Outcome of therapy for sexually abused children: A repeated measures study.
Relational factors in music therapy can contribute to a positive
outcome of therapy for children with autism.
Not exact matches
From a value perspective, if the young adults with leukemia who respond to
therapy end up with more years
of life — an
outcome that is quite likely — then Kymriah will be cost - effective
for society as well.
Another recently approved one - time
therapy, Novartis» Kymriah
for a form
of leukemia, also has an
outcomes - based pledge: If the treatment isn't working after a month, Novartis doesn't get paid.
Creative / Play
Therapy offers a space to freely express their feelings
of sadness, anger, etc without a need
for explanation, explore different
outcomes and feel in charge
of their created worlds.
Pediatric
Therapy Network (PTN) was founded in 1996 by a handful of therapists, parents and volunteers who envisioned an organization that would provide the community with high quality therapy, research and education as it relates to fostering the best possible outcomes for children with special
Therapy Network (PTN) was founded in 1996 by a handful
of therapists, parents and volunteers who envisioned an organization that would provide the community with high quality
therapy, research and education as it relates to fostering the best possible outcomes for children with special
therapy, research and education as it relates to fostering the best possible
outcomes for children with special needs.
Additionally, by sticking to a routine
of frequent and regular follow - up visits
for the purpose
of an
outcome study, you can be confident that any possible problem your premature baby may encounter later on in life will be spotted immediately, and proper
therapy can begin right away.
We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases
for randomised controlled trials
of maintenance tocolysis
therapy with nifedipine in preterm labour.We selected trials including pregnant women between 24 and 36 (6/7) weeks
of gestation (gestational age, GA) with imminent preterm labour who had not delivered after 48hours
of initial tocolysis, and compared maintenance nifedipine tocolysis with placebo / no treatment.The primary
outcome was perinatal mortality.
The safety
of the nicotine patch
therapy during pregnancy was assessed by monitoring
for these adverse pregnancy events and birth
outcomes.
«Our research indicates that insertion
of cervical pessary at around 22 weeks in both randomly selected women pregnant with twins and in patients with a short cervix
of less than 25 millimeters does not reduce the rate
of spontaneous early preterm birth, perinatal death, adverse neonatal
outcome, or need
for neonatal
therapy.»
Researchers at the Veterans Health Administration conducted a systematic review
of 67 published studies to determine the effectiveness
of strategies to reduce or discontinue long - term opioid
therapy prescribed
for chronic pain and the effect
of dose reduction or discontinuation on important patient
outcomes.
Their findings could potentially enhance diagnosis
of the disease and prediction
of therapy outcomes for improved treatment successes.
In a related Editor's Note, Deborah Grady, M.D., M.P.H., a deputy editor
of JAMA Internal Medicine, writes: «It is possible that treatment beyond one year would result in better
outcomes, but these data provide no support
for use
of higher - dose cholecalciferol replacement
therapy or indeed any dose
of cholecalciferol compared with placebo.»
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have found that patients who were prescribed corticosteroids as part
of treatment
for Lyme disease - associated facial paralysis had worse long - term
outcomes of regaining facial function than those who were prescribed antibiotic
therapy alone.
Dr. Oktay noted that «the
outcome for patients with metastatic breast cancer hasn't improved in the past 30 years despite the development
of targeted
therapies.
Intravenous thrombolytic
therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) can improve
outcomes for patients with ischemic stroke treated within 4 1/2 hours
of the onset
of symptoms.
The study, entitled COMET (Comparison
of Operative to Medical Endocrine
Therapy)
for low - risk ductal carcinoma in situ, received funding through a $ 13.4 million, five - year award from the Patient - Centered
Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to support research that enlightens health care decisions.
Patients with BRAF mutations had similar
outcomes for each
of the
therapies.
«We also are looking at comprehensive packages
for getting patients involved in preventing other types
of complications by asking them to report any symptoms
of pneumonia or deep vein thrombosis and reminding them when and how often to exercise to improve physical
therapy outcomes,» Ms. Lu said.
The results
of the Endovascular
Therapy Following Imaging Evaluation for the Ischemic Stroke (DEFUSE 3) trial, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles and published on Jan. 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated that physically removing brain clots up to 16 hours after symptom onset in selected patients led to improved outcomes compared to standard medical t
Therapy Following Imaging Evaluation
for the Ischemic Stroke (DEFUSE 3) trial, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles and published on Jan. 24 in the New England Journal
of Medicine, demonstrated that physically removing brain clots up to 16 hours after symptom onset in selected patients led to improved
outcomes compared to standard medical
therapytherapy.
«The recent niacin clinical trials offer important new evidence that raising «good» cholesterol (HDL) levels on top
of statin
therapy does not have the positive
outcome that had been hoped
for,» said Neil Stone, M.D., the Robert Bonow MD Professor in Cardiology at Feinberg and a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
For the
outcome «morbidity,» there was an indication
of a lesser benefit because more AIDS - defining events occurred under the elvitegravir fixed combination: about 23 out
of 1000 versus 3 out
of 1000 under the comparator
therapy.
The Cost and
Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy for Depression (COBRA) trial, one
of the largest
of its kind in the world, was designed to meet this need.
Tryfonidis et al. discuss perspectives and future directions
for the management
of locally advanced breast cancer in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, and they see a need
for not only standardizing treatment
for this disease, but also
for developing new
therapies that could substantially improve
outcome.
Knowing which cells are best
for the
therapy should not only improve patient
outcome, but also reduce the number
of cells required, which would further reduce both the time
of the preparation and invasiveness
of the procedure.
Detailed evaluation
of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment
outcomes for image - guided radiation
therapy (IGRT) or surgery
for prostate cancer, according to research presented today at the American Society
for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 55th Annual Meeting.
These
therapies could enhance the effects
of novel cancer immunotherapies when used in combination, resulting in better health
outcomes for cancer patients.
«Defining the biology
of naturally occurring protective mutations is quite important, because they define desired
outcomes for potentially new
therapies,» explained the study's co-author Judy H. Cho, MD, Director
of the Sanford Grossman Center
for Integrative Studies in Crohn's disease, and the Charles F. Bronfman Institute
for Personalized Medicine at the Icahn School
of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The next step will be to optimize the approach and to extend it to protein - protein interactions, protein - gene interactions, disease - protein interactions, disease - drug interactions all with a view to improving diagnostics and tailoring
therapy for the individual patient based on the
outcomes of their personal biological network analysis.
This new knowledge is also making precision medicine a reality by enabling the development
of highly targeted
therapies that offer the potential
for improved treatment
outcomes, especially
for patients battling cancer.
Endovascular
therapy within 24 hours is the standard
of care
for emergent large - vessel occlusion, but the chance
of achieving a good
outcome decreases by approximately 20 percent
for each hour that passes before treatment.
Detailed evaluation
of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment
outcomes for image - guided radiation
therapy (IGRT) or surgery
for prostate cancer, according to research presented at the American Society
for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 55th Annual Meeting.
These models are desperately needed
for learning more about Group 4 medulloblastoma biology and evaluating rational, molecularly targeted
therapies to improve patient
outcomes,» said Paul Northcott, Ph.D., an assistant member
of the St. Jude Department
of Developmental Neurobiology.
They measured adherence to statin
therapy and
outcomes comprising
of hospitalization
for an acute coronary syndrome, stroke and mortality.
«The risk
of cognitive impairment should be considered when deciding whether or not to receive androgen deprivation
therapy for prostate cancer,» said Brian Gonzalez, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Health
Outcomes and Behavior Program at Moffitt.
Researchers reported promising preliminary
outcomes for the first four children enrolled in a U.S. gene
therapy trial
for Wiskott - Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a life - threatening genetic blood and immune disorder, at the 57th annual meeting
of the American Society
of Hematology.
After analyzing the data, he and his collaborators in Berlin are convinced that the activity
of Shp2 and its target genes can predict the
outcome of breast cancer: The less active Shp2 is, the higher the chance
for the affected women to stay relapse - free after having undergone a successful breast cancer
therapy.
But there's reason
for optimism - recent advances in screening and treatment, such as CAR T cell
therapy, mean patient
outcomes and quality
of life are continuing to improve.
Renal
outcomes with different fixed - dose combination
therapies in patients with hypertension at high risk
for cardiovascular events (ACCOMPLISH): a prespecified secondary analysis
of a randomized controlled trial.
His research interests include redesigning health care delivery models to optimize
outcomes for people with diabetes that has included examining the role
of the Patient - Centered Medical Home, motivational interviewing, the Chronic Care Model, nurse case management, behavior change, innovative technologies and
therapies, improved inpatient management, podiatric care and the use
of registries.
The technology successfully tracked in real - time how the diversity
of tumor cell populations were changing in response to particular
therapies for all
of the patients studied, and was highly predictive
of treatment effectiveness and patient
outcomes.
«Developing
therapies for each subtype independent
of the other may improve
outcomes, as has been shown in breast cancer.»
Some form the basis
for interventions —
for example, a new treatment or a strategy
for improving use
of a proven
therapy — that are tested to determine whether they can improve health
outcomes.
Still, BioViva has pressed ahead with telomerase gene
therapy, and factions within the research community are also aiming
for the same
outcome of human tests, though through more conventional channels.
Professor Ferner's research with national and international collaborators focuses on defining clinical phenotype in the neurofibromatoses, determining the natural history
of optic pathway glioma and developing robust clinical and patient centred
outcome measures
for monitoring novel
therapies.
LA JOLLA — Scientists at the Salk Institute
for Biological Studies have identified a key genetic switch linked to the development, progression and
outcome of cancer, a finding that may lead to new targets
for cancer
therapies.
A pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) is a strong indicator
of the benefit
of therapy and presents an early surrogate
for a favorable long - term
outcome.
Anti-PD-1 antibody
therapy enhances eradication
of refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and when used in combination with other agents may help improve
outcomes for leukemia patients, according to a report in the journal Leukemia Research.
[38] Although the results
of the trials
of cell
therapy for PD were mixed, with only a minority
of patients showing clear - cut and durable gains, researchers have subsequently gained substantial insight into the reasons underlying differential
outcomes at different centers and amongst different protocols, and
for the troubling dyskinesias that were suffered by some patients.
The work that garnered the honor, «An analysis
of the risk and benefit
of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing surgery
for non-small cell lung cancer,» examined data from more than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact
of neoadjuvant
therapy on perioperative
outcomes, as well as long - term survival.