Sentences with phrase «of oral therapy»

With different texture options, it can be used as part of oral therapy for autism, ADHD, anxiety, oral motor issues and sensory integration disorders.

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• Tricida, Inc, a South San Francisco, Calif. - based developer of oral drug therapies, raised $ 57.5 million in Series D funding.

60 We have not completed recent evidence reviews for artemisinin - combination therapy (ACT) for malaria (older review of the program here), antibiotics to treat pneumonia or oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhea, but we believe that there is relatively strong evidence to support these programs.

As an extra measure of precaution, I take oral birth contraceptives instead of the traditional hormone replacement therapy that is often used by other women with my condition.

Some of the behavioral therapy techniques used to treat infants with oral aversion may include initiating pleasant stimuli to the face, use of pain control medications and techniques, and starting feedings gently.

Whether continued tocolysis after 48hours of rescue tocolysis improves neonatal outcome is unproven.To evaluate the effectiveness of maintenance tocolytic therapy with oral nifedipine on the reduction of adverse neonatal outcomes and the prolongation of pregnancy by performing an individual patient data meta - analysis (IPDMA).

The concept of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) has made a real breakthrough in reducing mortality from acute gastroenteritis.

The use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a case in point.

Referral to a hospital is also indicated if the infant shows no sign of improvement after treatment at home for 24 hours, or if the mother, for any number of reasons, is having difficulties giving oral rehydration therapy.

Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) is the process of replacing essential body fluids and salts that a child loses in critical quantities during attacks of diarrhoea.

Mild cases of dehydration can be treated with oral rehydration in the form of a carefully blended electrolyte and sugar solution («Oral Rehydration Therapy» or «ORT») or with frequent breast milk or formula feedoral rehydration in the form of a carefully blended electrolyte and sugar solution («Oral Rehydration Therapy» or «ORT») or with frequent breast milk or formula feedOral Rehydration Therapy» or «ORT») or with frequent breast milk or formula feeding.

Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices; Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touchinTherapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touchintherapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.

If you are concerned your baby is dehydrated, speak with you pediatrician immediately about getting your baby to drink small amounts of formula, breast milk or prescription oral rehydration therapy.

This article provides you with a general idea of what oral motor therapy looks like, the importance of early intervention, and information on who to ask for help.

Involvement of other professionals I wish to air my views on the involvement of other professionals besides nurses and doctors in education about and administration of oral rehydration therapy.

Supplements Epidemic Dysentery Controlling Cholera Diarrhoea and Drugs Persistent Diarrhoea Refugees and Displaced Communities Shigellosis Teaching tools and techniques Breastfeeding Practical Hygiene Children's Poster Competition Weaning Water and Sanitation Immunisation Growth Monitoring Photographic Competition Results Oral Rehydration Therapy Subject Index Aetiology Cholera Escherichia Coli Parasites Rotavirus Shigella Drug therapy Antimicrobials Epidemiology Health education and training Health education Training Immunisation Laboratory services Nutrition Breastfeeding Feeding and diarrhoea Growth monitoring Vitamin A Malnutrition and diarrhoea Weaning General Oral rehydration therapy Management of diarrhoea Infants Formula Measuring ORS Sanitation and hygiene Handwashing Latrines Survey and evaluation methods Traditional remedies / local beliefs Urban health Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour Water supply Water purificatioTherapy Subject Index Aetiology Cholera Escherichia Coli Parasites Rotavirus Shigella Drug therapy Antimicrobials Epidemiology Health education and training Health education Training Immunisation Laboratory services Nutrition Breastfeeding Feeding and diarrhoea Growth monitoring Vitamin A Malnutrition and diarrhoea Weaning General Oral rehydration therapy Management of diarrhoea Infants Formula Measuring ORS Sanitation and hygiene Handwashing Latrines Survey and evaluation methods Traditional remedies / local beliefs Urban health Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour Water supply Water purificatiotherapy Antimicrobials Epidemiology Health education and training Health education Training Immunisation Laboratory services Nutrition Breastfeeding Feeding and diarrhoea Growth monitoring Vitamin A Malnutrition and diarrhoea Weaning General Oral rehydration therapy Management of diarrhoea Infants Formula Measuring ORS Sanitation and hygiene Handwashing Latrines Survey and evaluation methods Traditional remedies / local beliefs Urban health Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour Water supply Water purificatiotherapy Management of diarrhoea Infants Formula Measuring ORS Sanitation and hygiene Handwashing Latrines Survey and evaluation methods Traditional remedies / local beliefs Urban health Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour Water supply Water purification Women

Six years later, the number of women using oral hormone therapy had sunk below 5 percent.

«Site - specific oral therapy for intestinal disorders is a promising avenue of research,» says Chung, whose findings formed the basis for his doctoral thesis at UB.

Whilst a preference for a (shortened) period of triple therapy remains in the guidance, we recommend that dual therapy with oral anticoagulation and clopidogrel may be considered as an alternative to triple therapy in selected AF patients at low risk of stent thrombosis or recurrent cardiac events.»

aspirin plus clopidogrel) on top of oral anticoagulation (so - called «triple therapy»).

The incidence of infections due to these microorganisms is increasing, which creates a challenge regarding appropriate antimicrobial therapy, especially in a community or outpatient setting where oral antibiotics are used.

«Although oral estrogens are effective for managing menopause symptoms, not enough is known about the cardiovascular safety of different oral hormone therapy products relative to each other,» said first author Nicholas L. Smith, PhD.

Ezio Bonifacio, Ph.D., of the DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany and colleagues randomly assigned autoantibody - negative, genetically at - risk children to receive oral insulin at varying doses (n = 15) or placebo (n = 10) once daily for 3 to 18 months to assess whether oral insulin can induce a potentially protective immune response without causing adverse effects.

Researchers and doctors are excited about the discovery, as there are no oral therapies approved in Canada for use at this very early stage of the disease.

Melanie Blokesch and Andrea Rinaldo at EPFL have now correlated data from a recent cholera outbreak in Haiti with the effectiveness of oral rehydration therapy.

The usual treatment for cholera comes in the form of «oral rehydration therapy» packs.

Up to half of cholera patients would die without treatment, but oral rehydration therapy has been shown to lower the deaths to around 1 %.

Use of oral anticoagulants and other drug therapies was also tracked.

«Of course, we're not saying «stop doing oral rehydration therapy with glucose right away» because it works so well,» says Melanie Blokesch.

This association was similar across subgroups of women, including by age, smoking status, hypertension, postmenopausal hormone therapy, and oral contraceptive use.

Delivery of XL184 directly to the tumor site produced these promising results at a dosage level less than one thousandth of what is used in oral therapy, with little or no toxicity.

«Older age at menopause and use of hormone therapy produce increased risk of hearing loss: Unexpected results of new study show higher risk of hearing loss when using oral hormone therapy for longer duration.»

A reduction in harsh radiation therapy could be a big deal for many HPV - positive oral cancer patients, especially as they tend to be much younger (often in their 40s and 50s) compared with the previous majority of patients whose malignancies are linked to smoking or alcohol consumption.

«The observations from the study present simeprevir, peginterferon and ribavirin as a good therapeutic option for regions of the world where all - oral therapies are unavailable or cost prohibitive,» says Rajender Reddy, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the Hepatology program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

«The findings of this study are exciting because they support the idea that combining these two targeted oral therapies results in significant activity in ovarian cancer, more so than olaparib alone,» said Joyce Liu, M.D., MPH, the lead investigator and medical oncologist at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.

Certain kinds of oral contraceptive pills, hormone replacement therapy, or hormones taken as treatments for other health conditions also contribute to higher risk for stroke.

Oral phage therapy has demonstrated to be a feasible and effective tool in the control of infections caused by different bacterial pathogens.

Scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) have developed a nanoencapsulation system with a liposome coating in order to increase the efficacy of bacteriophages in oral phage therapy.

While a new generation of safer, more effective oral medications to treat hepatitis C patients may cost tens of thousands of dollars for a 12 - week regiment, investing in these new therapies could generate savings estimated at more than $ 3.2 billion annually in the U.S. and five European countries, according to a new study (abstract 228) released today at Digestive Disease Week ® (DDW) 2015.

«In many developing countries, the median life expectancy for hemophilia patients is 11 years due to the lack of access to treatment, but our new oral delivery of factor IX can now overcome these issues and improve the worldwide use of this therapy.»

The work was published recently in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology and is part of the PhD thesis with international mention by Joan Colom Comas entitled «Studies of the Molecular features of Three Salmonella Phages for Use in Phage Therapy and of Encapsulation Methodologies to Improve Oral Phage Administration.»

The methodology developed allows encapsulating bacteriophages of different sizes and morphologies, demonstrates the advantages of using encapsulated bacteriophages for oral phage therapy and, moreover, the nanometric size allows adding it to potable water and fodder.

A class of oral specialty drugs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), has revolutionized the treatment of CML, largely transforming it into a chronic condition and enabling many patients to have a near - normal lifespan, particularly when compared to a median survival of less than three years with prior therapies.

Importance Oral isotretinoin has been associated with several adverse effects, but evidence - based estimates of laboratory changes during isotretinoin therapy in large patient samples are limited.

Seres is developing SER - 401, a preclinical stage oral microbiome therapy comprising a consortium of live bacteria to improve the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy.

Section physicians document the beneficial effects of cystine - depleting therapy with oral cysteamine, and respond to scores of inquiries every year from cystinosis patients and their physicians throughout the world.

Oral isotretinoin has been associated with several adverse effects, but evidence - based estimates of laboratory changes during isotretinoin therapy in large patient samples are limited.

Nucleoside bypass therapy, which was developed by Dr. Michio Hirano of Columbia University Medical Center, involves an oral dose of extra nucleosides that rebalances the concentration of these essential building blocks inside the mitochondria.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the oral Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma who require systemic therapy and have had at least one prior anti-CD20 therapy.

«People who undergo chemotherapy or radiation therapy for oral cancer often lose their sense of taste, leading to decreased interest in food, weight loss, and malnutrition,» said lead author M. Hakan Ozdener, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., a cellular biologist at Monell.