Sentences with phrase «patient recovery from»
In some cases such as ovarian cancer, however, drug - free intervals are needed to allow patient recovery from side effects, during which tumors can sometimes begin to grow again or develop resistance to the drugs being used.
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The startup CEO explains how her wearables will accelerate patients» recovery from muscular and skeletal injuries, and reveals the challenges of building a medical technology company
From a patient perspective, Di Vinci offered faster, less invasive and quicker recovery times than conventional surgery.
The report we cited concerning recovery from heart attack, if proved correct by more trials, would mean that for years now our health professionals have been killing heart attack patients, whilst trying to save their lives.
As this former patient gives his enthusiastic and grateful account of the event of his recovery of sight, the quality or tone of his account will differ considerably from a purely clinical digest of the same event.
When a ventilator is turned off from a critically ill patient for whom there is no hope of recovery, it is not claimed that the patient suffocated or was choked to death.
Citing a 2010 study finding that patients who had at least two 2 rehabilitation visits for persistent dizziness after a concussion showed improvement in their DHI scores (2), the study said that on - field identification of dizziness could lead to earlier implementation of vestibular rehabiliation and other modalities to treat dizziness, which may expedite recovery from concussion.
«While I've been working long hours to pass key measures like Ian's Law (which prohibits insurance companies from dropping sick patients) and the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (which is the strongest tool in the nation to fight taxpayer fraud and corruption), other candidates have been getting a head start on their fundraising, holding events and carrying over millions from previous campaigns,» the senator wrote.
«There's this commonly held belief that the longer you delay radiation therapy, the more opportunity a patient has for recovery from prostatectomy, and therefore the better long - term function in terms of urinary and bowel function — the longer you delay it, the better they'll function,» he said.
A new study delineates a sequential pattern of changes in the intestinal microbial population of patients recovering from cholera in Bangladesh, findings that may point to ways of speeding recovery from the dangerous diarrheal disease.
A new Northwestern Medicine and Hines VA Hospital study shows the voices of loved ones telling the patient familiar stories stored in his long - term memory can help awaken the unconscious brain and speed recovery from the coma.
«The consequences of a head injury have been called a hidden disability — although patients may seem to have outwardly made a good recovery, when we see them in clinic years later they can have persistent problems which affect their daily life, for example impairments in concentration and memory,» said Dr Gregory Scott, the lead author of the paper, from the Department of Medicine at Imperial.
Patients generally expect to make a rapid recovery from anesthesia with a minimum of side effects.
Deliberately distancing itself from the traditional hospital look, feel and smell, this and other places like it are drawing on a growing body of research that shows that buildings themselves can speed the recovery of patients, as well as boosting the health and happiness of the staff who work in them.
Analysis of data from nine randomised trials involving 6756 patients (1729 older than 80 years of age) showed that alteplase treatment significantly increased the odds of a good stroke outcome (no significant disability 3 - 6 months after stroke), with faster treatment offering the best chance of recovery.
Patients paralyzed by a spinal cord injury can face a grim and grueling recovery process — one in which regaining function is far from a sure thing.
«Anemia negatively affects recovery from traumatic brain injuries: Finding lays foundation for new treatment protocols for anemic patients.»
Giving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy prevented the tumor from progressing during recovery and increased the patients» survival.
Henrich's patients received bone marrow from ordinary donors, making their apparent recovery a puzzle.
Beyond the more typical uses for weight loss aids, electronic activity monitors may also be useful for patients when they are released from the hospital as a measure of recovery and quality of life.
If heart muscle cells — cardiomyocytes — could be repaired by cells taken from one's own body, the patient's recovery improves.
«There are currently no drug therapies available that improve the very limited natural recovery from spinal cord injuries that patients experience,» said Lyn Jakeman, Ph.D., a program director at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD. «This is a great step towards identifying a novel agent for helping people recover.»
Doctors generally treat aplastic anemia effectively using immunosuppressives — drugs that prevent the immune system from attacking bone marrow — allowing recovery of the patient's own marrow and long - term survival.
Although some studies have shown longer recovery times in younger patients and patients who suffered from amnesia, results from this study do not suggest that age or amnesia are risk factors for prolonged recovery time.
Rather than committing immense resources and expense to drug discovery, which is at best a very uncertain path, the findings suggest a route to drug recovery, in which naturally arising highly efficacious autoantibodies can be isolated from patients whose clinical information guides us as to the diseases most likely to benefit from those antibodies.»
Favourable outcomes, ranging from moderate disability to good recovery, occurred in only a quarter of the patients in the hypothermia group compared with more than a third of patients in the control group.
ECMO support was provided for a mean of 5 days, resulting in 13 patients surviving, with seven discharged from the hospital with full neurological recovery.
«Now that spinal stimulation has been successful in four out of four patients, there is evidence to suggest a large cohort of individuals, previously with little realistic hope of any meaningful recovery from spinal cord injury, may benefit from this intervention.»
«From this data, it's clear that we have to make strides in supporting allogeneic BMT recipients in their recovery to ensure that we are educating patients and their families on signs of cognitive impairment.
Although some of these patients go on to have a good recovery, others awaken from the acute comatose state but do not show any signs of awareness.
«Also, since early recovery of consciousness is associated with better long - term outcomes, these tests could help patients gain access to rehabilitative care once they are discharged from an ICU.»
The study involved 25 research institutions and 1726 alcoholics who were randomly assigned to 12 weekly sessions of one of three types of individual psychotherapy: cognitive - behavioral therapy (which seeks to teach new ways of thinking), motivational therapy (in which the patient is encouraged to take responsibility for his own recovery), and a spiritually oriented therapy derived from the philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
Total hip, knee, or shoulder replacement is far from just an operation at our center: All of our services focus on the patient experience from initial consultation through recovery.
I am excited by the ability of regenerative medicine to provide replacement tissue made from a patient's own cells and what it can mean to the patient's recovery and long - term health.
Caregivers will find helpful information that will ease the transition from hospital to home and guide both patient and caregiver through the recovery process.
From helpful online resources to self - help groups and more, McLean Hospital is committed to providing support and mental health education to aid patients and families on the path to recovery.
Though recovery can and does vary from patient to patient, our protocols are designed and carried out with the goal of keeping «downtime» to a minimum.
Cardiac patients will be taken from the recovery suite to the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab) where the cells will be delivered to your heart by infusion into the coronary sinus.
They also made healing from a stroke more difficult: Some studies found a higher risk of death or another cardiovascular event in recovering patients with sleep breathing problems, while others found higher blood pressure, slower neurologic recovery, and longer hospital stays.
Nine current and former patients speak passionately about their successful recoveries from the most deadly cancers.
He also believes that the keys to a successful treatment plan starts with a thorough assessment and patient education, as optimal recovery and sustained improvements come from a team approach between the patient and the therapists at RISE Health.
To demonstrate the validity of this thesis, Dr. Hyman provides numerous examples of patients with a wide variety of apparently disparate brain disorders, ranging from autism to depression to eating disorders to addictions to ADHD to dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, all of whom experienced not just resolution of symptoms, but recovery of healthful function as a result of his application of the functional medicine matrix to their unique physiology, history and current circumstances.
Convalescing and recovering patients, in many parts of Europe, have been treated with Borage Leaf extracts, to regain strength and boost their chances of recovery from weakness or disease.
BCAA's could help people recover from liver disease, could assist with improvements in patients with lateral sclerosis, and could help recovery in patients who have gone through trauma, extreme physical stress (can you say «Ironman triathlon»?)
Some of the specific benefits that patients may experience include: (1) Increased energy, (2) An overall sense of well being, (3) Improved sports performance, (4) Improved healing and recovery from sports «wear and tear» or even surgical procedures (5) Enhanced immune support, and (6) Stress relief.
Whether working with a patient who is recovering from surgery or rehabilitating from injury or training a professional athlete or team who needs to be able to play harder and last longer with shorter recovery periods, the most effective training methods usually aren't far from the most productive rehab protocols.
He has personally seen many patients completely recover from chronic conditions like depression by employing a few lifestyle changes and taking a few supplements, where even the best medications don't promise complete recovery.
In her first best - selling book, The Immune System Recovery Plan (Scribner, 2013), Dr. Blum offers her four - step program, which she has used to help thousands of patients recover from autoimmune and immune - related conditions without medication.
His conclusions, ignored by the orthodox dental establishment for over fifty years, are gaining renewed acceptance as holistic practitioners are discovering that the first step to recovery from degenerative disease often involves removal of all root canals from the patient's mouth.
Low cortisol levels can be very bad news for any thyroid patient hoping for an immediate recovery from hypothyroidism.