Sentences with phrase «only symptoms of disease»

What makes us different is that we treat our patients as a whole, not only symptoms of disease.

The use of idols at no time completely ceased, at least in pre-exilic Israel; also, it became obvious that graven images were only the symptom of the disease of idolatry — i.e., the worship of the creature instead of the creator.

Not exact matches

There are only four drugs that have been approved to treat the symptoms of the disease, and the most recent drug approval happened in 2003.

The growing number of people who have the disease is troubling, because there are only four approved drugs that treat symptoms of the disease, and several hopeful treatments have failed key studies in 2017.

(Though it's important to note that the treatment, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America's Radicava, is mightily expensive and only treats symptom progression rather than the root cause of the disease.)

The naïve moralism in this area can be maintained only by ignoring the facts that inebriety is as much a symptom as a cause of the disturbed interpersonal life of the alcoholic, that alcoholism is a complex disease involving physical, cultural, and socio - psychological as well as moral factors, and that homelessness is in itself a complex phenomenon, not the simple product of excessive drinking.

The symptoms of paralysis and pain not only left, but the disease as well.

They are symptomatic of something much more serious and those who think that by dealing with symptoms they have cured a disease are only deluding themselves and harming the patient.

Prescription medication is known only to treat the symptoms of rosacea and not the disease.

Great strides have been made in recent years to educate not only the general public, but healthcare providers, too, that they may recognize the symptoms of coeliac disease early.

The symptoms of coeliac disease can vary significantly from person to person with in some cases only one symptom and in others multiple symptoms being experienced.

If celiac disease and wheat allergy and all other causes of your symptoms have been excluded, then and only then is it worthwhile to do a gluten - free trial.

at this point, closing down and all that is only a symptom of the underlying disease.

According to statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, girls» soccer players reported 29,167 concussions, second only to football players.And, a study published in the Jan. 2011 edition of theJournal of Athletic Training said female athletes experience more physical long - term symptoms than male athletes.

I was especially touched by Lucilla Bossi, an Italian woman who started exhibiting the symptoms of Parkinson's disease at only 36 years old.

The reality about the fifth disease is that only 2 out of 10 infected children and adults will feel no symptoms at all.

Anything else only treats the symptoms, not the disease,» said Bruce Dear, head of London real estate at Eversheds law firm.

Mayor de Blasio and health officials reassured city residents on Friday that Spencer was not contagious while he roamed, and that Ebola can only be caught when the infected person is showing symptoms of the disease, including fever and vomiting.

Dr. Eric Legome, chief of emergency medicine at Kings County, described multiple layers of protocol, which is still «evolving,» and noted that the disease only spreads when the sick person shows symptoms like fever, headache, vomiting and diarrhea.

Studying itching sensations is a relatively new field, but if we look at the number of diseases where itch is a major symptom, it includes not only atopic dermatitis but also nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, as well as infection and end stage kidney disease.

According to microbiologist Barbara Johnson, one of the top Lyme disease experts at the CDC's Division of Vector - Borne Diseases in Fort Collins, Colo., STARI is relatively benign, presenting only with the rash and flulike symptoms of early Lyme.

There is no cure and current treatment methods only help control some of the symptoms without slowing down the disease itself.

For many of these diseases, we can then only treat the symptoms.

«Current therapies only treat the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease,» Professor Thomas said.

«It is only through the dedicated work of translational scientists that we can begin to uncover the mechanisms that unleash the symptoms of celiac disease.»

The researchers developed a model of Alzheimer's disease and were surprised to find that increased levels of a gene involved in the production of toxic proteins in the brain not only led to Alzheimer's - like symptoms, but also to the development of diabetic complications.

Although they are meant to treat only gastroesophageal reflux and peptic ulcer disease, «a number of people who have gastrointestinal symptoms that are not due to acid are given PPIs,» perhaps because of misdiagnoses or because «the physician didn't have any better alternative,» says Colin W. Howden, a gastroenterologist at the Northwestern University School of Medicine.

However, since these children showed no symptoms of disease, the fact that they were infected was, in most cases, discovered only several years later when their mothers had developed AIDS and sought medical attention.

Dr Miguel Martins from the MRC Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester explained: «Parkinson's disease is a disabling disorder for which no cure is yet available; further, after dopaminergic neurons are lost, only a few palliative treatment options for Parkinson's symptoms are available.

Affected individuals do not have a disease: they only carry 1 copy of a hemoglobin gene variant, and unlike individuals with 2 copies of the variant, they do not experience symptoms.

ALD is a degenerative disease that only affects boys and has symptoms similar to those of multiple sclerosis.

The results of Loke's new case study — the most recent of only five studies that investigate helminthic therapy in people instead of animals — suggest that helminths may ease the symptoms of autoimmune diseases by increasing mucus production.

The symptoms and presentation of this disease can be identical to IPF; the only difference between the two diseases is whether a patient knows about their exposure to asbestos.

Though some patients don't develop symptoms until adulthood, in which case people can live with the disease for many years, when NPC arises in childhood, it is usually fatal within only a handful of years.

Currently available treatments have only modest effects on the disease and its symptoms, which underlines the importance of identifying preventive measures.

In the Brezhnev era a new disease was described: «sluggish» or «creeping» schizophrenia, the only symptom of which was the expression of politically unacceptable views.

Additionally, a form of indolent B cell lymphoma, which progresses slowly with only mild symptoms, can transform without warning into an aggressive form of the disease.

The addition of docetaxel not only lengthened survival but delayed disease progression as measured by an increase in prostate - specific antigen (PSA), the appearance of new metastases, or worsening symptoms.

Second, the researchers found that polypharmacy near the end of life is fueled not only by drugs prescribed for the purpose of symptom management (e.g. analgesics), but also by the frequent continuation of long - term preventive treatments and disease - targeted drugs.

Although many people think of Alzheimer's disease as something that only affects older adults, there are actually two types of Alzheimer's disease: late onset (also called typical) Alzheimer's which affects people over the age of 60 and early onset Alzheimer's, which is defined by symptoms that begin before age 60.

It's important to remember that we're talking here about very simple mouse behavior tasks - not the «depression symptoms of Huntington's Disease», which is not clear to people who only see the press release.

Common depictions of HD emphasizing only its movement symptoms paint an incomplete picture of the real disease.

Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, yet there are only a handful of drugs to treat the symptoms.

Studies in two laboratory models of CMT1A not only stopped progression of the disease, but also showed improvement of some symptoms.

Although both NSAIDs and DMARD agents improve symptoms of active rheumatoid arthritis, only DMARD agents have been shown to alter the disease course and improve radiographic outcomes.

Many of the treatment options focus only on temporarily slowing disease progression and managing symptoms.

Talk about confusing: First, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was hailed as a miracle drug that might not only ease menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and insomnia, but also reduce the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease.

«Like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, the only treatments for LBD are to help manage the symptoms, to really provide improvements that help with quality of life,» Taylor says.

Says allergist Neil Kao, MD, of the Allergic Disease and Asthma Center in Greenville, South Carolina: «It's the only therapy known to treat the disease process so you can end symptoms for good, not just in the moment.Disease and Asthma Center in Greenville, South Carolina: «It's the only therapy known to treat the disease process so you can end symptoms for good, not just in the moment.disease process so you can end symptoms for good, not just in the moment.»

Not only is vitamin D involved in disease prevention, but it can be very effective in alleviating some of their symptoms.