeks.

Six months of consuming the phytonutrients curcumin, the bright - yellow pigment in turmeric, and quercetin, which is found naturally in such fruits and vegetables as red onions and grapes, appeared to decrease the number and size of polyps by more than half in patients with a hereditary form of colorectal cancer.

Some self - publishers strongly recommend spending money on help with formatting both print and e-books; this process can be complicated, time - consuming and frustrating to do yourself, though by no means impossible if you are patient and technologically adept.

Nevertheless, the lionÂ's share of their days is consumed by treating common maladies or injuries of local patients.

Health care professionals should be taking more precautionary steps to ensure that the medication that is being given to not only the elderly people in our society, but to everyone, are the proper prescriptions and are safe for use by the patient consuming the medication.

• Overhauled the patient information structure by incorporating an online form submission system making it easy and less time consuming for both the office and patients.

When you're consumed by the daily struggle of building and maintaining a therapy practice — treating patients, marketing to find new ones, and endless paperwork — it can be hard to find the time and energy to step back, breathe, and think about the future.