Sentences with phrase «treat certain types»

For instance, care providers end up getting incentives to treat certain types of patients over others.

Cardiac Catheterization is a procedure that is both a diagnostic tool, used to obtain information about the heart and its blood vessels, and a therapeutic procedure employed to treat certain types of heart conditions.

A physician specialist focuses on a specific area of medicine or a group of patients to diagnose, manage, prevent or treat certain types of symptoms and conditions.

To prevent heartworm disease and roundworm, hookworm and whipworm infections in dogs To prevent heartworm disease and roundworm and hookworm infections in cats To treat certain types of mange What dogs / cats should not take this medication?

Some veterinarians are using it to treat certain types of bladder cancer, but this use isn't as prevalent yet.

Thalidomide, the infamous medication that was once given to pregnant women and caused numerous birth defects, now used to treat certain types of cancers

Sometimes doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to help patients with HIV gain weight and to treat certain types of severe anemia (low red blood cells) or other health problems.

It also may prevent or treat certain types of cancer, good for me since I have cancer, and have had it since about 1989.

Vorinostat is currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat certain types of cancer.

He and colleagues from the University of Oregon, Reed College and Osaka University in Japan decided to look at actinomycin D, an antibiotic currently used to treat certain types of cancers by preventing cancer cells from transcribing, or copying, essential cancer information to new cells.

The researchers at Sandia and the university did molecular computer simulations to predict what mutations would produce that desirable result when introduced into the enzyme - drug L - ASN2, commonly used to treat certain types of leukemia.

It currently is approved to treat certain types of cancers, including melanoma and lung cancer.

ACT is now performing early - phase clinical trials testing the safety of implanting retinal cells derived from human ES cells into the eye to treat certain types of blindness.

There are also some homemade diaper rash creams that you can use to treat certain types of diaper rash that are also cloth diaper safe.

Red maca is often used in treating certain types of infertility.

Frequent, low - dose chemotherapy regimens avoid this effect and may therefore be more effective at treating certain types of breast and pancreatic cancer, according to the murine study «Metronomic chemotherapy prevents therapy - induced stromal activation and induction of tumor - initiating cells,» which will be published online November 23 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

For example, a rexinoid approved for treating certain types of late - stage cancer raises levels of lipids called triglycerides in the blood, which could worsen obesity and cardiovascular disease.

«Use of electrical energy studied for treating certain type of atrial fibrillation, in place of medications.»

It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating certain types of leukemia and is helpful in other conditions that require immunosuppressive therapy.

Not exact matches

Consumption of cultured dairy products especially yogurt has several health benefits such as treating obesity, type - two diabetics, heart diseases and certain types of cancer as well.

Synthroid is used for treating low thyroid hormone levels and certain types of goiters.

A recent study found that children of depressed mothers treated with a certain group of antidepressants during pregnancy were more likely to develop Chiari type 1 brain malformations than were children of mothers with no exposure to those antidepressants.

«We treat those types of patients very simply, normally with clomiphene citrate, which is a pill that will normalize ovulation,» says Dr. Marrs, «If that doesn't work in certain cases of ovulatory dysfunction, women will take natural FSH, follicle stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone which are the two hormones in the pituitary gland that create ovulation within the ovarian follicle system.»

Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy — Certain types of hydrocephalus can be treated endoscopically.

Those involved with building affordable housing across the state are bracing for a potential significant impact as the House and U.S. Senate look to reconcile legislative differences when it comes to how certain types of municipal bonds are treated in the federal tax code.

The first gene therapies approved in the United States are treating patients with certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.

Half of the patients treated in this study responded to either ponatinib (typically used for certain types of leukemia) or pazopinib (a kidney cancer drug), depending on the genetic alterations identified through sequencing.

The drugs used, pazopanib (top) and ponatinib, are typically used to treat kidney cancer and certain types of leukemia, respectively.

Previously, Russo oversaw international clinical trials for Sativex, an oral spray made by GW Pharmaceuticals in Salisbury, U.K., that has been approved in 27 countries for treating spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis and in Canada for certain types of pain.

Bone marrow transplants are sometimes needed to treat immune diseases that attack these stem cells, or in certain types of anaemia, in which the body can't make enough blood cells or clotting factors.

«For this reason, we decided to combine vitamin C with a PARP inhibitor, a drug type known to cause cancer cell death by blocking the repair of DNA damage, and already approved for treating certain patients with ovarian cancer.»

FDA approves CAR - T cell therapy to treat adults with certain types of large B - cell lymphoma.

The drug is widely used to treat women with certain types of breast cancer.

«Given what we know now, I don't think it's overstating the case to say that for certain types of infections, we may be looking at the start of the post-antibiotic era, a time when most of the antibiotics we rely on to treat bacterial infections are no longer effective.»

But other types — colon and bladder cancer and certain leukemias, for example — are usually more aggressive and harder to treat.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

The team from the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology looked at data from over 15,000 patients diagnosed with the disease who were being treated with certain types of immunosuppressive drugs, and found that one in five patients received no influenza vaccinations and one in two patients received no pneumonia vaccine over a five year follow - up period.

«Although antibiotic use to treat infections has been linked to a decreased risk of prematurity and low birth weight in other studies, our investigation shows that certain types of antibiotics are increasing the risk of spontaneous abortion, with a 60 % to two-fold increased risk.»

And the over-the-counter drug cimetidine, which inhibits acid production in the stomach and is used to treat heartburn, matched a certain type of lung cancer.

Methotrexate is already used as a chemotherapy drug for several types of cancer, and this early research shows that at much lower doses it could have the potential to help treat certain blood disorders.»

Ferroptosis is a novel, yet only partly understood, type of regulated necrotic cell death that may underlie some forms of degenerative diseases including neurodegeneration but that could also be harnessed to treat certain cancers.

Prebiotics like oligofructose can not be digested by rodents or humans, but they are welcome treats for certain types of beneficial gut bacteria, like Bifidobacteria.

Tens of thousands of Americans with tumors from certain types of lung cancer have mutations that might be treated by...

Additionally, certain types of wool are still treated with chemicals to increase their ability to withstand heat and flame.

Another option is rituximab, a newer cancer therapy being used to treat some autoimmune diseases, including certain types of vasculitis.

Certain types of rare cancers might also be treated with these compounds in the future.

Surprisingly we come into contact with heavy metals in everyday life — through the air we breathe (think vehicle emissions and other environmental pollutants), in the food we eat (non-organic foods that have been treated with pesticides and herbicides), if you have dental fillings made from mercury - containing amalgam, and certain types of large fish (such as king mackerel, swordfish, orange roughy, marlin, tuna steaks, and canned «white» albacore).

The medicinal benefits of regular turmeric consumption have been well documented; from improving brain function to lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease, preventing and treating Alzheimer's Disease and even fighting certain types of cancer.

Most initiatives either restrict foods of «minimal nutritional value» — such as carbonated beverages, frozen treats, gum, and certain types of candies — or limit or ban junk food and soda sales.

And just as the Stinger is not exactly a treat for the ears, the Commodore is a little too plain to be a visual delight for a certain type of buyer — such as those who have bought winged, hard - charging V8 sedans in the past.