Sentences with phrase «pharmacological approaches»

Treatment of Insomnia: An Alternative Approach Alternative Medicine Review 2000 (Jun); 5 (3): 249 — 259 ~ FULL TEXT Conventional medical treatment for insomnia includes psychological and pharmacological approaches; however, long - term use of frequently prescribed medications can lead to habituation and problematic withdrawal symptoms.

It is our aim to identify new physiological concepts connecting metabolic regulation with aging and longevity and to implement them into innovative pharmacological approaches for the treatment of obesity, insulin resistance, and senescence.

More importantly, Dr. Gan and her colleagues found that they can offset these deficits by manipulating electrical signals with pharmacological approaches.

McGeer EG, McGeer PL, Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, BioDrugs 19:31 - 37, 2005 709.

This group is interested in defining the cellular and molecular mediators associated with liver regeneration under conditions associated with restitution to integrum and in conditions associated with extracellular matrix deposition, with the final goal to design new pharmacological approaches able to increase liver regeneration in patients suffering of acute or chronic hepatic insufficiency.

Providers decide upon pharmacological approaches based on numerous factors, the foremost of which is the extent to which the patient's diabetes is controlled.

Previous studies had supported the possibility of targeting oncogenic forms of Ras via KSR, but no pharmacological approaches had been reported until now.

New pharmacological approaches to target these changes will provide much needed and more effective treatments to reduce the power of drug - related associative memories that drive opiate addiction.

«It's very interesting work but not practical for clinical treatment of patients,» says Denis Paré, a neuroscientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey who is also studying pharmacological approaches to manipulating fearful memories.

With the increasing number of non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches to improve glycaemic control this objective should be achievable.»

For most sleep disorders, behavioral / psychotherapeutic and pharmacological approaches are not incompatible and can be effectively combined to maximize therapeutic benefits.

«One could imagine, quite rapidly, a pharmacological approach that could basically wipe out the effects between morning and afternoon,» said University of Lille - France professor Bart Staels, one of the study's authors.

«One way of treating patients with limb - girdle muscular dystrophy might be to use a gene transfer approach to treat the muscular dystrophy, and a pharmacological approach to treat the smooth muscle dysfunction,» he said.

Not exact matches

«Our research shows that targeting cannabinoid receptors in the periphery with pharmacological inhibitors that do not reach the brain holds promise as a safe therapeutic approach for the treatment of overeating and diet - induced obesity,» said Nicholas V. DiPatrizio, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine, who led the research project.

«Optogenetic approaches are less harmful to the animals than surgical or pharmacological interventions,» Hartung explains.

Clauw advises clinicians to integrate pharmacological treatments, such as gabapentinoids, trycyclics and serotonoin reuptake inhibitors, with nonpharmacological approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, exercise and stress reduction.

«The fact that the vitamin B12 - taurine - bone pathway affects only bone formation and appears to play the same role in mice and human beings raises the prospect that targeting this pathway through pharmacological means could be a novel approach toward an anabolic treatment of osteoporosis.»

The approach described by the Nantes team thus generates clinically relevant models of hypercholesterolemia that can be used to predict pharmacological responses, paving the way to personalize the treatment of high - risk patients.

While various molecular biology techniques were initially used to identify and validate epigenetics enzymes and their substrates, novel approaches are now available to perform pharmacological characterization of histone - modifying enzymes.

«New pharmacologic options are welcomed by practicing clinicians like me who struggle to work with our patients who have diabetes — each of whom have unique circumstances that require customized approaches,» says Dr. Vivian Fonseca, M.D., Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, and author of a paper describing new pharmacological advances in the management of type 2 diabetes.

We continue to focus our efforts on understanding the distinct roles of the various types of translational control in long - lasting synaptic plasticity and memory using pharmacological and genetic approaches in various brain regions, including the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex.

Pain is one of the most commonly indicated health - related factors leading to poor quality of life.1 — 3 Not surprisingly, persons suffering from pain are more likely to also suffer from anxiety or depression compared to the normal population.2, 3 Pain can be difficult to assess and treat, and it often requires long - term management with a variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.

Conventional pain management relies on pharmacological applications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), narcotics, and antidepressant pain modifiers, yet these approaches can build dependencies --- and potential hearing loss.

When treating humans who are struggling with components of their mental health, often a pharmacological and psychotherapy combination approach to treatment is recommended.

The new generation of pharmacological treatment approaches to dementia attract most attention, but this study is a timely reminder that simple, early, psychosocial interventions with caregivers can be cost effective in maintaining patients at home, while not increasing strain on relatives.

Interventions for ADHD require a coordinated approach at both home and school and can comprise both psychological and pharmacological treatments.

My therapy incorporates YOUR needs and strengths into a semi-holistic approach that compliments pharmacological interventions.