Sentences with phrase «treatment of illness as»

We veterinarians are very familiar with the process of guiding our clients through the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses as a daily event in our veterinary practices.

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The facility used straight jackets, electroshock therapy, and lobotomies as methods of treatment for mental illnesses.

Demographers call this reduction in the typical span of age - related illness «the compression of morbidity» and attribute it primarily to improvements in the treatment of common ailments such as heart disease.

Prior to the ACA rollout, four of his workers needed surgeries for back, knee, and leg ailments, as well as treatment for a neurological illness.

(In fact, one of my major objections to these boys calling their critics «mentally ill» is that it demonizes those who truly have a mental illness by dismissing them as «batshit» instead of seeing them as having an issue that like say diabetes that can be controlled with proper treatment.)

As with physical illness, for example heart disease, if the cause of an illness is correctly identified, the correct treatment can be offered.

Focusing on schizophrenia as a particular exemplar of this change, Luhrmann examines the evolution of psychiatry from psychoanalysis (mental illnesses are caused by emotional conflict) to a purely biomedical scheme (mental illnesses are caused by genes) to present theories, which incorporate both the biological and the social causes (and treatments) of mental illness.

If a member of one's family is hospitalized for mental illness, his chances of being released as improved or recovered are linked directly with the adequacy of treatment in that particular hospital.

First, the center views the prevention of illness and the fostering of health as of equal importance to treatment.

The reason for this seems to be that AA itself, by its dramatic success based on the treatment of alcoholism as an illness, has had a tremendous educational impact.

Scot Spak is in his 10th year as an athletic trainer at MIT where he is responsible for the prevention, evaluation, rehabilitation, and treatment of all athletic related injuries and illnesses.

A baby with a systemic bacterial or yeast infection (including thrush), may also develop diaper rash so be sure to check in with doctor if you baby has a diaper rash that isn't improving in 3 to 4 days or if baby shows any other signs of illness, as these types of diaper rash may require more specialized over the counter or prescription treatments.

• Personal or Family history of Depression or Anxiety • History of severe PMS or PMDD • Chronic Pain or Illness • Fertility Treatments • Miscarriage • Traumatic or Stressful Pregnancy or Birthing Experience • Abrupt Discontinuation of Breastfeeding • Substance Abuse Knowing the signs and symptoms of a perinatal mood disorder such as Postpartum Depression (PPD) or Anxiety are very important in order to get the appropriate help.

The child will need specific treatment to unlearn this pattern of response, just as he might need specific therapy to overcome any illness.

Certified Athletic Trainers are recognized by the American Medical Association as allied health professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses.

Comparing depression to another medical illness that your child is familiar with may allow her to understand depression as an illness, her symptoms, the importance of treatment and avoid feeling abnormal.

However, if you suspect that everything is not all right with your baby, do not hesitate to see a doctor immediately, as the symptoms of pneumonia and other similar illnesses mimic those of the common cold in the initial stages, and the earlier treatment is sought, the lower the risks for the baby.

The bill legalizes medical cannabis as a therapeutic treatment of 10 serious illnesses, including cancer, HIV / AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, neuropathic diseases and multiple sclerosis.

Malliotakis has criticized that plan, as well as the current policy of placing homeless in hotels, supporting instead supportive housing for homeless, which includes offering more vocational training to help people get jobs, and giving those with mental illness treatment.

When the first agreement was signed between Mario Cuomo and David Dinkins, the state acknowledged for the first time that it was its responsibility to provide housing as part of its treatment of people with mental illness.

The trend is seen as the result of advances in treatment and medication, and the decades - old mandate against needlessly confining people with mental illnesses.

According to the CEU UCH research team, «the ocular release of moxifloxacin with this insert would make for an improved treatment of some ocular illnesses such as bacterial endophthalmitis, an infection of the eyeball which can appear after suffering a wound or as a complication following intraocular surgery.

«In general, across all the health systems, people with serious mental illness aren't getting a lot of psychotherapy as a form of treatment, and maybe that's a missed opportunity for our health systems to provide care to those patients.»

Clark and her co-authors identified four challenges to understanding and classifying mental disorders: what varied combinations of factors cause them, how to diagnose them given that they are not actually distinct categories, thresholds for diagnosis and other purposes such as treatment, and co-morbidity — the fact that most people with mental illness meet the diagnosis for multiple mental disorders.

He learned that LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin, whose effects were initially viewed as mimicking the symptoms of mental illness, came to be seen as potential treatments.

The results, published in the scientific journal Translational Psychiatry, could affect the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety.

A gastric biopsy retrieved bacteria that, when cultured, clearly proved that H. pylori had caused his illness, nailing its role in the causation of ulcers and sparking prompt, worldwide acceptance of antibiotics as treatment for gastritis and ulcer.

«Therefore, it is important to consider this receptor subtype as potential target for the treatment of psychiatric illnesses characterized by alterations in personal relevance attribution.»

Treatment in extreme cases of the illness requires the cooperation of patients, and as such one of the arguments of those who oppose compulsory hospitalization of patients with anorexia nervosa is that beyond the legal question of a person's freedom of choice, involuntary hospitalization is an ineffective tool that will not improve the health conditions of patients.

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

Biopsies of pulmonary lesions are essential for increasing the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for respiratory illnesses such as lung cancer.

Besides increasing the proportion of people in the USA covered by medical insurance once the ACA is fully implemented, the authors show that structural and financing reforms introduced by the Act will help healthcare in the USA to transition from a «sick care system,» largely focused on treatment of illness, to a system that includes disease prevention, health promotion, early detection, and public health as integral components.

They claim that this class of medicines — known as SSRIs — are a safe and effective treatment for depression, a devastating illness that affects about 1 in 10 people at any one time.

to one of the U.S. representatives — Dina Titus (D — NV)-- defending Suomi's work, stating that the research «has enhanced our understanding of and treatments for mental illnesses such as depression, addiction, and autism.»

Also, as the flu adapts to resist existing treatments, we are in search of new therapies to save lives and prevent severe illness.

Dr. Carlezon is primarily interested in the biological basis and treatment of psychiatric illness, specifically nature / nurture issues as they relate to the brain and the basic processes by which the brain develops and is modified in response to experience.

This led me to pursue formal education and training in psychiatric pharmacy as well as public health, which further inspired me to be involved in researching the utility of psychedelic substances in the treatment of illness,» explained study author Benjamin J. Malcolm of Western University of Health Sciences» College of Pharmacy.

Because many of these illnesses initially manifest as nonspecific symptoms, effective medical intervention requires rapid diagnosis and treatment during the earliest stages of infection.

A treatment program in Middleborough, Massachusetts offering acute inpatient care for individuals with various types of psychiatric illness such as depression, anxiety, and psychotic disorders.

However, it is a tricky subject to study as with observational data we often can not separate the effects of drug treatment from other risk factors such as maternal illnesses.

As a research facility, only patients with the precise type or stage of illness under investigation are admitted for treatment, and the 240 - bed hospital does not specialize in services common for most community hospitals.

As a teacher, supervisor, researcher and clinician in health psychology, she brings expertise of being a member of a multidisciplinary team and delivers treatment to patients suffering from a diverse range of disorders including the following: depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep disorders, disorders of self - regulation, stress induced illness, headaches, gastroenterological disorders, rheumatic diseases, cancer, and chronic pain.

Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior.

If the trial goes ahead next year, and if it's successful, the agency has agreed to label metformin as a treatment for a number of age - related illnesses.

In this Sunday's review section of the New York Times, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel cited research by Emory psychiatrist Helen Mayberg and colleagues (published in JAMA Psychiatry) as a good example of research with potential for substantive impact for the treatment of mental illness:

The findings may provide new directions in diagnosis and treatment for families that inherit genes for the disease, as well as for those that develop non-inherited forms of the illness.

As director of the NIMH, Dr. Gordon oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and clinical research that aims to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care physicians at the University of Michigan focus on respiratory disorders and critical illnesses (conditions such as shock, respiratory failure, and multiple organ failure), providing patient education, expert diagnostic testing, the newest treatments, and follow - up care, treating the whole person, and creating individualized plans of care to meet each patient's needs.

Every week I see people who had been told «You don't have Lyme disease» because the standard blood tests were read as negative, who in fact did have Lyme disease and were cured of their chronic illness by treatment of Lyme disease with the appropriate antibiotics.

This could, in very rare cases, possibly lead to side effects, such as extreme tiredness (after a treatment), a general feeling of illness.»