Sentences with phrase «ill patients early»

ALBANY (AP) People with AIDS and parents of children with severe epilepsy are pressuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation giving critically ill patients early access to medical marijuana before New York's new medical cannabis program begins.

People with AIDS and parents of children with severe epilepsy are pressuring Cuomo to sign legislation giving critically ill patients early access to medical marijuana before New York's new medical cannabis program begins.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- People with AIDS and parents of children with severe epilepsy are pressuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation giving critically ill patients early access to medical marijuana before New York's new medical cannabis program begins.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers passed the measure earlier this year after some patients and their families said that critically ill individuals shouldn't have to wait any longer for the drug.

Therefore, as long as there are strict safeguards in place, a new law on assisted dying would actually lead to increased protection for vulnerable patients, as well as extend the lives of many seriously ill people who would otherwise choose to end their lives too early.

Another problem with the law as it stands is that it often forces terminally ill patients to kill themselves earlier than they would have done otherwise.

But since shortly after the original law was passed, patient advocates and the bill's Assembly sponsor Richard Gottfried have decried the fact that the law made no provision to grant early access ot the drug for the extremely ill children who could benefit from it in the short term.

«In order to alleviate suffering for all seriously ill patients, it is extremely important that we also provide excellent palliative care early in the illness process.»

It is unknown whether delirium can be treated to improve prognosis in critically ill patients, or whether it is a marker of organ dysfunction or systemic disease and an early sign that complications are likely.

HB 661 would permit people with chronic illness to get therapies in early - stage clinical trials — not just terminally ill patients, as the state's current «right - to - try» law does.

For example, although early clinical trials of Listeria - based vaccines have shown that the neutralized bacterium produces only mild flulike symptoms in human patients with cervical cancer, the various methods of genetically disarming the bacteria should be explored to find the safest approach for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune systems.

In an effort to stop that cycle, the research team turned to the results of an earlier study conducted by Dr. Chlan which allowed critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation to self - administer a sedative called dexmedetomidine.

Being able to identify infections early — when a patient is mildly ill, but contagious — is a key to slowing the outbreak, says WHO virologist Klaus Stöhr.

These are promising results for an early trial involving very ill leukemia patients.

Earlier this week, Quebec Superior Court Judge Michel ruled against the province that their provincial law allowing for some terminally - ill patients may use medical assistance to end their life, which was set to take effect Dec. 10 of this year, still violated the current provisions of the Criminal Code.