Sentences with phrase «of affected patients»

In patients with insufficient improvement during drug therapy or relevant psychosocial impairments, cognitive behavioral as well as mindfulness and acceptance - based interventions can improve quality of life of the affected patients.

Coordinated the internal investigation and led the response on several fronts, including crisis management, notification of affected patients, resolution of patient complaints, regulatory investigations and defense in a class action alleging failure to safeguard confidential personal information and notify class members of the incident in a timely manner.

Dietary factors play a role in some cases of urinary infections and crystals, and veterinarians may change the diets of affected patients, based on a microscopic urine analysis.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of predominantly large and giant breed dogs that results in progressive heart muscle dysfunction, chamber dilation, and eventual congestive heart failure or death of affected patients.

75 percent of affected patients with acute infection develop chronic disease with a high risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

This work may lead to the development of novel and more effective targeted therapies to treat medulloblastoma, and improve the survival and quality of life of affected patients.

The study suggests that attacking those subsets with targeted drugs may degrade the disease's ability to spread throughout the bone marrow of affected patients, the authors say.

Together with research colleagues, Matias Hannuksela has also shown that screening, usually in the form of ultrasound examination, can be used to discover previously unknown aortic dilation in relatives of affected patients.

Using these techniques, the researchers were able to discover mutations in the ASC - 1 protein complex of affected patients.

Scars — in particular keloid scars that result from overgrowth of skin tissue after injuries or surgeries — are unsightly and can even lead to disfigurement and psychological problems of affected patients.

«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.»

This study examined the genetic code of affected patients with schizophrenia and their healthy parents to identify newly occurring (sporadic) mutations that disrupted the four influential signaling genes in 31 percent of these patients.

Feinberg focused on a region on chromosome 11, because a handful of affected patients had abnormalities there, such as DNA that was repeated or deleted.

The researchers and specialists from the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology at the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology of MedUni Vienna are now conducting a new research project to identify the whole spectrum of pathogens in ticks and to follow the diagnosis and treatment of affected patients.

But now, a team of researchers at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, has used a unique cloning and cell reprogramming technique to create a fresh piece of tissue or stem cells that perfectly match and is compatible with the skin of the affected patient.

Not exact matches

They apply different techniques that affect the senses to improve the mental state of their patients on a daily basis.

As Charles Haanel, considered to be the father of modern self - improvement said, «Remember that no matter what the difficulty is, no matter where it is, no matter who is affected, you have no patient but yourself; you have nothing to do but convince yourself of the truth which you desire to see manifest.»

«Since last week's approval, we have heard both support from the community, and concerns about how the pricing and reimbursement details will affect individual patients and caregivers, such as how it effects coverage of other Duchenne products, such as EXONDYS 51,» wrote Aronin in a blog post for a Duchenne patient advocacy site.

Sanofi, a diabetes specialist which is now facing increased competition from rivals, has been on a mission to boost its treatment pipeline with new products for diseases that affect a wide swath of patients.

«Breast reductions are consistently reported as one of the highest patient satisfaction procedures because it positively affects a woman's quality of life,» ASPS president Jeffrey E. Janis said in a press release.

«Although I was previously aware of the many social circumstances affecting my patients» access to care and the circumstances contributing to their overall health,» writes Jessica K. Willett, a California physician, «I'm now able to relate to it on a more personal level.

As we've noted before, this increase in high - deductible plans is affecting inflation data and causing patients to notice the increased costs of drugs.

One of the biggest challenges is to free data from the silos in which it too often remains, an issue that affects both patient care and medical research.

This gamification of consumer - driven healthcare could help to increase adherence to behaviors that positively affect patient health.

Although the State Department has generally emphasized similarities in the medical files of the 24 affected Americans, officials and documents consulted for this story indicated that the nature and seriousness of the patients» symptoms varied rather widely.

That is something I am proud of in an industry where, despite the best efforts of governing bodies, unethical decisions often affect patient care and hospital bottom lines.

And this estimate includes an interaction with Medicare, whose «disproportionate share hospital» payments to facilities that serve a higher percentage of uninsured patients would be affected.

PROMs are questionnaires that patients complete that assess how health services and interventions have, over time, affected their quality of life, daily functioning, symptom severity, and other dimensions of health, which only patients can know.

«We're not going to ration or restrict this drug in any way that would negatively impact these patients,» Khot says, adding that he hopes to do more research on how the decreased use of both drugs has affected patients.

Oncologists may have time constraints that affect their making ever increasingly complex assessments of the patients that are presenting amid the rapidly evolving clinical knowledge.

Chiesi Ventures is unique in its focus: improving quality of diagnosis, disease management, care and therapy to all patients affected by rare diseases.

Its first indication is a rare cancer that affects only 3,100 new patients each year, and the drug only targets roughly 30 % of those patients who do not respond to standard therapy.

This has the affect of making sure the hospital doesn't discharge a patient too quickly before they are well as happens now ALL THE TIME.

The hospice movement understands that the death of a patient affects not only the patient, but the patient's family and friends, and even society at large.

According to the ethics report, physicians objecting to abortion or contraception must refer patients desiring such services to other providers (recommendation # 4); may not argue or advocate their views on these matters though they are required to provide prior notice to their patients of their moral commitments (recommendation # 3); and, in emergency cases or in situations that might negatively affect patient physical or mental health, they must actually provide contraception and / or perform abortions (recommendation # 5, emphasis added).

Like the sugary treats fastened to the witch's cottage, the saccharine assurances from the ER staff that this doctor was keen to help OI patients had obscured his intentions: They had brought us to a eugenicist who wished to push any of my future OI - affected offspring into the oven.

Take some time this month or any month to bake something for someone that has been affected by cancer, or for someone that works in the medical field that makes a difference in the lives of cancer patients.

After testing the blend's affects on the patients as well as family and friends, Siegert moved on to the seamen at the ports who complained of seasickness when docking on the banks of the Orinoco River.

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

Weiss also said that knee arthroscopy for degenerative meniscal tears, which affect older patients with arthritis of the knee, has been shown to be no more effective than steroid shots.

For example, the fact that 27 transfer patients are listed as having a physician as their planned birth attendant is most likely due to errors in birth - certificate completion; data are currently lacking to inform the degree of misclassification related to this and others factors that affect the study outcomes.

In ∼ 10 % of affected infants with plagiocephaly, there will be a permanent deformity with a mild to severe cosmetic effect.5 Patients with moderate to severe asymmetry are often referred to a craniofacial center for consideration of treatment.

One study reviewed of 137 factors affecting women's satisfaction with childbirth, and 4 stood out: personal expectations, the amount of support from caregivers, the quality of the caregiver - patient relationship and involvement in decision making.

Although the newborn is technically my patient, I can not practice neonatology without taking into account each member of the family and how their lives are affected.

Learn more about torticollis, a neck condition affecting over 80 % of plagiocephaly patients.

Physiologic studies also have shown that healthy infants are able to protect their airways and do not have increased apnea when placed supine.20 Meyers and Herbst21 showed that the amount of gastroesophageal reflux in healthy patients was not significantly affected by changes in sleep position.

Tapping into two issues affecting the hospital experience of young parents: the quality of care for the mother and newborn, and patients» rights • By HANNAH KATSMAN When Gaia (last name withheld) was expecting her second baby, she hoped for a better hospital experience than she had with her first son, who was born prematurely.

Tapping into two issues affecting the hospital experience of young parents: the quality of care for the mother and newborn, and patients» rights • By HANNAH KATSMAN When... [Read more...]

The first and most severely affected would be public and safety net hospitals both of which serve uninsured and under - insured patients.

Nine NHS trusts have admitted losing patient records with hundreds of thousands of adults and children possibly affected by the security breach.