Sentences with phrase «of mild disease»

Most dogs with kennel cough show a classic course of mild disease characterized by one or more of the following signs:

A professional dental cleaning is sometimes called «dental prophylaxis» in cases of mild disease (because it is a preventive procedure).

Not exact matches

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which eats away at patients» ability to breathe, is a devastating condition that saps quality of life from even people with milder forms of the disorder.

The action is a direct result of its late November announcement that patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who took solanezumab as part of its EXPEDITION3 trial showed no significant improvements in symptoms compared to placebo.

For example, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has a phase 3 study of solanezumab under way in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients that may slow disease progression by breaking up amyloid plaque buildups thought to be a major cause of the disease.

Although my form of brittle bone disease (OI, osteogenesis imperfecta) is quite mild, I experienced some fifteen or so fractures in my youth.

They have a study currently in progress where they have enrolled 65 individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's to measure the effects of coconut oil, versus a placebo, on the disease.

Complications of coeliac disease only tend to affect people who continue to eat gluten, or those who've yet to be diagnosed with the condition, which can be a common problem in milder cases.

I worry that lost amidst the hoopla about the new CTE study is the fact that not every football player whose brain was donated to the CTE Center for pathological scrutiny was found to have the disease, and, that it was not detected in either the brains donated by the families of football players who died before they got to high school, and in only three of fourteen of high school players (and, in those, the disease had not progressed beyond the «mild» stage).

Symptoms of toxoplasmosis are enlarged lymph nodes, muscle pain, headache, mild fever, and sore throat; the disease is often confused with the flu.

Mild symptoms of gum disease can quickly become more severe, and you may end up with receding gums and even premature tooth loss.

The pressure levels are slightly lower than with the closed toe models, so these stockings are best when it comes to treating mild cases of venous diseases.

In addition, since as I mentioned before that the disease is generally mild, we have no evidence to suggest that infants with zika would have severe disease and because we know there are many benefits of breast feeding, we are encouraging women to breast feed even in areas within going zika virus transmission.

Doctors are required to report even mild cases of mumps to the health department to help control the spread of this disease.

Eventually, what started out as an investigation about symptoms like sneezing and watery eyes, may lead to the determination of a fatal disease or incurable cancer, rather than what is really just a mild allergic reaction.

Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph.D., Director of the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, author of Ahead of the Game: The Parents» Guide to Youth Sports Concussion and a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury panel;

He cited homelessness, the criminal justice system and mental health care as issues that The Bronx continues to struggle with, and although he criticized the city for its handling of the homelessness issue, his overall tone was milder than in his 2016 speech, when he hinted at a run for mayor and said the city had «failed» the borough during its outbreak of Legionnaires» disease.

The study also linked traumatic brain injury with the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, including mild cognitive impairment as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

DiCaprio left The Aviator with an Oscar - nominated performance and perhaps a mild case of the disease.

Led by Stella K. Kang, a radiologist with the Department of Radiology at the New York School of Medicine, the study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a treatment algorithm for small renal tumors incorporating the nephrometry score, a renal tumor anatomy scoring system developed by urologists, with the current standard of uniformly recommended partial nephrectomy in patients with mild - to - moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD).

«Unfortunately, most clinical trials to date have focused on patients whose cognitive deficits are already mild to severe, and when the therapeutic opportunities in this late stage of the disease are minimal.

Along with mosquitoes, ticks, mice, and other carriers are likewise surviving milder winters and fanning out across the country, spreading an encyclopedia of pathogens: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis, a once uncommon malaria - like infection in the United States.

Donepezil (Aricept) can slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by blocking the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that carries messages between nerve cells.

Both he and a younger sister with mild cognitive problems, have two copies of a mutation in a gene called APP, while relatives with just one copy of the mutation, including an 88 - year - old aunt, seemed to be actively protected against the disease (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.1168979).

There had been prior cases of the disease's milder cousin, classic dengue fever, in Brownsville, a bustling metropolis of about 140,000 people at the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast.

Just before starting treatment, Gelsinger — who suffered from a mild form of the disease — had high levels of ammonia in his blood, indicating that his liver was not functioning well.

A technology that uses magnetism to regulate neural activity shows a small benefit in patients with mild forms of the disease

If dozens of human and animal studies published over the past six years are borne out by large clinical trials, nicotine — freed at last of its noxious host, tobacco, and delivered instead by chewing gum or transdermal patch — may prove to be a weirdly, improbably effective drug for relieving or preventing a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Tourette's and schizophrenia.

Subclinical hypothyroidism is a mild form of underactive thyroid disease where patients have raised levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) but a normal concentration of free thyroid hormone.

People with very mild Alzheimer's disease did worse overall on the task than those in the healthy aging group, who, in turn, did worse than a group of young adults.

At time of writing, the virus had not become more severe, causing mild disease in most sufferers but making a small number — probably less than 1 per cent — extremely ill.

Northwestern University's Ken Paller is already administering this type of stimulation to middle - aged adults with mild cognitive impairment, often an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease.

The most severe form of the disease is fatal, and even the milder form can cause mild retardation and skeletal problems.

Physicians have no definitive way of identifying who has early dementia or which cases of mild cognitive impairment will progress to Alzheimer's disease.

The disease is generally pretty mild — on par with flu — but health workers have recently found that a small number of patients seem to go on to develop an autoimmune disorder that can cause nerve damage and paralysis called Guillain — Barré syndrome.

Today, the Black Death strain is survived by perhaps hundreds of Y. pestis strains that, while milder than their forebear, still cause disease globally.

[Bryan James et al., «Life Space and Risk of Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Cognitive Decline in Old Age»]

Although the DSM - 5 recommends using BMI percentiles for adolescents to denote the severity of the disease from «mild» to «extreme,» the criteria notes «the level of severity may be increased to reflect clinical symptoms, the degree of functional disability and the need for supervision.»

Behavioral and mood problems, such as impulsivity, anxiety and depression, were commonly reported in both severe and mild cases of the disease.

Researchers estimate that as many as 2.1 million patients with mild cognitive impairment could develop Alzheimer's dementia over a two - decade period while waiting for evaluation and treatment resources after approval of an Alzheimer's disease - modifying therapy by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

When he delved into the genomes of those with a milder disease, he often saw not just a mutation in the affected clotting - factor gene, but also a mutation in another gene — the first causing haemophilia, the tendency to bleed, and the second causing thrombophilia, the tendency to clot.

Former high school players with CTE — three were diagnosed out of 14 — had mild brain disease as defined by the researchers.

Accumulation of insoluble U1 protein was seen in samples from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor stage to Alzheimer's, but the U1 pathology was not seen in any other brain diseases that were examined.

«This study convincingly shows that mild trauma has a role in increasing the risk of dementia and sheds light on the more complex relationship between medical and psychiatric diseases with TBI in the development of the future risk of dementias.

The researchers will look for possible connections to a range of cancers and neurodegenerative diseases as well as milder symptoms such as headaches, tinnitus, and insomnia.

A total of 2,129 patients with mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease participated in the double - blind, placebo - controlled, phase 3 multicenter trial.

Mice that were induced to get EAE that lacked both Del - 1 and the receptor for IL - 17 had a much milder form of the disease compared to mice that lacked only Del - 1.

As expected, the researchers found that the group of participants who had high levels of anti-HA antibodies when enrolled in the trial experienced a significantly lower incidence of mild - to - moderate influenza disease and some reduction in its duration compared with participants with low HA antibody levels.

Their results, they add, «suggest that one of the differences between [milder] gastroenteritis and [dangerous] typhoid fever is that the pathogen causing the latter disease evades neutrophil chemotaxis.»

When a person encounters a pathogen, there is no way to predict whether it will induce a mild or severe form of disease or how the body will react.