The images are based on cumulative data from
patients in a study showing potential links between physical fitness and deterioration of white matter.
But
patients in the study showed significant improvement in opening and closing their hands after practicing with the device after 12 weeks.
Not exact matches
While the new mid-stage
study results from DNDi were impressive (they
showed cure rates of 96 % to 97 % even for the sickest
patients and those with liver scarring), more late - stage trials will be necessary before the drug is available on a large scale
in the developing world.
A series of preliminary Mayo Clinic
studies conducted
in 2010
showed promise for the potential use of a chemical component of green tea (epigallocatechin gallate)
in reducing the number of cancer cells
in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Now, the firms are hoping that the completion of the
study will
show cardiovascular improvement
in these
patients, giving them a strong argument to present to reticent physicians.
The
study, just published
in Science,
showed that the creation of what the researchers are calling microtumors can help predict drug effectiveness
in cancer
patients better than the current standard method of testing the drugs on rodents.
Interim results
showed that a majority of the 22
patients in the two Phase 1/2
studies followed for two years or longer remained free from transfusions.
In a
study, conducted by a faith - based group no less, it was
shown that ICU
patients who knew they were being prayed for tended to suffer more complications and problems than those who were not or did not know.
The abandoning ethic of assisted suicide is demonstrated by
studies showing depression
in many
patients requesting hastened death.
A
study of the
patients visited regularly by the students (compared with a matched control group of other
patients)
showed that the program had made a significant difference
in the general improvement and discharge rate of those visited.
In that study - reported in the 18th February issue of The New England Journal of Medicine - they showed that some PVS patients were clearly able to interpret spoken instructions and respond to them meaningfull
In that
study - reported
in the 18th February issue of The New England Journal of Medicine - they showed that some PVS patients were clearly able to interpret spoken instructions and respond to them meaningfull
in the 18th February issue of The New England Journal of Medicine - they
showed that some PVS
patients were clearly able to interpret spoken instructions and respond to them meaningfully.
They point to several
studies that
show that there is a lack of cholesterol
in the brains of Alzheimer's
patients which is so vital for several functions, and also note that other
studies show this cholesterol deficiency
in dementia and Parkinson's disease as well.
Unfortunately, multiple
studies have
shown that delaying ACL surgery
in these young
patients can lead to an increased risk of meniscus tears and articular cartilage damage since even day to day activity without an ACL can subject the knee to repeated instability and damage.
While multiple
studies have
shown that the pregnancy rate is slightly lower when replacing a single embryo, as compared to 2, the pregnancy rate is still very high
in a selected
patient population (< 35 with extra blastocysts to freeze).
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.
A
study published
in the current issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing
shows that depression symptoms worsen
in PPD
patients when their quality of sleep declines.
Physiologic
studies also have
shown that healthy infants are able to protect their airways and do not have increased apnea when placed supine.20 Meyers and Herbst21
showed that the amount of gastroesophageal reflux
in healthy
patients was not significantly affected by changes
in sleep position.
Previous research
shows that giving an EPA - DHA supplement to
patients with cardiovascular disease reduces their chance of dying from the disease by as much as 20 percent, authors note
in the
study, but supplementing with margarine didn't seem to cut it.
It's even more repulsive
in light of a recent
study by Dr. Andrew Chang of Albany Medical Center, published
in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
showing opioids were no more effective at reducing pain for
patients with broken limbs than a high - dose combination of the over-the-counter, non-addictive painkillers ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
Cori Gambini, president of Communication Workers of America Local 1168, says numerous
studies and reports, including one
in 2011 by the New England Journal of Medicine,
show the adverse effects of putting too many
patients on too few nurses.
A new
study shows that the drug fenofibrate might reduce the risk of cardiovascular events
in patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels of triglycerides and low levels of «good» cholesterol, despite being treated with statins.
«A pair of medical magnets
shows promise as a new tool for creating an anastomosis: Proof - of - concept
study in patients shows use of the device is safe, easy for surgeons to use.»
Prior
studies have
shown that cancer
patients had high levels of DNA fragments
in their blood.
Previous
studies showed that,
in depressed
patients, lipid rafts sequester a protein involved
in cell signaling, called GαS, keeping it from doing its job.
The
study, published Feb. 5
in Nature Neuroscience,
showed that the
patients» nerve cells — converted directly from
patients» skin cells — exhibited «symptoms» of the disorder, including DNA damage, dysfunctional mitochondria and cell death.
The results of the
study show that more than half of the
patients with bipolar disorder who had elevated or low levels of cortisol
in the blood, also had depression.
Previous
studies have
shown that the stress system is often overactive
in patients with bipolar depression.
The phase 3
study, published online
in The Lancet, is the latest to
show the effectiveness of everolimus
in slowing the cell growth that is overactive
in patients with TSC.
That
study showed how a similar model can be used to understand immune response
in patients with pancreatic cancer who survive longer than others.
Prof Youl - Ri Kim, from Inje University
in Seoul, South Korea and lead author on both
studies, says: «Our research
shows that oxytocin reduces
patients» unconscious tendencies to focus on food, body shape, and negative emotions such as disgust.
Ongoing
studies at Uppsala University
in Sweden have
shown that the chemical agent dubbed Pittsburgh Compound - B, or PIB, is a highly accurate marker of plaque buildup and that its abundance
in the brain can predict whether
patients with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer's — and when that decline will likely start.
Additional data from this
study, also presented at The International Liver CongressTM today
in Barcelona, Spain,
show that 97 % of
patients with the same HCV genotype, but without scarred livers, achieved SVR12 after eight weeks on the same treatment without ribavirin (RBV).
A brain imaging
study shows that
patients with chronic fatigue syndrome may have reduced responses, compared with healthy controls,
in a region of the brain connected with fatigue.
(A
study currently under way
in mice
shows that phytic acid might be therapeutic for
patients with Parkinson's disease as well.)
In truth, his
studies show, the longer hospital
patients remain on antibiotics, the more likely they are to pick up a multidrug - resistant superbug.
In 1999, a
study showed that the toxin can reduce migraines by as much as 50 percent among
patients predisposed to them.
Because so many of the
patients in the early testing
showed significant long - lasting responses, the
study was continued and the FDA granted the drug «breakthrough therapy» status, allowing it to be fast - tracked for approval.
The findings echo past
studies, which have
shown patients with multiple narrowed arteries have better outcomes with coronary artery bypass grafting, also known as CABG or heart bypass surgery, than with angioplasty, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI, a less - invasive option
in which a stent is inserted to hold the arteries open.
The idea to specifically
study this group of
patients was based on groundbreaking research Garon published
in the New England Journal of Medicine last year, which found that among
patients who received pembrolizumab, those with PD - L1 expression on at least 50 percent of their cancer cells
showed the longest survival and disease control.
«This
study shows that a high - risk score for obstructive sleep apnea is common
in non-dialysis CKD
patients with diabetic nephropathy and is associated with more rapid loss of renal function,» the investigators concluded.
According to the authors, placebo effects can dramatically enhance the effectiveness of pharmaceutical therapies, as
shown in studies of
patients with irritable bowel disease and episodic migraine.
This recommendation is based on a separate
study published
in The Lancet, for which Garon was the senior author,
showing longer survival than chemotherapy among
patients with any positive staining for PD - L1.
Tear samples from
patients with diabetes
show elevated levels of substance P, which are related to early damage to the corneal nerves, which may contribute to the development of corneal ulcers and poor wound healing
in patients with diabetes, according to the pilot
study by Maria Markoulli, PhD, MOptom, FAAO, and colleagues of University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Vitamin C has previously been
shown to be effective as a non-toxic anti-cancer agent
in studies by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling and was recently
shown to reduce mortality by 25 % on breast cancer
patients in Japan.
Our current multi-centre pivotal
study has
shown that
in many
patients, by using a radiotracer with a novel receptor - based mechanism, the SN can be reliably identified and removed for biopsy without having to undertake more extensive surgery.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leads
study showing that a drug withdrawn from the market
in 2010 may enhance the effectiveness of bone marrow transplants for select pediatric leukemia
patients
«Moving forward, we'll need to conduct additional
studies of many more
patients to
show that getting functional scans
in the first hours or days after a stroke could provide valuable information for predicting outcome and tracking recovery.»
The
study showed that 1
in 100
patients in the
study experienced an ischemic stroke within 90 days of a retinal infarction.
A pilot
study testing a new type of drug
in patients with chronic diarrhea has
shown promising effects on reducing their symptoms.
The
study shows showed that the PSC
patients had lower coffee consumption both currently and
in the early adulthood, suggesting that coffee consumption could protect against the development of the disease.