Sentences with phrase «risk at diagnosis»

An analysis of data on 945 patients with prostate cancer that is managed with active surveillance shows differences in outcomes depending on whether the patient was low or intermediate risk at diagnosis.

Not exact matches

The inspiration for the social - media campaign came from the recent WHO HIV / AIDS recommendations that stated that «patients should be put on an antiretroviral therapy of three drugs immediately after diagnosis» and «everyone at risk of becoming infected should be offered protective doses of similar drugs.»

Still Alice follows Dr. Alice Howland as she and her family come to terms with her Alzheimers diagnosis and the knowledge that others in the family are at - risk.

Her clinical training is inclusive of supporting youth and families who are at risk and who carry a mental health diagnosis in the community, home, and school settings develop a positive sense of self academically, emotionally, and socially.

It was not a fraught or difficult conversation - they said «would you like BCG» and I said «no thanks, it makes diagnosis of latent TB more challenging and I don't think they'll be at any increased risk for the foreseeable».

The diagnosis, described this week in the journal Pediatrics, underscores the risks of restricting infants to only plant - based beverages, write the doctors at Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia.

Once a child is four or five years old and meets the criteria for ADHD, also keep in mind that the AAP states that «In areas where evidence - based behavioral treatments are not available, the clinician needs to weigh the risks of starting medication at an early age against the harm of delaying diagnosis and treatment.»

The exception was that breast - fed children were at higher risk for asthma, though it was unclear if those reports were self - generated or actual diagnoses.

The 993 parous cases were aged 26 — 90 years at diagnosis, with 9,729 parous controls individually matched on birth year, vital status at case diagnosis, and age when giving information on several potential risk factors for breast cancer.

Isn't late diagnosis putting lives at risk?

To be eligible for these services, the individual must meet certain criteria, including having a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, and be at risk or have a history of engaging in high - risk behaviors which have resulted in multiple hospitalizations or incarcerations.

In addition, the report stresses the need for patients to be fully informed of the risks of treatment at the time of diagnosis, including written information, and psychological support and counselling should be available.

Clinton's decision to brush aside her doctor's advice to rest after getting a diagnosis of mild pneumonia, put her at risk for developing a more serious case, medical experts said.

«At the same time, as the human ZNF217 is associated with poor survival in a variety of cancers, understanding how this protein operates in physiological conditions may help to predict cancer risk, achieve earlier diagnosis and provide novel therapeutic approaches.»

Prostate cancer risk groups are assigned based on the prostate biopsy results, which include the Gleason score (GS)-- an indication of how aggressively the tumor cells may behave — and the prostate specific antigen (PSA) level in the patient's blood at the time of diagnosis.

The authors explain that this difference is due to the fact that age has a much greater effect than age at diagnosis on the risk of cardiovascular events and death.

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that age (or age at diagnosis) and duration of diabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in the eyes).

With regard to microvascular complications, the authors say that «a refocus towards intensive management of hyperglycaemia at diagnosis, particularly in younger people, may be warranted if the long - term risk of microvascular complications is to be minimised.

For each 5 year increase in duration of diabetes, the risks of macrovascular events and all - cause death were increased by 13 % and 15 %, respectively, when accounting for age, or increased by 49 % and 78 %, respectively, when accounting for age at diagnosis.

For each 5 year increase in age (or age at diagnosis), the multiple adjusted risks of macrovascular events and all - cause death were increased by 33 % and 56 %, respectively.

In a new Yale School of Medicine study, researchers examined MRI brain scans to identify children at high risk of developing MS before symptoms appear, which may lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.

«We also presented data showing the ability to detect people at risk of a future diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease.»

Scientists are not at the point where they can factor in finger length to arrive at a diagnosis, but they've gathered evidence that shows how this prenatal hormone imbalance can affect a person for life, from increasing or decreasing your risk of certain diseases, to predicting how easily you get lost or lose your temper.

If an accurate diagnosis and appropriate advice are not given individuals are at increased risk of future life threatening episodes and drowning.»

Swallow the doctor's diagnosis whole, or spend weeks plowing through the primary research literature at a medical library — at the risk of alienating your physician.

They are currently carrying out further research to identify what factors might play a role in severe stress reactions to a cancer diagnosis, who might be at high risk and what could be done to reduce the risk.

The USPSTF also found inadequate evidence on the effectiveness of targeted screening in persons who are at increased risk for celiac disease (e.g., persons with family history or other risk factors), or on the effectiveness of treatment of screen - detected, asymptomatic celiac disease to improve morbidity, mortality, or quality of life compared with no treatment or treatment initiated after clinical diagnosis.

The researchers note that 40 percent of patients at state psychiatric inpatient hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while nearly 20 percent experience a longer hospital stay — «suggesting a high - risk population needing special attention.»

The technique, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could help in the diagnosis of these conditions in at - risk patients and in the development of new medicines.

A test based on the genetic make - up of the Barrett's lesions could benefit patients through improved diagnosis, giving people at high risk of cancer the best care, and reducing the burden of endoscopy for those at low risk.

To Sand, the stigma and tragedy that mark a schizophrenia diagnosis, and our ability to identify those at substantial risk, make preventing it with safe and effective therapies even more urgent.

Her daughter Natalie was considered at an increased risk, following the diagnosis of a sibling, an older brother, with autism.

Of the 49 infants that displayed abnormal results, without previous diagnosis, 15 were identified at risk for ASD and 34 at risk for developmental language delay.

«This is the largest study addressing the association of gum disease and cancer risk using dental examinations to measure gum disease prior to cancer diagnosis,» said first and corresponding author Dominique Michaud, Sc.D., professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Of the 15 children who were identified at risk for ASD between 9 and 12 months of age, 14 (93 percent) sustained the diagnosis when it was made clinically at the age of three.

Increasing the proportion of people linked to care engagement protocols within three months of a new HIV diagnosis to 90 percent, coupled with targeted yearly screening of high - risk individuals, would avert an estimated 292,000 HIV infections and 107,000 AIDS - related deaths, at an incremental cost of $ 52.9 billion, or $ 65,700 per QALY gained.

The risk rises with decreasing Apgar score, but even slightly lowered scores can be linked to a higher risk of these diagnoses, according to an extensive observational study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal The BMJ.

New research reports that cirrhosis at first diagnosis and antibodies for the soluble liver antigen / liver pancreas antigen (SLA / LP) are major risk factors for poor short - and long - term outcome in patients with autoimmune hepatitis.

There also needs to be good surveillance systems in place at local level, particularly in at - risk countries in south - east Asia, for fast detection of the virus's emergence and accurate diagnosis.

Also, prenatal diagnosis is available for pregnancies at risk for severe thalassemia.

These include the mood disorders group, which proposes including bereaved people in the definition of major depression, and the psychotic disorders group, which is considering adding attenuated psychosis syndrome, a controversial diagnosis for identifying young people at risk of developing schizophrenia.

A lung cancer diagnosis appears to put patients at the greatest risk of suicide when compared to the most common types of non-skin cancers, according to new research presented at the ATS 2017 International Conference.

A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic found the elevated risk of heart failure occurred as early as one year after cancer diagnosis and persisted 20 years after patients completed cancer therapy.

Even after adjusting for a diagnosis of hepatitis C, which is very strongly associated with liver cancer, women with ICP were still at 2.5 - times increased risk of later liver malignancy.

Early identification and diagnosis of patients at risk for or currently suffering with symptoms of COPD

However, Abraham's team found that IBD patients diagnosed at an older age (e.g., 45 instead of 35), those with metabolic syndrome risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and high cholesterol), and most importantly, those with longer duration of disease regardless of age at diagnosis, are more likely to develop NAFLD.

The increased risk of death from any cause holds true whether the depression immediately follows the heart disease diagnosis or occurs even years later, according to Heidi May, PhD, a cardiovascular epidemiologist at Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute and the study's lead author.

«Take the test» would be the advice of proponents of gene screening — if only because in your next pregnancy, doctors will know whether you are at risk and whether you should be offered prenatal diagnosis and the option of terminating affected fetuses.

The findings, published online today in Nature, could potentially transform patient care in AML by giving clinicians a risk scoring tool that within a day or two of diagnosis can predict individual response and help guide treatment decisions, says co-principal investigator Dr. Jean Wang, Affiliate Scientist at the Princess Margaret, University Health Network (UHN).

Pooled data show PET imaging of metabolic tumor burden at diagnosis helps identify patients most at risk of FL recurrence.