'' ** I AM CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ONLY A LIMITED
NUMBER OF PATIENTS AT THIS TIME ** We all deserve a second chance.
The year 1956 was a major milestone, when, for the first time since state hospital records had been kept, there was a decline in the total
number of patients at that year's end.
The number of patients at the clinic grew 40 percent in a year and people now wait several weeks for an appointment, Rashid said.
Composing a Top 10 Best List works too, for example the title to a post could read «Top 10 Mistakes Business Managers Make» or «Top 5 Ways to Increase
the Number of Patients at Your Practice.»
Not exact matches
«Limiting the
number of drugs in any HIV treatment regimen can help reduce toxicity for
patients,» Dr. Debra Birnkrant, director
of the division
of antiviral products
at the FDA said in a press release.
Many believed that a plutonium - powered heart could put
patients at risk for a
number of health problems, including leukemia.
«More than twice the
number of patients [were] still living
at the end
of the study after receiving IMAB362 plus chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone,» according to Ganymed CEO Özlem Türeci, with
patients showing the highest level
of that protein biomarker responding best to the treatment.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount
of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability
of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror
patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction
of generic versions
of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect
of lowering prices or reducing the
number of insured
patients; the possibility
of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels
of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits
of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or
at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and
patients may not see advantages
of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development
of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate
of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
At the Topeka State Hospital alone, the
number of resident
patients in their 60s was reduced from about 600 to less than 50 in only 20 years.
Globally, over 220 million people suffer from food allergies and most countries report an increase in incidence.26 It is predicted that by 2050 the
number of patients affected by allergic diseases in Australia will increase by 70 % to 7.7 million.27 By 2021, the markets for naturally healthy (US$ 291 billion), food intolerance (US$ 42 billion) and organic products (US$ 45 billion) are expected to have grown
at up to 4.5 % compound annual growth rate (CAGR).28
I have seen an increasing
number of patients specializing
at a young age with a concurrent rise in injuries and burn - out.
With a ridiculous push by some to avoid c - section
at all cost, and induction being almost as bad, I am continually surprised
at the
number of patients who decline this option... usually because
of preconceived ideas that are inaccurate
While a nurse
at Clarian Health, Dr. Lane received a
number of awards due to the high
number of patients who wrote in and praised her bedside care and expertise in their birthing and breastfeeding experience.
And I think, again, I see the model practice as one that gives the woman the greatest
number of choices, a model practice where you actually have the time and the capacity on the
patient's part to understand the risks and benefits
of each
of the subsequent choices to have a relatively smooth system, which can transfer from one model
of birth to another without extensive delays and then — and so I think giving the mom the greatest
number of choices and having midwives and physicians speaking to each other
at the time
of either the initial
patient's choice for method
of delivery or
at the beginning
of the labor process.
Or look
at this way: an increase in the rate
of homebirth from 0.5 % to 1 % would constitute a doubling
of the
number of patients for HB midwives (a 100 % increase), and a drop
of 1
patient for every 190 for OBs (a 0.5 % decrease).
When deciding on the
number of embryos to recommend for transfer, we carefully weigh all factors with the goal
of offering each
patient the highest chance
of pregnancy with the lowest possible risk
of a high - order multiple gestation (we have this discussion again
at the time
of embryo transfer).
Then they would have the time to really spend with their
patients, address concerns, and take their time with «natural - ish cesareans» Reducing the overall
number of women in the hospital giving birth (by having a system that supports low risk, healthy moms birthing their babies
at home with trained professionals like CPM's and CNM's) would allow moms who birthed through surgery to stay in the hospital longer and receive the one - on - one medical care that they so very much deserve.
Many
of the physical therapy and rehabilitation programs to be offered
at the new fitness center already are offered
at the hospital, but the
number of patients is growing and the hospital is running out
of space, Iftiniuk said.
I gave also observed a
number of physicians
at my institution that will do a c / s by 12 noon if the cervical ripening
of their
patient who's induction started
at 12MN was not successful.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have condemned the record
numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E, putting
patients at risk
of harm.
Initially the purview
of only doctors, the move is aimed
at expanding the
number of patients certified in the program, especially those who live in rural areas where there are fewer physicians.
The new version prohibits sharing the drug between
patients, and caps the
number of licenses for registered organizations to grow and dispense medical marijuana
at 20, though the commissioner could expand that
number after the first two years
of the program, if necessary.
The amended legislation would cap the
number of organizations providing marijuana to
patients at 20, and eliminated a
number of illnesses eligible for the program including lupus and diabetes.
Standing out for the high
numbers of patients infected while
at the hospital: Mt. Sinai and Metropolitan Hospitals in Manhattan, SUNY Downstate and Brookdale in Brooklyn, and Bronx - Lebanon and Montefiore - Einstein in the Bronx.
He announced diagnostic scans for all those
at - risk
of a
number of diseases and pledged an NHS constitution which would enshrine both the «rights and responsibilities»
of patients.
General News
of Friday, 18 May 2018 Source: Graphic.com.gh A
number of inmates
at the mental hospital have been abandoned by their family members Two hundred and fifty mentally ill
patients have been abandoned by their relations for many years
at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital (APH).
Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, a Manhattan Democrat who chairs the chamber's health committee, told Capital that he would be amending a bill that the Assembly passed in May to restrict the smokable form
of medicinal marijuana to
patients over 21 and to cap the
number of licensed producers
at 20.
Researchers
at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center used two relatively simple tactics to significantly reduce the
number of unnecessary blood tests to assess symptoms
of heart attack and chest pain and to achieve a large decrease in
patient charges.
«For the anesthesiologist, a
number of factors come into play, including
patient comorbidities and preferences as well as other practice specific factors, such as the choice for anticoagulation, but regional anesthesia should,
at the very least, be considered in every
patient.»
An incentive program to reduce the
number of unnecessary diagnostic laboratory tests performed in neurosurgical
patients at UC San Francisco (UCSF) was highly successful.
«This study demonstrates the value
of using the SEER database to analyze factors associated with surgery as a treatment for localized pancreatic cancer in a large
number of patients over a prolonged period
of time,» says Dr. Kim, who is also Chief Medical Officer
of UH Seidman Cancer Center and the Charles Hubay Professor
at Case Western Reserve School
of Medicine.
«If we find that lymphoscintigrams using tilmanocept are
at least as good as the conventional radiocolloid tracer in identification and visualization
of sentinel nodes, we would like to see a randomised clinical trial involving large
numbers of patients,» says Prof de Bree.
Patients with diabetes and suffering from acute kidney injury (AKI), proteinuria and uncontrolled blood sugar experience a sharp reduction in the
number of years they have healthy renal function before being forced onto dialysis, according to researchers
at the University
of Cincinnati (UC) College
of Medicine.
Guideline authors noted, however, that the evidence for the recommendations is weak, since many
of the studies had relatively small
numbers of patients with similar types
of epilepsy and were conducted
at only one institution, so the results may not be generalizable to everyone with epilepsy.
Vaccines are successful in preventing pandemic flu and reducing the
number of patients hospitalised as a result
of the illness, a study led by academics
at The University
of Nottingham has found.
The French case brings to
at least four the
number of patients «awakened» by a brain - based intervention, including Monti's
at UCLA.
Russell Marx, director
of Adolescent Eating Disorders Program
at the University
of California, San Diego, and chief science officer
of the National Eating Disorders Association, expects to see big changes in diagnosis and treatment with the addition
of binge eating disorder but less impact on anorexia diagnoses as the
number of patients with ED - NOS is reduced.
«It is particularly good news for the large
number of affected
patients that if they are in good medical care and have survived breast cancer, they do not need to be more worried about deadly heart diseases than women
at the same age without breast cancer.»
«Our results evaluated
patients at an average
of five years
of follow up and most
patients continued to be very satisfied and performed a high
number of sporting activities, including those that required high use
of their shoulders,» said study author Grant Garcia, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon
at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York.
The
number of patients waiting for a kidney
at UCSF is 5,217, or 5.2 percent
of the U.S. waitlist and 28 percent
of the California waitlist.
In addition, the researchers looked
at brain samples
of deceased
patients with MS and found increased
numbers of GM - CSF - producing cells in comparison to normal brain samples.
Using this measure, the researchers saw that 37.6 percent
of patients on the monthly regimen, and 40.8 percent on the quarterly regimen had
at least a 50 percent reduction in the
number of moderate headaches per month, compared to 18.1 percent in the placebo group.
As time lapses, many colonoscopy
patients become less and less likely to recall when and where they last had the procedure performed; who the doctor was who performed it; whether polyps were found, and, if so, the
number and size
of those polyps, according to new study results presented
at the 2015 Clinical Congress
of the American College
of Surgeons.
«We need the frontline clinicians to be astute and notice if they are seeing
patients with an unusual infection, or a
number of similar infections from a specific location such as a child care center, nursing home or eating facility and then work closely with the state and local health authorities,» said Larry Pickering, MD, a co-author
of the guidelines and adjunct professor
of pediatrics
at Emory University School
of Medicine and Children's Healthcare
of Atlanta.
The grids stay in place for up to two weeks, as the
patient experiences a
number of seizures,
at which point the grids are removed.
«The
number of patients receiving the treatment is quite low
at present, but we are hoping this study will mean more prednisolone
patients will receive the fracture - preventing treatment,» he continues.
While still controversial and performed
at a small
number of medical centers around the world, face transplantation has become an option for carefully selected
patients with full or partial destruction
of the facial tissues.
Sîrbulescu notes that it is possible to isolate high
numbers of a
patient's B cells through a standard blood pheresis procedure, allowing collection
of enough cells for several treatments
at a single session.
In our day and age, when growing
numbers of women
of reproductive age are diagnosed with thyroid cancer and when fertility problems are rampant, these findings should serve as an additional consideration for physicians contemplating radioactive iodine for their
patients,» said senior author Karen Tordjman, MD, associate professor
of medicine
at the Sackler Faculty
of Medicine
of Tel Aviv University.
Principal Investigator John Morris, MD, clinical co-leader
of the Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnosis Program for the CCC, co-leader
of the UC Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program, professor in the division
of hematology oncology
at the UC College
of Medicine and UC Health medical oncologist, says a
number of antitumor vaccines have shown promise for causing immune responses against tumor antigens to improve
patient outcomes.