Sentences with phrase «than the symptoms alone»

Instead, NIMH is working on a long - term plan to develop new diagnostic criteria and treatments based on genetic, physiologic, and cognitive data rather than symptoms alone.

I became fascinated by how to blend Eastern and Western medicine to address the root cause of health issues (rather than the symptoms alone).

Using lab work, Davis helps work out a lifestyle plan that treats the underlying causes of your health ailments — what he calls metabolic chaos — rather than the symptoms alone.

Not exact matches

It does not measure other critical brain functions that can be adversely affected by head trauma, such as balance and vision, which is why expert groups [1] recommend a «multifaceted approach to concussion management that emphasizes the use of objective assessment tools aimed at capturing the spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and physical deficits... that are more sensitive to the injury than using any one component alone.»

The OB DO focuses on seeing the patient as a «whole person» to reach a diagnosis should problems arise during pregnancy, rather than treating symptoms alone.

Also, physical symptoms and a cumbersome belly can be frustrating for many women, so know that you're not alone if you're feeling less than chipper throughout the day.

Seventeen per cent of all teens fell into the high - risk group, but cortisol levels plus depressive symptoms were no more useful at pinpointing at - risk girls than depressive symptoms alone (PNAS, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1318786111).

Bone symptoms occurred considerably later in men who were treated with radium - 223 + BSC than under BSC treatment alone.

Thrombectomy combined with the clot - busting medicine was no better than medicine alone if the procedure was performed more than about seven hours after stroke symptoms began.

«This is an innovative approach to identifying genetically influenced brain and behavioral measures that are more closely tied to the underlying biology of bipolar disorder than the clinical symptoms alone are.»

Both of these symptoms are common in allergic contact dermatitis, which affects more than 10 million patients a year in the United States alone.

Sometimes HD patients display symptoms at a drastically different time than expected based on the number of CAG repeats alone, suggesting that maybe other genetic or environmental factors speed up or slow down the progression of HD.

«The promise of a treatment that cures vitiligo, rather than just dealing with the symptoms alone, is particularly exciting,» says Steppie.

Researchers found that adding testosterone shots for women already on the estrogen / progesterone combination reduced symptoms further than the estrogen / progesterone combination alone.

Does a combination regimen of thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3» - triiodothyronine improved depressive symptoms better than T4 alone in patients with hypothyroidism?

Cayenne pepper should be taken orally instead of topically which means it fixes the problem from the inside, rather than treating the symptoms alone.

Women who supplemented with vitamin B6 and magnesium saw more relief in improving PMS symptoms than taking magnesium alone.

More and more, women are finding that adding testosterone to their hormone replacement therapy regimen can help fight their symptoms more effectively than estrogen and progesterone alone.

But when depressive symptoms were combined with high omega - 6: omega - 3 ratios, levels of proinflammatory cytokines skyrocketed by up to 40 % more than normal — far beyond the 18 % increase resulting from the presence depressive symptoms alone.

Other causes for hair loss in cats can show very similar symptoms, and often the cat has more problems than a food allergy alone.

Our Separation Anxiety training completely changes your dog's response to being alone rather than targeting only the symptoms, such as barking or elimination.

On close examination, the bird will often be thin, indicating that the bird has had the disease for longer than it would appear from the symptoms alone.

Get lasting results by addressing the motivations that drive your dog's behavior, rather than treating symptoms alone.

People who were living alone reported significantly more symptoms of depression than those who lived with others.

At high levels of access to public transport stops (≥ 59.7 transit points per km2), health clinics / services (≥ 18.8 destinations in residential buffers) and crowdedness (~ 2 standard deviations above average), participants living alone were significantly less likely to report any depressive symptoms than their counterparts.

Older adults living alone were at higher risk of reporting any depressive symptoms than those living with others (OR = 1.497; P = 0.039).

For example, among residents of neighbourhoods with a (relatively low) pollution score of 21.4, the odds of reporting any depressive symptoms in those living alone were 109 % higher than the odds observed in those living with others (table 4).

We hypothesised that (1) objective measures of availability / access to destinations, greenness and a pedestrian - friendly infrastructure would be negatively associated with depressive symptoms; (2) environmental stressors such as signs of crime / disorder, pollution, traffic - related variables and presence of stray dogs would be positively associated with depressive symptoms; (3) older adults living alone would report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts; (4) and the negative effects of living alone on depressive symptoms would be attenuated by better access / availability of destinations and lower levels of environmental stressors.

A substantial body of research indicates that regardless of race and age, female offenders have higher rates of mental health problems, both internalizing and externalizing, than male offenders.19 In a study of serious «deep - end» offenders, females exhibited both more externalizing problems and more internalizing problems than males.20 Moreover, a recent study using common measures and a demographically matched sample of community and detained youth found that gender differences were greater among detained youth than among community youth, with detained girls having more symptoms of mental illness than would be predicted on the basis of gender or setting alone.21

Those living alone and residing in neighbourhoods with higher levels of connectivity tended to report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts.

Older adults who were female (OR = 2.294; 95 % CI 1.616 to 3.257; P < 0.001), living alone or with more current diagnosed health problems showed higher odds of having any depressive symptoms than their counterparts (table 2).

In contrast, those living alone tended to report more depressive symptoms than those living with others, if residing in neighbourhoods with high levels of connectivity.

It is interesting that at higher levels of access to public transport and crowdedness, those living alone were less likely to report any depressive symptoms than those living with others.

An analysis of the moderating effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes on the associations between living arrangement and depressive symptoms revealed that, as expected, those living alone were more likely to report (any) depressive symptoms than their counterparts when residing in neighbourhoods with poorer access to destinations (eg, services and retail) and fewer people on the street.

Is a complex cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) package addressing mood intolerance, clinical perfectionism, low self - esteem and interpersonal difficulties more effective than CBT focused on eating disorder symptoms alone?

Giving cognitive behaviour therapy in addition to routine care reduced positive psychotic symptoms more than giving routine care alone

Possibly, material in the assigned book was more amenable to working with boys than girls, or that ODD symptoms differ enough across genders that receipt of the book alone was more helpful to parents of boys than girls.

As anticipated, children with higher levels of depressive symptoms, either alone or in combination with aggression, demonstrated more negative conceptions of both self and peers than did nonsymptomatic children.

These characteristics are milder in parents than in individuals diagnosed with ASD and often include only some aspects of functioning, such as cognitive deficits, preference to be alone, insistence on sameness, reluctance to change or obsessive - compulsive symptoms [70,71].