Sentences with phrase «patients in the study showed»

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.

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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.