Sentences with phrase «effects as a result of treatment»

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Many would argue that it's possible for her to feel better without taking drugs: she could try the «talking cure» (regular sessions with a counselor), or an alternative treatment such as herbal or light therapy If she goes to an M.D., though, she'll likely carry my a prescription for an antidepressant such as Prozac or Zoloft — one of these brave new medicines that promise such good results with so few side effects,

Patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Center donated their sore mouths, and the result was what the Yale Alumni Magazine described as «a hot new treatment for debilitating side effects of cancer treatment.»

The results were presented as the average treatment effect with 95 % confidence intervals, and the estimates of Tau ² and I ².

Again, there was some evidence that the treatment effect may be partly due to bias; sensitivity analysis including only those studies assessed as being at low risk of bias for allocation concealment showed that results still favoured the intervention group although the treatment effect was less pronounced in the studies at lower risk of bias (Analysis 1.8).

Vincent van Gogh, who suffered from epilepsy, reported seeing rings around lights and halo effects as a direct result of his treatment with digitalis.

«A significant body of research has resulted in a shift from thinking of placebos as just «dummy» treatments to recognizing that placebo effects encompass numerous aspects of the health care experience and are central to medicine and patient care,» said the article's coauthor Ted Kaptchuk, Director of the Program in Placebo Studies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

«As the result of the products» results and the lasting effects of just one sitting, the Brazilian Blowout treatment has become increasingly popular in recent years.

«Our results suggest that both the clinical effectiveness and the impressive effects on the quality of life under biological treatment as used in clinical practice are sustained over time.

«New soft material could reduce complications for women suffering from urinary incontinence: Researchers have developed a novel implantable material which could reduce the number of debilitating side - effects that occur as a result of using a material that is too rigid for surgical treatment of incontinence.»

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a novel implantable material which could reduce the number of debilitating side - effects that occur as a result of using a material that is too rigid for surgical treatment of incontinence.

«The results of this study point to the potential for an alternative treatment that avoids the typical drug side effects, such as bloating and electrolyte imbalance, by imitating the body's natural physiology.»

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

They contended that the negative results in the second Mayo trial had been due to the «rebound effect», as the patients had been taken off the treatment as soon as there was evidence of tumour growth.

Spark CEO Jeff Marrazzo says their more potent vector and differences in how the treatment is made, such as the company's use of a surfactant to make sure the vector doesn't stick to the vial when the surgeon injects it, may result in a higher dose of the RPE65 gene getting into retinal cells and long - lasting effects.

Clinical trials of weight loss have been shown to improve participants» mood, but this could be a result of the supportive environment rather than the weight loss itself, as the effects are seen very early on in treatment and are not related to the extent of weight loss.

The most serious side effects were neutropenic fever and neuropathy; one patient died as a result of treatment.

The data were statistically analyzed by two - way ANOVA using age and source of inoculation as the variables, and the results show a highly significant effect of the treatment (P < 0.001), but no significant effect on the interaction among the variables.

This focus on the potential ecological effects from pharmaceuticals largely began as a result of a growing number of technical papers published from the late 1990s until the present that have reported the detection of low levels of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plant effluent, manufacturing plant effluent and surface water and, to a more limited extent, groundwater, drinking water, soils, and sediment.

Because of their unique expertise in treating these types of tumors, our urologists can help identify and, when possible, avoid potential side effects — such as infertility, sexual dysfunction or incontinence — that may result from cancer treatment.

The results of his work will help determine the effects of combining various therapies such as PDT, ionizing radiation, hyperthermia, and anti-angiogenic treatments.

The study looked at the effect of dietary supplementation using 2,000 international units of nonprescription vitamin E daily in a large group of elderly Alzheimer's patients and compared their results over an average of around two years to similar patients who received a placebo, a pharmaceutical marketed as a «treatment» for Alzheimer's disease (memantine), or a combination of memantine along with vitamin E.

It is one of the most popular treatments for vaginal infection as it is made from pure organic herbs which give positive results without any kind of side effect.

I would note that in the conclusion of my article I was expressing confidence that the effect was a result of the treatment, which I defined as eating in the dining hall that served vegetable oils, not as consuming the vegetable oil.

Analysis of covariance was used to determine treatment effects on students» knowledge of fractions when the pretest result was used as a covariate.

The therapeutic dotential of dietary precursor modulation by a fish - oil - supplemented diet (n - 3 fatty acids), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (C20: 5,n - 3) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22: 6,n - 3) in the therapy of ulcerative colitis has been shown to result in a 35 % to 50 % decrease in neutrophil production of LTB4.28 Significant improvement in symptoms and histologic appearance of the rectal mucosa has been observed in several small series of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis given fish oil at 3 to 4 g daily for 2 to 6 months in uncontrolled studies.29 However, a larger, randomized, double - blind trial comprising 96 patients with ulcerative colitis failed to reveal any benefit in remission maintenance or treatment of relapse on 4.5 g of eicosapentaenoic acid daily, despite a significant reduction in LTB4 synthesis by blood peripheral polymorphonuclear cells.30 It should be emphasized, however, that the anti-inflammatory actions of the fish oils, in addition to inhibition of LTB4, include suppression of IL - 1 and platelet activating factor synthesis and scavenging of free oxygen radicals.30 The impact of increased lipid peroxidation after fish oil supplementation should be considered when altering the n - 6: n - 3 fatty acid ratio.31 Antioxidant supplementation may be able to counteract the potentially adverse effects of n - 3 fatty acids.

(The use of steroids is a severe treatment and can result in serious negative side - effects, such as kidney failure, over an extended period of use.)

Productivity increased significantly however, as a result of both treatments and the heating effect was found to accumulate massively in effects on productivity over the 3 experimental years, from a first - year 12 % effect to 57 %.

The government's proposed reforms to legal aid will have a catastrophic effect on those who have suffered as a result of negligent medical treatment.

In the result, the judge declared the impugned provisions to be unconstitutional and of no force and effect to the extent they prohibited physician - assisted suicide in the case of a «fully - informed, non-ambivalent competent adult patient who: (a) is free from coercion and undue influence, is not clinically depressed, and who personally (not through a substitute decision - maker) requests physician - assisted death; and (b) is materially physically disabled or is soon to become so, has been diagnosed by a medical practitioner as having a serious illness, disease or disability... is in a state of advanced weakening capacities with no chance of improvement, has an illness as determined by reference treatment options acceptable to the person, and has an illness causing enduring physical or psychological suffering that is intolerable to that person and can not be alleviated by any medical treatment acceptable to that person».

Online interventions offer many advantages; they can provide access to evidence - based treatments and patients can work through the intervention whenever they want.6 Usually, anonymity is preserved as patients participate at distance, resulting in low - social barriers and low risk of stigmatisation.7 From a health suppliers perspective, online interventions guarantee standardised treatments and show good scalability, which has led to the launch of the first online clinics.8 9 Internet - based interventions can also help with bridging waiting times10 or enhance treatment effects during aftercare.11 At the same time, online interventions do not fit all patients» needs (eg, need for more personal contact or diverging preferences).

Evaluations of sustained treatment effects for other, more - intensive, early childhood interventions have yielded mixed results, with variation being attributed to unevenness in both program quality and evaluation rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behaviors.11

In addition, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of treatment in the primary care setting, which has not been done with children diagnosed with ODD previously, and further research would be needed to determine if the results would be replicated in mental health settings as well.

Post Induction Therapy for Developmental Immaturity Treatment (formerly known as co-dependence) is a therapy modality designed to treat the effects of childhood trauma and resulting issues of developmental immaturity.