And 64 percent of black
patients in the study group were treated at these high - mortality centers compared to only 41 percent of white patients.
The average age of
patients in the study group was 84.5 years, and many had additional serious health risks.
Get this... after just 21 days, all
the patients in the study group showed a significant decrease in the levels of thyroid antibodies, which are known to indicate how aggressive the attack is on the thyroid gland!!
Not exact matches
In a study cited in Shawn Achor's book The Happiness Advantage, three groups of patients treated their depression with medication, exercise, or a combination of the tw
In a
study cited
in Shawn Achor's book The Happiness Advantage, three groups of patients treated their depression with medication, exercise, or a combination of the tw
in Shawn Achor's book The Happiness Advantage, three
groups of
patients treated their depression with medication, exercise, or a combination of the two.
Khosla referenced a
study that asked a
group of doctors to review
patient data
in order to determine whether the individual was
in need of cardiac surgery.
«Among both
groups,
patients taking Entresto had a 20 % or greater reduction
in cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalization compared to those taking enalapril,» Novartis said
in a statement, citing conclusions based on analysis of data from the PARADIGM - HF
study.
The National Institutes for Health also brought on six health - care
groups in smaller cities to expand the
study's reach and ensure a diverse roster of
patients.
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.
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.
I have a bachelor degree
in social
studies and worked for many years with people at
group homes
in Denmark and experienced everyday how focused the doctors were on trying to cure the
patients with drugs.
The hospital birthing center where I had my baby offers it... My midwife was actually excited that I wanted to do water labor but no water birth... I was the only one of her
patients who DID N'T intend to birth
in the water and she needed people birthing out of the tub for a control
group in a waterbirth infection
study she was contributing to.
Thus,
studies in which information about breastfeeding was not provided by the mother of the
patient or an older close relative were assigned to the lowest quality
group.
But especially with further
studies in older age
groups, mesopic vision testing could be an important means of testing or screening of various conditions — especially for
patients with conditions known to affect night vision.
A
study of mental functioning
in alcoholic
patients found that they performed less well than a control
group in choosing the correct punchline for a joke.
In a
group of
patients who underwent surgery for epilepsy, over half had stem cells where healthy individuals do not have them, according to a
study from Sahlgrenska Academy.
A new
study has identified a
group of molecules
in prostate - cancer cells that doctors might one day use to distinguish which
patients should be treated with radiation therapy if rising PSA levels indicate their cancer has recurred after surgical removal of the prostate.
Eighteen out of a projected 21
patients in Mithoefer's
study have already been treated, and
in many cases just two sessions dramatically diminished symptoms, which is remarkable because PTSD
in this
group of subjects has been resistant to other types of treatment.
Autism is complicated, and if you try this on five
patients, perhaps it might help two — so if you aren't thoughtful
in your [
study] design and don't do a fairly substantial
group of
patients, it's not going to be very useful information.»
At baseline,
study patients had an average Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) score of 79, but after MDMA - assisted therapy, CAPS scores dropped to 23.4
in the 13 - person MDMA
group, whereas an eight - person placebo
group averaged a score of 60.
While further
study of larger
patient groups with longer follow - up times is needed for this cohort of prostate cancer
patients, this
study is pivotal
in providing evidence for change
in practice.»
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.
In a study under way at USP's Neuroimaging Laboratory (LIM - 21), the researchers are now seeking to correlate the cognitive profile observed in the two groups of cocaine - dependent patients with decision - making and resting - state brain activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI
In a
study under way at USP's Neuroimaging Laboratory (LIM - 21), the researchers are now seeking to correlate the cognitive profile observed
in the two groups of cocaine - dependent patients with decision - making and resting - state brain activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI
in the two
groups of cocaine - dependent
patients with decision - making and resting - state brain activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The
study, was reported Feb 13 to the 5th International Conference on Innovative Approaches
in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO) will reduce significantly the number of HNSCC
patients who currently undergo selective neck dissection (SND), a procedure which involves removing a
group of lymph nodes from the neck
in order to try to eradicate those which may have been reached by the cancer.
In this study in a Berlin hospital, one patient in five receiving routine care suffered from postoperative delirium, whereas in the group receiving support from delirium liaison nurses, fewer than 1 in 20 developed cognitive disorder
In this
study in a Berlin hospital, one patient in five receiving routine care suffered from postoperative delirium, whereas in the group receiving support from delirium liaison nurses, fewer than 1 in 20 developed cognitive disorder
in a Berlin hospital, one
patient in five receiving routine care suffered from postoperative delirium, whereas in the group receiving support from delirium liaison nurses, fewer than 1 in 20 developed cognitive disorder
in five receiving routine care suffered from postoperative delirium, whereas
in the group receiving support from delirium liaison nurses, fewer than 1 in 20 developed cognitive disorder
in the
group receiving support from delirium liaison nurses, fewer than 1
in 20 developed cognitive disorder
in 20 developed cognitive disorders.
In addition, on average, patients receiving nivolumab reported that their quality of life remained stable or improved throughout the study, while those in the chemotherapy group reported a declin
In addition, on average,
patients receiving nivolumab reported that their quality of life remained stable or improved throughout the
study, while those
in the chemotherapy group reported a declin
in the chemotherapy
group reported a decline.
More
studies will need to be done to confirm whether the results of the smaller
studies are seen
in larger
groups of
patients.
An associate professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Talkowski adds, «Individuals
in 10 countries — clinicians, investigators,
patients and family members — helped us assemble the largest
group of arhinia
patients every
studied, encompassing 24 percent of the previously reported 80 individuals and 21 newly identified
patients.
«We are very excited to publish this work because we are hoping that a clinical research
group will be inspired to take our
study findings further
in patients,» says Wu.
Another problem is that modeling
studies, like this one, are inherently less powerful than other kinds of medical research: randomized clinical trials, the gold standard
in medical research,
in which
patients are randomly assigned different treatments or no treatment; case - control
studies, which compare
patients who have a condition with those who do not; or cohort
studies, which determine the risk of contracting a disease by
studying a
group of people with similar demographics.
In a previous
study, the researchers showed that a
group of self - described voice - hearing psychics had similar voice - hearing experiences as
patients with schizophrenia.
Also, the VA
patient population was almost all male, and tended to have more chronic disease than the
groups looked at
in other
studies.
Dr. Hommel led a
group of researchers
in studying 99
patients between the ages of 2 and 21 with IBD, a chronic medical condition whose incidence rates are growing worldwide and has been considered an emerging global epidemic.
The
study group included 175,842
patients (13 and older) who had septorhinoplasty procedures between 2005 and 2009
in California, Florida and New York.
Dr Grainger and his team are now working with other
groups at The University of Manchester to carry out further
studies on monocytes, particularly from
patients with inflammatory conditions, and are focused on identifying situations where this gut information system may have gone wrong such as
in inflammatory bowel diseases.
Nonetheless, the overall success rate
in the high - risk population is over 88 percent, which the
study authors consider high, although complications such as implant explantation and flap problems occur more frequently
in the high - risk
group than
in lower - risk
patients.
Instead of gathering and testing
patients in person, as
in traditional
studies, 23andMe researchers turned to online Parkinson's support
groups to subscribe 3,426
patients, free of charge, to their service, which uses a mailed -
in spit sample to identify genetic traits and disease risk factors.
French scientists
in 2007 reported their
study of a
group of
patients who had suffered damage to a region known as the left temporal lobe.
This new
study builds on previous research from this
group showing that elevated blood levels of SNTF on the day of a mild traumatic brain injury treated
in the emergency room predicted those
patients who would go on to suffer diffuse axonal injury and long - term cognitive dysfunction.
To this end, Aucott and his
group are currently analyzing cognitive testing results and blood samples taken from
patients who participated
in this
study to search for research biomarkers that were not examined
in the initial
study.
In devising their experiment, the researchers took advantage of ambulance company practices that essentially provided a randomized
group of
patients to
study, making it possible to compare outcomes at different hospitals.
In a multi-centre gastrointestinal surgery
study, first - time idiopathic pancreatitis
patients were randomized into a surgery
group and a control
group..
CU Boulder researchers used functional MRI scans (fMRI) to
study brain activity
in a
group of 37 fibromyalgia
patients and 35 control
patients as they were exposed to a variety of non-painful visual, auditory and tactile cues as well as painful pressure.
In the randomised
study, all
patients with social anxiety disorder were treated with the same dosage of escitalopram for nine weeks, but only one
group was correctly informed about the drug and its effectiveness.
In his book, The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease, Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov asserts that as of 1998, 27 studies on diet and heart disease had been published regarding 34 groups of patients; in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did no
In his book, The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease, Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov asserts that as of 1998, 27
studies on diet and heart disease had been published regarding 34
groups of
patients;
in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did no
in 30 of those
groups investigators found no difference
in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did no
in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did not.
In one study intended to measure empathy, Pentland invited a group of psychotherapists and their patients to conduct therapy sessions in his lab, equipping them with the sensor
In one
study intended to measure empathy, Pentland invited a
group of psychotherapists and their
patients to conduct therapy sessions
in his lab, equipping them with the sensor
in his lab, equipping them with the sensors.
TRINOVA - 2 is evaluating pegylated liposomal doxorubicin
in combination with either placebo or trebananib
in previously treated
patients with ovarian cancer while TRINOVA - 3, also known as ENGOT - Ov2 and Gynecologic Oncology
Group — 3001, is
studying the use of trebananib
in front - line treatment adding it to carboplatin / paclitaxel.
In a 2009 study published in Gastroenterology, researchers split 120 healthy patients into two group
In a 2009
study published
in Gastroenterology, researchers split 120 healthy patients into two group
in Gastroenterology, researchers split 120 healthy
patients into two
groups.
Previous
studies have shown that cardiovascular disease is more prevalent
in RA
patients compared with the general population, and contributes to greater mortality
in this
patient group.
The Chronic Hepatitis Cohort
Study is an analysis of records from a large, geographically and racially diverse
group of 9,783
patients receiving care at four large U.S. health systems: Henry Ford Health System
in Detroit; Kaiser Permanente Northwest
in Portland, Oregon; Kaiser Permanente
in Honolulu and Geisinger Health System
in Danville, Pennsylvania.
The
study divides 177 blood and 27 post-mortem brain samples into several
groups, establishing that careful analysis of RNA transcripts
in blood samples has the ability to distinguish early clinical AD, Parkinson's disease (PD), and cognitively healthy
patients.