Sentences with phrase «senior aged patients»

I also love to use Boost in a Bottle with senior aged patients whose body conditions are declining and need additional support with their joints, emotions, and immune system.

Not exact matches

The slice of patients above the age of 60 consumes about 85 % of the drugs and devices and diagnostics out there,» says Justin Stephenson, senior life sciences analyst at Vancouver - based independent investment dealer Haywood Securities Inc. «That is only going to get significantly bigger in the western world, which is the main market for Canadian health - care products in the next five to 10 years.

«Targeting the drivers of aging and senescent cells may be a novel therapeutic strategy to reduce hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis in ALD patients,» commented co-author Gianfranco Alpini, PhD, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medical Physiology at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Senior Research Scientist at Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, and Director of the BSW DDRC.

«We know that sleep is a critical factor for overall health as we age, and this new research highlights sleep problems as both a significant health issue for older adults and an underacknowledged one both by patients and their providers,» says Alison Bryant, Ph.D., senior vice president of research for AARP.

«We found that 20 percent of MS patients over the age of 50 have cerebral microbleeds compared to 7 percent of healthy controls,» said Ferdinand Schweser, PhD, assistant professor of neurology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB and senior author on the paper.

In our day and age, when growing numbers of women of reproductive age are diagnosed with thyroid cancer and when fertility problems are rampant, these findings should serve as an additional consideration for physicians contemplating radioactive iodine for their patients,» said senior author Karen Tordjman, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.

Dr Richard Booton, Consultant Respiratory Physician at the North West Lung Centre and senior lecturer at the University's Institute of Inflammation and Repair who led the study, said: «We wanted to see if there were any differences between patients aged less than 70 years old and those older than 70, in terms of both the safety of the technique and how useful it was for diagnosis.

«Because of relatively low survival rates and their advancing age, these patients tend to be poor candidates for aggressive therapies, like a bone marrow transplant,» said senior author Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Stem Cell Research Program at Moores Cancer Center.

«Fasting blood sugar is easily measured and our findings suggest that it could serve as a useful measure in advising some patients on the type of diet that is most beneficial for their weight loss,» said senior author Sai Krupa Das, Ph.D., scientist in the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston.

Internal medicine physicians see patients 18 and older; family medicine physicians see patients of all ages, from infants to seniors.

The Berkeley Outpatient Center will open with seven family medicine physicians, who are trained to care for patients of all ages, from newborns to seniors.

But foggy brain and memory lapse aren't just the exclusive territory of seniors; I've seen it in young patients and middle - aged ones as well.

«However, we knew that sometimes patients recover to such an extent that they no longer need a heart transplant,» noted Jakovljevic, a senior research fellow in cardiovascular aging and heart failure at Newcastle University.

«As soon as a pet is within senior age, we give clients a questionnaire to focus on that animal's specific physical issues,» says Tamara Pikulik, DVM, chief of staff at Wignall Animal Hospital in Dracut, Mass. «We run monthly compliance scores and have had great success since we've become organized, enabling us to better serve our senior patients while achieving practice success.»

I hear it all the time when I ask how a senior aged canine patient is doing at the beginning of a well visit.

Diabetes is one of the most common endocrine diseases affecting middle - aged and senior dogs, with 70 percent of patients older than seven at the time of diagnosis.

For our patients that are over 7 years of age, we recommend a regular senior wellness exam and diagnostic workup.

I communicate patiently with patients of all ages (including senior citizens, teenagers, and children) and respect their confidentiality.

QUALIFICATIONS • Over seven years of experience as an Aged Care Nurse at The Seniors» Home • Highly skilled in providing quality nursing service to the residents • In depth knowledge of providing direct resident care and nursing services in accordance to nursing practices • Hands on experience in providing ongoing education to patients and family relevant to disease in question

I have had the privilege of working with clients from a broad spectrum of life circumstances and issues, including community mental health patients, abuse, trauma, and domestic violence survivors, persons struggling with substance addictions, adolescents, senior citizens, school - aged and foster children, couples, and families.

Adriana was also a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Aging and Adult Development at the University of Miami providing BSFT to caregivers and families of Alzheimer's patients.

Objective: Our aims were to (1) identify race / ethnic and age cohort disparities among seniors in use of the health plan's patient portal, (2) determine whether race / ethnic and age cohort disparities exist in access to digital devices and preferences for using email - and Web - based modalities to interact with the health care system, (3) assess whether observed disparities in preferences and patient portal use are due simply to barriers to access and inability to use the Internet, and (4) learn whether older adults not currently using the health plan's patient portal or website have a potential interest in doing so in the future and what kind of support might be best suited to help them.

When combined with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act taking effect, the aging baby boomers will drive demand not only for seniors housing but also for medical office facilities, according to Robert Bach, national director of market analytics with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.