Sentences with phrase «improved outcome of treatment»

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Insurers have been striking deals with pharma companies that will land them discounts on pricey drugs if those treatments don't demonstrably improve patients» health outcomes; hospitals are penalized if they have high rates of patient readmissions.

These professionals are available to offer support to patients, caregivers, case managers and clinicians in product selection and treatment protocols with a goal of improving outcomes.

«Legislation mandating IVF insurance coverage may improve the delivery and outcomes of fertility treatments.»

• Addressing latch issues immediately to prevent nipple pain and early weaning • Differentiating between Raynaud's Phenomenon of the Nipple and Candidiasis as a cause of pain • Evidence - based treatment strategies for painful nipples • Lanolin use and possible increased risk of nipple or breast infection • Topical treatments used by mothers for nipple pain and trauma • Frenotomy to decrease breastfeeding difficulties due to ankyloglossia • Timing of frenotomy for improved breastfeeding and infant outcomes • Kinesio Elastic Therapeutic Taping ® in treating breast engorgement • Mothers» subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding difficulties

After all, early treatment and management of these complications can improve both mom and the baby's health outcomes drastically.

The outcome of a placental abruption diagnosis is improved with fast and accurate treatment.

However, the label «gestational diabetes» is problematic because it is poorly defined and there is a lack of evidence to demonstrate that labelling and treatment improves outcomes.

Screening and treatment of women with early breastfeeding difficulties may reduce the severity of postpartum depression and enable women to meet their breastfeeding goals, thereby improving health outcomes across two generations.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

Breast Cancer Care, the leading breast cancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatments.

While clomiphene is a first - line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely that in a significant number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death.

«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.

Researchers sought to determine if the addition of hatha yoga would improve treatment outcomes for these patients.

«The pressure - sensing catheter can improve patient outcomes and the durability of ablation treatments,» Wilber 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.

Their findings could potentially enhance diagnosis of the disease and prediction of therapy outcomes for improved treatment successes.

«Gene profiling can help predict treatment response and could save money in RA: Future personalisation of RA treatment may improve patient outcomes.»

Mankoff and his colleagues argue that making a strong clinical case for these new imaging techniques will mean demonstrating their ability to improve traditional treatment outcomes such as progression - free survival and quality of life.

Professor Pincus and her team are now planning a larger clinical trial to explore whether the combination of physiotherapy and psychology will improve outcomes for patients and reduce treatment costs in the long term.

«Shortening treatment regimens and reducing the required doses may be a promising strategy to reduce the incidence of bedaquiline - related adverse effects and thereby improve multidrug - resistant TB treatment outcomes,» says Gupta.

Treating brain hemorrhage (symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, sICH) after clot - busting thrombolysis for stroke was not associated with a reduced likelihood of in - hospital death or expansion of the hematoma but shortening time to diagnosis and treatment may be key to improving outcomes, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

Shortening the time to diagnosis and treatment may be a key variable in improving outcomes of patients with sICH,» the study concludes.

The combination of the two drugs could potentially shorten treatment time, reduce the side effects of bedaquiline and improve patient outcomes for those suffering from TB.

However, a new study conducted at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, demonstrates high levels of undiagnosed anxiety and depression persisting in patients receiving treatment, despite their improved visual outcomes.

The study, Developing an Interventional Stroke Service: Improving Clinical Outcomes and Reducing Cost and Delivering Great Cost Savings Benefits to Health Economy, conducted at the University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke - on - Trent, U.K., found that mechanical thrombectomy (the use of a device to retrieve a clot from the vessel) in the treatment of stroke reduced the average stroke patient's hospital stay to 14 days when compared to previously recorded 90 days.

As treatment of depression among asthma patients shows improved asthma outcomes, women should discuss screening and treatment for depression with their physicians.

«Once additional key clinical and genetic factors are identified, infants who are determined to have a low risk of requiring medication can be sent home without prolonged monitoring, and those who are predicted to have a difficult clinical course can be started on more aggressive treatment earlier, which will lead to shorter hospitalizations and improved outcomes.»

«It would be helpful to have research looking to see whether screening interventions coupled with strategies to increase uptake of recommended evaluations and treatments may be more effective in improving outcomes,» Chou said by email.

The findings, published online in Drug & Alcohol Dependence, could help lead to the development of individualized treatment plans tailored to each infants» risk of requiring medication to curb their NAS symptoms, which could help improve these patients» outcomes and reduce how long some stay in the hospital.

It also may improve the speed and accuracy of autism diagnosis and predict treatment outcomes.

The emergency treatment with alteplase markedly improves the chances of a good outcome when administered within 4 · 5 hours of onset of symptoms but, although still worthwhile, its benefit diminishes the later it is given.

This underlines the importance of investigating how we can address social mechanisms in treatment to improve outcomes.

The researchers suggest that their study demonstrates the potential of these non-toxic therapies to contribute to current cancer treatment regimens and significantly improve the outcome of patients with advanced metastatic cancer.

As we are now able to focus our efforts on improving the overall patient experience and reducing the risk of relapse, the leading cause of death after transplant, we have greatly improved long - term survival outcomes for patients who before might not have had another treatment option.»

«Legislation mandating IVF insurance coverage may improve the delivery and outcomes of fertility treatments.»

Researchers also contend that transplant outcomes can be further improved by identifying patients who are at high risk for certain complications, such as cognitive decline, or by employing post-transplant treatments to reduce their risk of relapse.

«Working together to set the standard of care improves patient treatment and outcomes by building and maintaining quality, effective programs.»

The control of excess weight, especially through lifestyle interventions, should be mandatory not only for improving reproductive and obstetric outcomes, but also for reducing costs derived from the greater consumption of drugs in IVF, failed treatments, maternal and neonatal complications, and metabolic and non-metabolic diseases in the offspring.»

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.

That may spur improved data gathering, such as creation of a registry of non-IVF treatments and outcomes, and ultimately more careful practice regimens.

Ultimately this adds to our library of knowledge that may bring us closer to improving future treatment outcomes.»

UCLA scientists have unlocked an important mechanism that allows chemotherapy - carrying nanoparticles — extremely small objects between 1 and 100 nanometers (a billionth of a meter)-- to directly access pancreatic cancer tumors, thereby improving the ability to kill cancer cells and hence leading to more effective treatment outcome of the disease.

But if a (useless) treatment is not the cause of an improved outcome, could the placebo effect explain some cases of spontaneous regression?

Tryfonidis et al. discuss perspectives and future directions for the management of locally advanced breast cancer in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, and they see a need for not only standardizing treatment for this disease, but also for developing new therapies that could substantially improve outcome.

Palliative care is a «fairly new medical specialty that has proven to substantially improve patient outcomes when it's delivered alongside routine treatments,» says Sean Morrison, M.D., director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and a professor at Mount Sinai's School of Medicine.

The results suggest that substantial improvements in patient outcomes can be accomplished by improving processes of care and working with existing treatments in a novel way.

The reported survival times of 18 months and 24 months were comparable to standard surgical outcomes and both improved symptomatically, and did not experience any acute or late treatment - related toxicity, the researchers reported.

The original, randomized, open label study, which enrolled 20 outpatient men with cirrhosis and recurrent HE receiving standard - of - care (SOC) treatment, had previously reported that a single FMT enema after antibiotic pretreatment improved cognitive function at Day 20 and reduced HE episodes and hospitalizations over the following 5 months compared with SOC.1 The long - term outcomes of this study, which were presented today at The International Liver Congress ™ 2018 in Paris, France, demonstrated sustained and statistically significant reductions in the number of HE episodes and hospitalizations as well as improvements in cognitive function over 1 year in the men who received FMT compared with the control group.

Marsden's team has developed a variation of the common surgical treatment for this defect, called Fontan reconstruction, that they believe will improve patient outcomes.

Clinical trials found that it is safe to regularly infuse brain and lung cancer patients with 800 — 1000 times the daily recommended amount of vitamin C as a potential strategy to improve outcomes of standard cancer treatments.