Sentences with phrase «treatment on life expectancy»

Now a report published in the 26 July issue of The Lancet offers the most comprehensive analysis yet of the impact of this new era of treatment on life expectancy.

Not exact matches

The memory - eating disease, expected to afflict 15 million Americans by 2060 (and tens of millions more around the world as life expectancy increases), has no cure; a new drug for the condition hasn't been approved in well over a decade; initially promising experimental treatments seem to be failing with clockwork regularity; and there's not even a definitive consensus on what, exactly, biopharma companies should focus on while developing Alzheimer's medicines.

This is one part of life where smoking, being overweight and having high cholesterol gets you the five star treatment — the lower your life expectancy, the higher the rate on your annuity.

While deep brain stimulation may improve function compared with those who do not receive it, little evidence exists on whether the treatment has any benefits to life expectancy.

Although the initial cost of antithyroid drug treatment may seem low (compared to surgery and radioactive iodine treatment,) the cost of the drugs can mount up depending on the life expectancy of the cat.

situations involving the removal of a seriously ill person in which substantial grounds have been shown for believing that he or she, although not at imminent risk of dying, would face a real risk, on account of the absence of appropriate treatment in the receiving country or the lack of access to such treatment, of being exposed to a serious, rapid and irreversible decline in his or her state of health resulting in intense suffering or to a significant reduction in life expectancy.