Sentences with phrase «with mild disease as»

While approved for moderate - to - severe Alzheimer's, it's frequently prescribed for patients with mild disease as well.

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But older people who develop Alzheimer's disease often first enter a stage known as mild cognitive impairment, which involves more serious problems with memory, language, thinking, and judgment.

The action is a direct result of its late November announcement that patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who took solanezumab as part of its EXPEDITION3 trial showed no significant improvements in symptoms compared to placebo.

In addition, since as I mentioned before that the disease is generally mild, we have no evidence to suggest that infants with zika would have severe disease and because we know there are many benefits of breast feeding, we are encouraging women to breast feed even in areas within going zika virus transmission.

He cited homelessness, the criminal justice system and mental health care as issues that The Bronx continues to struggle with, and although he criticized the city for its handling of the homelessness issue, his overall tone was milder than in his 2016 speech, when he hinted at a run for mayor and said the city had «failed» the borough during its outbreak of Legionnaires» disease.

The study also linked traumatic brain injury with the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, including mild cognitive impairment as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

«Historically, Zika virus has just caused mild disease, but as it moved into the New World, in Brazil, we started to notice these more serious consequences associated with it,» says Aliota.

Researchers estimate that as many as 2.1 million patients with mild cognitive impairment could develop Alzheimer's dementia over a two - decade period while waiting for evaluation and treatment resources after approval of an Alzheimer's disease - modifying therapy by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

Former high school players with CTE — three were diagnosed out of 14 — had mild brain disease as defined by the researchers.

Those with the genetic mutation who do not develop the disease in childhood may still have a milder form as adults.

As expected, the researchers found that the group of participants who had high levels of anti-HA antibodies when enrolled in the trial experienced a significantly lower incidence of mild - to - moderate influenza disease and some reduction in its duration compared with participants with low HA antibody levels.

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.

He compared brain scans, as well as fluid from the brain and spine, from three groups: people without Alzheimer's disease, people with mild cognitive impairment or memory problems who may have Alzheimer's disease, and people with full - blown Alzheimer's disease.

«In young and middle - aged adults, our findings suggest that early detection and treatment of mild - to - moderate sleep apnea is warranted in order to prevent future cardiometabolic disease,» said lead author and postdoctoral scholar Yun Li, MD. «Given the stronger association of sleep apnea with metabolic abnormalities in this age group, emphasis should be placed on yearly monitoring of indices of metabolic symptoms and lifestyle interventions, such as weight control, healthy diet, regular exercise, and stress management.»

Scientists hope to ease the mental burden of diseases such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder by selectively targeting traumatic memories with behavioral therapy, drugs, ECT and milder forms of brain stimulation.

Persons with Alzheimer's disease also used less anti-inflammatory medicines, such as ibuprofen, and mild opioids for their pain..

The latest blow came yesterday as Pfizer and its partners announced that they are suspending development of the intravenous form of bapineuzumab after it failed to improve mental or physical function in 1300 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Watts said easy - to - walk communities resulted in better outcomes both for physical health — such as lower body mass and blood pressure — and cognition (such as better memory) in the 25 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and 39 older adults without cognitive impairment she tracked.

30 % of older adults living in the community, and as many as 60 - 80 % of older adults with mild cognitive impairment, dementia or Parkinson's disease, fall at least once a year.

Objective: To determine whether plasma exchange (PE) with albumin replacement was able to modify Aβ concentrations in CSF and plasma as well as to improve cognition in patients with mild - moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).

People with mild psoriasis might be just as likely to develop arthritis as someone with a severe form of the disease.

But I can't help sharing that you also almost perfectly describe my (large and growing) chronic patient community as well Dr. Brogan, which includes persons of all types usually with hypermobility (often diagnosed as fibromyalgia, and occasionally but rarely with Hypermobile Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome), depression, anxiety, mild autistic traits (or related to people on the spectrum), driven, Type A (for adrenergic, smile), perfectionistic, high achieving, driven, artistic, and creative who eventually succumb to secondary aotuimmune disease and all manner of issues from chronic inflammation.

To illustrate the effect of «bean counting» on disease data, recently revised guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease would reclassify nearly all patients who are currently diagnosed with mild or very mild Alzheimer's as having «mild cognitive impairment», a new study finds announced this morning by TIME magazine's Healthland: http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/08/why-a-new-definition-of-cognitive-impairment-may-confuse-patients/ So if you see numbers in the near future with Alzheimer's disease essentially eradicated, it wasn't necessarily a result of saffron mania.

An analysis of the medical records of 143,883 psoriasis patients in the United Kingdom found that people with severe psoriasis were twice as likely to acquire chronic kidney disease as those whose psoriasis was mild or who had no psoriasis at all.

The test is not as effective in detecting cats with mild to moderate disease.

This dog, when first examined at 10 years of age, had retinal lesions that were regarded as incompatible with a diagnosis of crd3, but in retrospect were likely to represent an unusually delayed and mild form of crd3 disease.

Experts advise that animals with common, mild illness (such as minor upper respiratory disease) still receive vaccines.

An iodinated contrast material used orally to suppress the conversion of T4 into T3, this option works best in mild to moderate cases as opposed to those cats with severe long - standing disease.

As only cats with mild subclinical HCM were included in the study it is unknown if atenolol adminstration also positively affects cardiac function parameters in cats with more severe HCM or actual clinically evident heart disease.

Young dogs with mild changes should still be considered surgical candidates to minimize progression of the disease as the dog ages.

However, veterinarians must weigh the risks and benefits of spaying and neutering patients with apparent physical abnormalities such as evidence of mild infectious disease or decreased body condition.

The FNIP2 mutation associated with the Weimaraner leads to a milder disease that puppies outgrow, appearing outwardly normal as adults.

«Watts said easy - to - walk communities resulted in better outcomes both for physical health — such as lower body mass and blood pressure — and cognition (such as better memory) in the 25 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and 39 older adults without cognitive impairment she tracked,» a University of Kansas article noted.

The prevalence of depression in chronic medical conditions is as follows: asthma (27 %), 9 atopic dermatitis (5 %), 10 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (24.6 %), 11 gouty arthritis (20 %), 12 rheumatoid arthritis (15 %), 13 systemic lupus erythematosus (22 %) 12 and stroke (30 %).14 Ismail et al conducted a meta - analysis of 57 studies and showed that the overall pooled prevalence of depression in patients with mild cognitive impairment was 32 %.4 Estimates of the prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms vary substantially between published studies, particularly with respect to specialty, patient age and residence.