Sentences with phrase «far more effective treatments»

«This completely changes our understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and could eventually lead to far more effective treatments.»

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So many companies have developed such increasingly effective medicines, such as those that treat more hep C strains with far shorter treatment regimens, that Gilead — a pioneer in the field with Sovaldi and Harvoni — is projecting $ 3.5 billion to $ 4 billion in U.S. sales from these kinds of drugs in 2018, a dramatic drop from nearly $ 13 billion in 2015.

That's because the combo treatment would become a go - to, first - line option in patients regardless of whether or not they have the biomarker PD - L1 (Keytruda is far more effective in people who express high levels of the biomarker).

After the hearing, Senator Serino issued a statement, saying that the health department efforts so far have fallen short and that «more is needed from our partners at the State and Federal levels» for research, prevention and to develop more effective testing and treatment options.

Tests showed that combining mTOR inhibitors with chemotherapy was far more effective at treating leukemia than when the inhibitors or chemotherapy were used as stand - alone treatments.

A pair of recent, unrelated developments in Massachusetts highlights that postdocs are even more vulnerable to the vagaries of professorial decisions and often have far fewer and less effective legitimate means of drawing institutional attention to treatment they consider unjust or unreasonable.

«Finding a more effective treatment for sepsis would be a major step forward,» said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor - in - Chief of The FASEB Journal, «since far too many people still die from overwhelming microbial infection.

Another possible explanation is that existing treatments, such as statins, are already so effective at improving cardiovascular outcomes that it has become more difficult to further improve outcomes in high - risk patients.

This personalized medicine approach may be further enhanced by molecular or genetic testing of your cancer, which can help identify treatments that are more effective and / or less toxic.

Further, most cancer treatments are based on damaging cancer cells, so understanding why a chemotherapy works, and for which patients, should lead to more effective and less toxic treatments that will increase the cure rate and improve quality of life for cancer survivors.

In an effort to better understand inflammatory bowel disease and develop new, more effective treatments, UC San Diego Health System opened an IBD biobank to collect patient samples and further scientific research.

For example, it is all too easy to get a steroid injection into a painful shoulder, when a more natural treatment such an osteopathic procedure or massage would have been just as effective without the long - term risk of weakening or damaging the joint further.

According to him and others, «it is far more appropriate to approach this condition as a manifestation of systemic disease, and use such systemic treatments as are appropriate in aiding the body to regain control... [What is required, is] an approach to transformation - change in body, mind and spirit - which is possibly the only effective context in which to treat cancer.»

There are usually far more effective and safer alternatives such as supplements, diet, lifestyle, and alternative medical treatments.

Multimodal techniques for managing pain are far more effective than a single treatment method.

But, it's an effective treatment for infestations only — there are far more safer options for maintenance to put this option at the top of the list.

Dr. Jeff then applied the principles learned during his molecular biology training to further explore even more effective treatments.

A new study from Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shows that integrating family dinners into teen eating disorder treatment can make therapy far more effective.

Funding focused on prevention instead of costly downstream programs like acute treatment care and criminal justice systems will be far more effective in reducing the societal costs from the marijuana industry and intensify an evidence - based fight against substance abuse.

Progressive counting (PC) is a newer trauma treatment developed by Dr. Greenwald, based on the counting method, that so far appears to be well tolerated by clients, as effective as EMDR, more efficient, and relatively easy for therapists to learn.