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Now, testing of that compound is leading to a better prognosis for mice with the disease and the possibility of potential drugs that will improve outcomes for patients with SMA.
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Intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) can improve outcomes for patients with ischemic stroke treated within 4 1/2 hours of the onset of symptoms.
Raising cultural awareness among researchers and clinicians is essential to developing patient - centered interventions that reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for all patients with brain injury.
«This promising clinical trial is the next step in a series of trials to identify new drugs that are fundamentally shifting the horizon — improving the outcome for patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer.»
A nanoparticle drug - delivery system that combines two complementary types of anticancer treatment could improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer and other highly treatment - resistant tumors while decreasing toxicity.
«We encourage clinical trial participation in the hopes that we will improve the outcome for our patients with gynecologic malignancies.»
Among other applications, its innovative technological platform enables identifying and analyzing the genetic diversity of B cells to convert them into polyclonal recombinant antibodies (biotherapeutics) that improve outcomes for patients with severe diseases.
Adding rituximab to MBVP induction chemotherapy does not improve outcomes for patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma.
The medical community has begun to catch on to the benefits of health coaching, and a growing body of research indicates that health coaching can significantly improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases.
Supplements containing branched - chain amino acid (BCAA) granules improved the outcome for patients with liver disease.
There are also opportunities in case management, improving outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses, especially for some cancer patients who experience recurring bouts of their illness or who experience after affects from treatment.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine (SMFM) stated that, «one of the most effective tools to improve labor and delivery outcomes is the continuous presence of support personnel, such as a doula... continuous one - on - one support during labor and delivery was associated with improved patient satisfaction and a statistically significant reduction in the rate of cesarean delivery».
Additionally, the timing in the bill is aligned with the federal Affordable Care Act, which provides an historic opportunity for the State to restructure Medicaid in a way that standardizes services, reduces costs and improves patient outcome.
Shared decision making (SDM) has been studied over recent decades as a method for improving provider - patient communication and partnership, with improvements seen in satisfaction, adherence and health outcomes.
«By administering chemotherapy within this «therapeutic window,» oncologists could apply a lower dose of chemotherapy drugs to patients, with the potential for an improved treatment outcome — all while minimizing drug toxicity to healthy organs,» He said.
The first results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study showed that treatment with a compound called alteplase between three and four and a half hours after the onset of stroke improves the outcome for patients.
«Here, we show that the BRAF inhibitors induce autophagy as a way to escape cell death, which gives us clues on how to interfere with this mechanism of resistance and improve outcomes for these patients.»
«The primary purpose of this guideline is to improve the accuracy of diagnosis for Bell's palsy, to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with Bell's palsy, and to decrease harmful variations in the evaluation and management of Bell's palsy,» said Reginald F. Baugh, MD, Chair of the Bell's palsy Guideline Panel.
Dr. Oktay noted that «the outcome for patients with metastatic breast cancer hasn't improved in the past 30 years despite the development of targeted therapies.
With survival rates improving for ARDS patients, understanding and improving their quality of life outcomes is a clinical and research priority, according to the study's principal investigator Samuel M. Brown, MD, MS, FASE, director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center.
The five year disease - free and overall survival rates for patients with high - risk malignant germ cell tumours remains less than 50 %, and so accurate diagnosis and monitoring is crucial to improving outcomes for patients.
As treatment of depression among asthma patients shows improved asthma outcomes, women should discuss screening and treatment for depression with their physicians.
«Patients with head injuries do better when treated by trauma centers, even if it means bypassing other hospitals: Study shows a major opportunity to improve outcomes for the half of severe head injury patients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centersPatients with head injuries do better when treated by trauma centers, even if it means bypassing other hospitals: Study shows a major opportunity to improve outcomes for the half of severe head injury patients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centerspatients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centers.»
The Hospital for Special Surgery study is the first to provide evidence that an intervention during surgery can improve outcomes in patients with sleep apnea who often fare worse than patients without this condition.
«This study, for the first time, shows that the use of regional anesthesia improves outcomes in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint arthroplasty.
Patients with CSA are good candidates for the remede ® system which can improve their sleepiness, quality of life and potentially their clinical outcomes.»
As a result of the finding, researchers can also use Mauritian cynomolgus macaques to improve stem cell transplant outcomes for human patients with other blood - related conditions such as leukemia and sickle - cell disease.
«Our findings demonstrate that people naturally assign different weights to the pluses and minuses of interventions to improve cardiovascular health,» said Erica Spatz, M.D., M.H.S., the study lead author and an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine in the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. «I believe we need to tap into this framework when we are talking with patients about options to manage their blood pressure.
Smartphones and other mobile health tools have the potential to improve self - management and health outcomes for patients with a wide range of chronic health conditions.
The study reflects an «antimicrobial stewardship» approach, guiding healthcare providers to prescribe the most appropriate antibiotic for a patient's specific type of infection, with the aim of improving individual outcomes and reducing the overall risk of antibiotic resistance — in which disease - causing microorganisms develop resistance to commonly used antibiotics.
«Treatments to improve kidney outcomes for patients with septic shock.»
Welm thinks the drug might work well in combination with existing drug therapies to improve outcomes for patients, especially those whose disease is resistant to current treatments.
In order to show that the use of this system improves patient outcomes, a clinical trial at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital will be launched for patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma.
The current study lays the groundwork for improving the outcomes of patients with these diseases.
The next step will be to optimize the approach and to extend it to protein - protein interactions, protein - gene interactions, disease - protein interactions, disease - drug interactions all with a view to improving diagnostics and tailoring therapy for the individual patient based on the outcomes of their personal biological network analysis.
Researchers from Taiwan reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes.
The project aims to identify risk factors for patients and families with the goal of designing rehabilitation models to improve outcomes.
«Given that participants spent an overwhelming majority of their time indoors, which we believe is representative of patients with COPD generally, optimizing indoor climate and reducing indoor pollution represents a potential avenue for improving health outcomes,» Dr. McCormack said.
Efforts to improve patient outcomes, particularly for those with high - risk Group 4 medulloblastoma, have been hampered by the lack of accurate animal models.
«With increased access to this potentially life - saving treatment, we can continue to improve outcomes for the growing population of elderly patients fighting early stage cancer.»
However, outcomes often vary from database to database, making it more difficult for many clinicians and researchers to know with certainty which source of information is best for developing new strategies to improve patient care.
Reporting only aggregated adherence rates could create an incentive to avoid groups with worse outcomes rather than undertaking interventions to improve their care.41 Some health plans or clinicians may avoid enrolling minority patients, for whom performance rates are typically lower.42, 43 Stratifying performance rates by race, ethnicity, or other demographic characteristics may mitigate such undesired effects by not penalizing organizations that disproportionately treat minority patients.
Stratified reports could also raise awareness of racial disparities in care, provide a framework for feedback and accountability of health plans and clinicians, and ideally promote effective efforts to improve care for patients who experience worse outcomes, particularly black Americans with diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease.
His research interests include redesigning health care delivery models to optimize outcomes for people with diabetes that has included examining the role of the Patient - Centered Medical Home, motivational interviewing, the Chronic Care Model, nurse case management, behavior change, innovative technologies and therapies, improved inpatient management, podiatric care and the use of registries.
Upcoming interventional trials will examine immunotherapy in combination with other novel agents in an effort to improve both short - and long - term outcomes for patients.
Anti-PD-1 antibody therapy enhances eradication of refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and when used in combination with other agents may help improve outcomes for leukemia patients, according to a report in the journal Leukemia Research.
The MDS and AML Moon Shot is aimed at improving clinical outcomes for patients with these diseases by focusing on the following fronts:
Our specially trained health care professionals work closely together to continually improve the care we provide and increase optimal outcomes for patients with common and complex problems and conditions.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project offers new leads to improved outcomes for children with high - grade glioma brain tumors; particularly youngest patients
While the findings are preliminary, the investigators are cautiously optimistic that the vaccine could improve treatment outcomes and reduce toxic side effects for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).