Sentences with phrase «older patient populations»

And we'll try to define the therapeutic targets that are most important for older patient populations.

CQGS is working with more than 50 stakeholder organizations to develop standards based on best scientific evidence that will focus on delivering optimal surgical care for a rapidly growing older patient population.

Not exact matches

While Yervoy brought in $ 960 million in sales in 2013 (an enormous figure for a two - year - old drug with a small patient population), the company currently has more than 35 ongoing clinical trials investigating another drug that disengages the immune system's brakes: the much - awaited nivolumab, which was also from the Medarex portfolio.

In the first study evaluating patient - reported cosmetic outcomes in a population - based cohort of older women with breast cancer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers found that less radiation was associated with improved cosmetic satisfaction long - term.

Moffitt physicians suggest that melanoma screening strategies may be more feasible by focusing on high - risk populations, such as middle - aged and older patients, and using newer diagnostic tools.

«As a field, we are starting to grapple with premature aging in the HIV - infected population, even in patients who are on therapy — their immune systems largely look like someone whose immune system is many years older,» Hunt notes.

Key findings in this study show that 5 - year survival for older lung cancer surgery patients is favorable; surgeons will be able to better individualize care for older lung cancer patients based on newly and uniquely linked data, and the prevalence of lung cancer is expected to increase as the population continues to age.

«This greater than expected survival in older patients selected for operative therapy is noteworthy,» said Dr. Fernandez, «especially considering that the prevalence of lung cancer is expected to increase as the population continues to grow older and more people survive into old age.»

Since breast cancer treatment in older patients is mostly not evidence - based due to poor inclusion of older patients in clinical trials, we propose that studies investigating breast cancer treatment are much more important than breast cancer screening in this population and should be prioritised.

«Our target might be a population that was ineligible for the trial, such as older patients or patients with other concurrent diseases,» they write.

«At the same time, as our population ages, we are seeing a significant rise in older patients with falls or other trauma,» Hsia said.

Both groups of animals were equivalent to 55 - to 60 - year - old morbidly obese patients with uncontrolled diabetes, the most difficult population to treat.

The authors point out that this is an observational study, so no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, and add their results might not apply to the general population because the study only looked at older patients.

The Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a novel population health management program implemented in the homes of older adults achieves significant health improvement for individuals with depression and also substantial stress reduction in family caregivers of dementia patients, according to a new study by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Eskenazi Health.

A study comparing preferences and willingness to pay for end - of - life treatments between advanced cancer patients and the general population of older adults has shown that patients are willing to pay more for all aspects of a good end - of - life experience compared to what healthy older adults believe they would pay if in a similar situation.

Faced with an aging population and rising rates of chronic diseases, Singapore has been forced to revisit how best to finance health services for the Pioneer Generation and is interested to understand the perspective of those most at risk, which includes older adults and patients with life - limiting illnesses, such as advanced cancer.

«We were looking at the optimum way to evaluate people with chest pain and focusing on those patients who are generally older, have many risk factors for coronary disease or may have had prior health problems, basically the intermediate to higher risk population,» Miller said.

«Results from our observational study in young adults with normal kidney function may not translate into a clinically meaningful difference and may be insufficient to inform decision - making concerning marijuana use; however, it is possible that the association between marijuana use and kidney function could be different in other populations such as older adults or patients with kidney disease, so additional research is needed,» said Dr. Ishida.

What we discover about voluntary muscle strengthening is likely to be applicable to other patient populations or frail older adults who suffer muscle weakness.»

Among the 50 trials, 30 were primary prevention trials (general populations, smokers and workers exposed to asbestos, patients with oesophageal dysplasia, male physicians, patients with non-melanoma skin cancer, postmenopausal women, patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, patients with end stage renal disease, ambulatory elderly women with vitamin D insufficiency, patients with chronic renal failure, older people with femoral neck fractures, patients with diabetes mellitus, elderly women with a low serum 25 - hydroxyvitamin D concentration, health professionals, people with a high fasting plasma total homocysteine concentration, or kidney transplant recipients), and 20 were secondary prevention trials (patients with cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischaemic attack, stroke, angiographically proved coronary atherosclerosis, vascular disease, or aortic valve stenosis).

It refers to a physical object or objects like trees, bikes, or old buildings, but it could also be an animate «object» like animals, your relatives, your friends, your patients, or a population of people, a «target audience.»

NJP has several specialized units or programs that serve distinct or particularly vulnerable populations, including farm workers, Native Americans, Western State Hospital patients, survivors of domestic violence and persons over 60 years old.

The patient population is also changing: more older people; more obesity and related problems; more complications and chronic medical conditions.

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.