• Objective To investigate the association between the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010)-a measure of diet quality-and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (bmj.com)
  • 1 In the 2010 Global Burden of Disease report, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was the third most common cause of death worldwide. (bmj.com)
  • Information about the influence of regular physical activity on the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is scarce. (bmj.com)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with a prevalence in adults of 6-7%, 1 is one of the main causes of morbidity and a leading cause of death worldwide. (bmj.com)
  • A brain imaging study of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis), has shown that the two illnesses produce distinctly different, abnormal patterns of brain activity after moderate exercise. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Signs of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been found in the gut bacteria in research conducted at Cornell University, which questions whether the disease originates in the brain. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Last October U.S. scientists presented a breakthrough around the research on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which was published in Science. (fightingfatigue.org)
  • Today we are going to look at an application of moxibustion for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). (yinyanghouse.com)
  • What this study indicates is that some, possibly many, cases of chronic fatigue syndrome will benefit from the warming, tonifying and moving aspects of moxibustion. (yinyanghouse.com)
  • There's very little that science knows definitively about chronic fatigue syndrome, a disease characterized by often debilitating physical and mental exhaustion - researchers still haven't been able to identify a cause, let alone a cure. (thecut.com)
  • But things remained fairly stagnant until last October, when health reporter David Tuller joined them, publishing a thorough takedown of PACE on the Virology blog in a two-part post titled "Trial by Error: The Troubling Case of the PACE Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study. (thecut.com)
  • Laboratory tests have 2 functions in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). (medscape.com)
  • Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An IOM Report on Redefining an Illness. (medscape.com)
  • Fukuda K, Straus SE, Hickie I, Sharpe MC, Dobbins JG, Komaroff A. The chronic fatigue syndrome: a comprehensive approach to its definition and study. (medscape.com)
  • International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group. (medscape.com)
  • Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors. (medscape.com)
  • Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from chronic fatigue syndrome patients for multiple human ubiquitous viruses and xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus. (medscape.com)
  • For the study, the researchers enrolled 110 people who suffer from chronic lower back pain and then randomly divided them into three groups. (naturalnews.com)
  • Estimates indicate that in modern societies up to 40% of people suffer from chronic conditions [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • More than 30 million adults in the U.S. suffer from chronic kidney disease , an illness characterized by impaired kidney functions like filtering the blood. (naturalnews.com)
  • Of the nearly 400 million patients who suffer from chronic HBV infection, more than 100 million live in China," said John C. Martin, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Gilead Sciences. (gilead.com)
  • 2,3 In the U.S., between three and seven million Americans suffer from chronic migraine, with at least 15 headache days per month with at least eight days being migraine. (amgen.com)
  • In an effort to prevent chronic diseases associated with poor nutritional intake and increase healthful food access, mobile produce vending programs have been identified as a promising strategy. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 INSERM U1168, VIMA (Aging and chronic diseases. (bmj.com)
  • Chronic respiratory diseases remain a worldwide public health problem. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers aim to study how infections of the fetal membranes during pregnancy can increase risks for a number of serious newborn diseases. (jefferson.edu)
  • Medical records research - uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best. (mayo.edu)
  • Provision of care to patients with chronic diseases remains a great challenge for modern health care systems. (springer.com)
  • The perception of the usefulness of the Internet in making health-related decision is a key determinant of the acceptance of provision of health care services online among patients with chronic diseases. (springer.com)
  • Patients with chronic diseases require care for prolonged periods. (springer.com)
  • Furthermore, expenditures related to care provided to patients with chronic diseases are a significant part of health care budgets [ 2 ]. (springer.com)
  • The growing incidence of chronic diseases can lead to a shortage of health care resources available to patients and their families. (springer.com)
  • All these circumstances trigger intensive searches for new models of care which would enable an adequate and cost-effective support offered to patients with chronic diseases. (springer.com)
  • MD, MHS, Director of Infectious Diseases Research at Duke Clinical Research Institute and Principal Investigator for the ION-4 study. (gilead.com)
  • The lessons learned from this research study may be useful for countries that are looking to other settings for experiences in optimizing purchasing arrangements and payment methods to provide better quality care for patients with chronic diseases. (who.int)
  • Design Prospective cohort study. (bmj.com)
  • The result of the Georgetown University Medical Center study suggests that GWI and CFS are distinct illnesses, an outcome that could affect the treatment of veterans with Gulf War illness. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Some medical institutions, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA), list CFS as a symptom of GWI (called chronic multisymptom illness associated with service in the Gulf War by the VA). (sciencedaily.com)
  • A disability, chronic illness or other impairment makes studying considerably more complicated. (fhv.at)
  • Nevertheless there is no reason for a disability or chronic illness to stop you from graduating from your FH Vorarlberg studies successfully! (fhv.at)
  • If you are already studying at FH Vorarlberg or want to start studying soon and feel that your studies are or will be negatively affected by your disability or illness, you should contact the Disability Officer. (fhv.at)
  • If you find it difficult to talk openly about your disability or chronic illness, you can also contact the Disability Officer anonymously to find out about the support available in your particular case. (fhv.at)
  • Having a disability or chronic illness requires a lot of energy and strength. (fhv.at)
  • In light of PCOS awareness month, I wanted to touch on the study experience while living with chronic illness. (edu.au)
  • Since I was a tween, I have been dealing with a nameless chronic illness. (edu.au)
  • With any chronic illness or disorder, it is important to prioritise rest and balance responsibilities. (edu.au)
  • In February 2002 another blood test confirmed a chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection. (positivehealth.com)
  • Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of insulin resistance in Egyptian patients with chronic HCV genotype 4 infection, to assess factors associated with insulin resistance and to test the impact of insulin resistance on outcomes of treatment with pegylated interferon/ribavirin. (who.int)
  • The study seeks to better understand the mechanisms through which chorioamnionitis, an infection of fetal membranes, causes an increased risk for chronic lung disease, allergies, asthma, developmental delays, and cerebral palsy. (jefferson.edu)
  • Determining the mechanism of action of this infection is an essential step toward preventing the chronic health risks associated with this infection. (jefferson.edu)
  • SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2015-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) today announced results from a Phase 3 study, ION-4, evaluating the once-daily single tablet regimen Harvoni ® (ledipasvir 90 mg/sofosbuvir 400 mg) for the treatment of genotypes 1 or 4 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients co-infected with HIV. (gilead.com)
  • ION-4 is a Phase 3, multicenter, open-label study investigating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Harvoni treatment for 12 weeks in 335 patients with HCV genotype 1a (75 percent), 1b (23 percent) or 4 (2 percent) and HIV-1 co-infection. (gilead.com)
  • Harvoni received regulatory approval for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection in adults in the United States in October 2014 . (gilead.com)
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that it has initiated Phase I trials of adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection in China. (gilead.com)
  • We believe the compound has the potential to address the unmet medical need of many patients with chronic HBV infection. (gilead.com)
  • Outside of China, two pivotal Phase III trials currently are underway to evaluate adefovir dipivoxil monotherapy as a potential treatment for chronic HBV infection. (gilead.com)
  • Study 438, initiated in January 2000, is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial which is evaluating adefovir dipivoxil 10 mg for the treatment of hepatitis B "e" antigen negative patients (precore mutant HBV infection). (gilead.com)
  • In chronic diarrhea there is no evidence of blood in the stool and there is no sign of infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patients with HIV infection are at a higher risk of developing cirrhosis , hepatic decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma than patients diagnosed with only chronic HBV infection. (medscape.com)
  • Treatment of HIV infection may improve the virologic, histologic, and clinical evolution of chronic HBV infection. (medscape.com)
  • patients with chronic HBV infection already receiving ART active against HBV should undergo quantitative HBV DNA testing every 6-12 months. (medscape.com)
  • [ 16 ] Tenofovir is considered a first-line agent in patients with chronic HBV infection because the virologic efficacy is high and the risk for HBV resistance is low. (medscape.com)
  • CIDP is closely related to Guillain-Barre syndrome, but instead of having rapid onset, CIDP has a more protracted chronic course. (scienceblog.com)
  • Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (UCPPS) encompasses both Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) and Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS). (nih.gov)
  • The Research Advances for Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Informing the Next Generation of Clinical Studies meeting will provide a forum for exchange of new insights into UCPPS underlying mechanisms and clinical characteristics. (nih.gov)
  • Currently, to make a diagnosis of CIDP, patients undergo nerve conduction studies to determine the number and severity of abnormalities on electrodiagnostic tests. (scienceblog.com)
  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain, chronic cancer pain, chronic primary pain, and chronic headache and orofacial pain had the highest average number of pain diagnoses for patients with at least one diagnosis in these categories. (ajmc.com)
  • Chronic cancer pain (76.5%), chronic headache and orofacial pain (63.7%), and chronic visceral pain (63.6%) had more than half of patients with a coexisting pain diagnosis from other pain categories. (ajmc.com)
  • For that reason alone, the study is worth reading: See the abstract for Predictors of Chronic Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Among Adult Federally Qualified Health Center Patients to learn more. (ncqa.org)
  • Latinx patients were more likely to receive a newly documented chronic pain diagnosis. (ncqa.org)
  • A government-funded study published Tuesday is among the first long-term studies to compare opioids like oxycodone and morphine to common painkillers such as acetaminophen in patients with chronic back pain and arthritis, researchers said. (chicagotribune.com)
  • If anything the study should have been biased in favor of the opioids, researchers said, because patients knew what drugs they were getting, and many went into the study believing that opioids were better. (chicagotribune.com)
  • NHMRC-funded researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Menzies School of Health Research in the Northern Territory (Menzies) first described PBB and have made substantial inroads into the understanding of its pathobiology and improving clinical outcomes in children with chronic cough. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • However, the importance of chronic cough as indicating an underlying treatable disease has often been unrecognised by doctors and, until recently, the primary cause of chronic cough was unknown and required investigation by medical researchers. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • The need to improve the management of paediatric chronic cough was recognised by a team of researchers led by Anne Chang at QUT/Menzies and a group of collaborating researchers and clinicians located in a range of universities and hospitals in Australia and internationally. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • In a study published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine , German researchers assessed its effect on chronic lower back pain and found that it effectively relieves lower back pain . (naturalnews.com)
  • Researchers assessed the effectiveness of two different forms of dry pulsatile cupping -- pulsatile cupping and minimal cupping -- in people with chronic lower back pain compared to medication on demand. (naturalnews.com)
  • With these findings, the researchers concluded that pulsatile cupping and minimal cupping provide pain relief to people with chronic lower back pain after four weeks. (naturalnews.com)
  • In the later phase (phase 3), researchers study whether the treatment works better than the current standard therapy. (mayo.edu)
  • Conducted by a multi-institutional team of researchers in Japan who had developed the new therapy, the study was designed to confirm that their treatment-which involves transplanting the patient's own mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the affected knee-did not cause tumors. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The team behind the current study, which included researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Kyoto University and Kazusa DNA Research Institute, recently developed a therapy involving the transplantation of MSCs derived from the knee's soft tissue (the synovium) into the injured meniscus. (medicalxpress.com)
  • To preface this study the researchers were looking at the use of an individual acupuncture point and comparing the effectiveness of moxibustion on that point vs. acupuncture needling of that point. (yinyanghouse.com)
  • In this study , researchers recruited 72 patients and divided them into an acupuncture treatment group and a moxibustion treatment group. (yinyanghouse.com)
  • One of these is a recent study by researchers from Portugal which revealed that caffeine significantly reduces the mortality risk of patients with chronic kidney disease . (naturalnews.com)
  • In this study, which was published in the journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation , the researchers studied data from 4,863 participants who were observed from 1999 to 2010. (naturalnews.com)
  • The 2016 CDC chronic pain guidelines co-authored by Chou, the Oregon university internist, found that most controlled studies of opioids lasted less than six weeks. (chicagotribune.com)
  • This report fills this gap by presenting 2016 national estimates of the percentages of hospitalizations in the past 90 days and the number of chronic conditions among ADSCs, by service provision. (cdc.gov)
  • Rodrigues-de-Souza DP, Palacios-Ceña D, Moro-Gutiérrez L, Camargo PR, Salvini TF, Alburquerque-Sendín F (2016) Socio-Cultural Factors and Experience of Chronic Low Back Pain: a Spanish and Brazilian Patients' Perspective. (plos.org)
  • THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. , June 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced positive top-line results from the global Phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of erenumab (AMG 334) in chronic migraine prevention. (amgen.com)
  • Early detection is crucial to treating chronic kidney disease but this has proven to be difficult since most symptoms manifest once the disease has already progressed. (naturalnews.com)
  • This also one of the reasons for the high mortality risk associated with chronic kidney disease. (naturalnews.com)
  • The results of this study suggest that caffeine is beneficial for people with chronic kidney disease and with more than 14 percent of Americans suffering from this disease and 89 percent consuming caffeine, this compound exhibits great potential in improving the lives of many patients. (naturalnews.com)
  • For more articles about natural remedies for chronic kidney disease, visit NaturalHealth.news . (naturalnews.com)
  • Primary care physicians (PCPs) are optimally situated to identify and manage early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). (jabfm.org)
  • The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing in the United States. (jabfm.org)
  • Patients requiring dialysis for chronic kidney disease comprise a high risk to public health ( 1 ), and need for this treatment precluded patients from being able to comply with COVID-19 isolation measures during the pandemic ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Step length and fall risk in adults with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients with chronic kidney disease commonly experience gait abnormalities , which predispose to falls and fall-related injuries . (bvsalud.org)
  • Here we explored the use of step length as a marker of gait impairment and fall risk in adults with chronic kidney disease . (bvsalud.org)
  • We performed gait assessments in 2 prospective studies of 82 patients with stage 4 and 5 chronic kidney disease (n = 33) or end-stage renal disease ( ESRD ) (n = 49). (bvsalud.org)
  • Following this initial introduction, section two discusses the methods used in this study, including the sample selection, sample characteristics, and interviewing procedure. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS: Tissue sections from 11 patients with chronic venous ulcers were used in this study. (lu.se)
  • The TRANSLATE CKD study is an ongoing national, mixed-methods, cluster randomized control trial that examines the implementation of evidence-based guidelines for CKD into primary care practice. (jabfm.org)
  • As part of the mixed-methods process evaluation, semistructured interviews were conducted by phone with 27 providers participating in the study. (jabfm.org)
  • METHODS: In a prospective, double-blinded, single-center study, 42 subjects with chronic urticaria were randomized to high (4,000 IU/d) or low (600 IU/d) vitamin D3 supplementation for 12 weeks. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Only a few of the studies found in the literature used epidemiologic methods to estimate the relative risks of health effects from the contaminant transported home by the worker independent of health risks due to other sources of the contaminant in the home. (cdc.gov)
  • These reports aim to collate the existing evidence on effect of payment methods on quality and outcome for chronic care, while commissioning new studies to understand the mechanisms that can explain this impact. (who.int)
  • WKC collaborated with the OECD and eight country research teams (Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa and Spain) to carry out case studies on implementation arrangements for payment methods that reward quality for chronic care. (who.int)
  • 10. periodontal tissues: A controlled clinical and laboratory pilot study .J Periodontol. (bvsalud.org)
  • This report presents findings of a cognitive interviewing study which evaluated the performance of proposed questions on high-impact, chronic pain for the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Workgroup. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings run counter to years of medical practice in the U.S., where more so than in other countries, opioids have been prescribed to millions of patients for chronic pain over the years -- even though data on their long-term effectiveness was lacking. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The findings once again demonstrate the gut's close relationship with the brain not only in everyday gastrointestinal functions but also in the onset of chronic conditions in which prebiotics such as dietary fibres or probiotics have shown effectiveness. (nutraingredients.com)
  • These findings suggest that dry cupping is an effective alternative for treating chronic lower back pain. (naturalnews.com)
  • Patients with a specific pattern and number of abnormalities, also know as demyelinating findings, during these studies are determined to have CIDP. (scienceblog.com)
  • NCQA staff who were not involved in the study are interested in the study's findings for another reason: because it shines a light on equity. (ncqa.org)
  • The meeting will highlight findings from the NIDDK's Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network and other investigators working in the UCPPS field, as well as advances in other areas that may inform the study of UCPPS. (nih.gov)
  • Our findings demonstrate that gamma oscillatory activity is differentially modulated by cognitive load in the presence of pain, and this activity is predominantly localized to the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices in a chronic pain cohort. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Infecton results for vertebral infections were the most notable findings in this study, despite the limited number of patients with this condition. (snmjournals.org)
  • Findings of CNS imaging studies are not specific for CFS and are thus used to rule out alternative explanations rather than to diagnose CFS. (medscape.com)
  • The findings from the present study shows that there was no significant association between TT virus and periodontitis, even though it was isolated from more number of subjects with aggressive periodontitis, and TTV was associated with pocket depth and clinical attachment level. (bvsalud.org)
  • These findings need to be investigated in further studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • RIGL ) today announced that fostamatinib, its oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, met the primary endpoint in the first of two double-blind studies in the FIT Phase 3 clinical program for the treatment of adult chronic/persistent immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). (prnewswire.com)
  • These data demonstrate the potential benefit of fostamatinib for chronic ITP patients who are in need of new treatment options," said Raul Rodriguez , president and chief executive officer of Rigel. (prnewswire.com)
  • Patients who met the primary endpoint of this study typically had an increase in platelet counts to a level above 50,000/uL within the initial weeks of treatment, providing early feedback as to whether it was a viable option for treating their ITP. (prnewswire.com)
  • Study subjects remained on treatment for up to 24 weeks. (prnewswire.com)
  • To explore Xolair's potential, the team tested its effectiveness among more than 260 chronic hives patients for whom prior treatment had failed. (newsmax.com)
  • After a year of treatment, opioids weren't any better at improving pain related to daily functioning, such as ability to sleep and work, the study found. (chicagotribune.com)
  • These impactful outcomes indicate a very bright future for the technology as a potential treatment for chronic pain. (news-medical.net)
  • Chronic enteropathies (CEs) in dogs, according to the treatment response to consecutive trials, are classified as food-responsive (FRE), antibiotic-responsive (ARE), and immunosuppressive-responsive (IRE) enteropathy. (frontiersin.org)
  • Contrary to study hypotheses, the presence of coexisting CP diagnoses did not seem to have a clinically significant impact on treatment responses. (ajmc.com)
  • Results of the present study did not find a significant interaction between time and number of pain classes in predicting pain and related outcomes, which suggests that the presence of coexisting pain conditions would not impact on treatment responses. (ajmc.com)
  • As if one pain problem was not enough: prevalence and patterns of coexisting chronic pain conditions and their impact on treatment outcomes. (ajmc.com)
  • Using buprenorphine before starting addiction treatment may be an indicator of greater treatment readiness, according to a study coauthored by Rutgers researcher. (ajmc.com)
  • This study confirms that insulin resistance affects treatment outcome, and thus HOMA-IR testing before initiation of therapy may be a cost-effective tool. (who.int)
  • Electrophysiological studies were done at the beginning and end of each treatment. (nih.gov)
  • Chronic pain and its treatment is an important quality topic. (ncqa.org)
  • The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of three doses of orvepitant, taken once a day, in the treatment of chronic refractory cough. (mayo.edu)
  • Loop diuretics, such as torasemide and furosemide, are important agents in the treatment of chronic heart failure. (cun.es)
  • This prospective, Phase IV, randomized, blinded end point, active-controlled clinical trial will randomize 142 patients with chronic heart failure in New York Heart Association functional class II-IV to 8 months treatment with either torasemide-PR (10-40 mg daily) or furosemide (40-160 mg daily). (cun.es)
  • Of the 14 patients that did not achieve SVR12, two patients experienced virologic failure during treatment (likely due to non-compliance per physician reporting), 10 experienced virologic relapse post-treatment, one was lost to follow up and one died due to causes unrelated to study drug. (gilead.com)
  • The primary endpoint was change in monthly migraine days from baseline to the last four weeks of the 12-week treatment phase in patients with chronic migraine (the number of migraine days between weeks 9 and 12). (amgen.com)
  • Prior studies have shown reduced concentrations of vitamin D in CU and there are limited reports of potential beneficial role for vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of subjects with CU. We assessed the effect of vitamin D supplementation in vitamin D deficient CU patients on the clinical outcome and inflammatory markers in South Indian patients with CU. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Beneficial role for supplemental vitamin D3 treatment in chronic urticaria: a randomized study. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Most acute or severe cases of diarrhea have treatment guidelines revolving around prescription or non prescription (also known as over the counter or OTC) medications based on the cause, but the treatment protocols for chronic diarrhea focus on replenishing the body with lost fluids and electrolytes, because there typically isn't a treatable cause. (wikipedia.org)
  • [ 1 , 2 ] FESS has become the standard surgical treatment for chronic maxillary sinusitis, with external approaches being used as an adjunct in more complicated cases or in tumor management. (medscape.com)
  • No absolute contraindications to endoscopic surgical treatment of chronic maxillary sinusitis exist. (medscape.com)
  • Noel and her co-authors assert that psychological and language-based interventions may be used to help adolescents better cope with their post-surgical pain, thus reframing their memories of the pain and potentially altering the path that can lead to chronic pain. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Does Swedish amateur boxing lead to chronic brain damage? (nih.gov)
  • Some factors that lead to chronic diarrhea of infancy: Underdeveloped digestive system, nutrients do not spend adequate time in the digestive tract for water to be absorbed which leads to diarrhea. (wikipedia.org)
  • One goal of the NPS Workgroup is to lower the impact of chronic pain at the individual and population levels. (cdc.gov)
  • The pain assessment tools proposed by the NPS Workgroup use the definitions of chronic pain and high- impact chronic pain, which are based in part on the widely used definition of chronic pain recommended by the International Association for the Study of Pain, (International Association for the Study of Pain, 1986) modified to account for intermittent pain. (cdc.gov)
  • Chronic pain is pain on at least half the days for six months or more. (cdc.gov)
  • The overall goal of this cognitive testing study was to test the constructs captured by questions on chronic pain, management of pain, burden of pain and participation restrictions due to pain and to select appropriate items for inclusion on the 2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). (cdc.gov)
  • Doctors and patients have long assumed that opioids are uniquely powerful medicines for chronic pain, despite their risks. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The fact that opioids did worse is really pretty astounding," said Roger Chou, an internist at Oregon Health & Science University and a co-author of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on opioid use for chronic pain, who was not involved in the recent study. (chicagotribune.com)
  • In the study, lead author Erin Krebs and her colleagues at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System randomly assigned 240 patients with chronic back pain, or hip or knee arthritis, to be treated either with opioid painkillers like morphine and oxycodone, or nonopioid medicines including standard anti-inflammatory drugs like naproxen, or topical analgesics such as lidocaine. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Opioids have this reputation as powerful painkillers and I don't think it is well deserved, at least for chronic pain. (chicagotribune.com)
  • While opioids provide potent relief for acute pain, that doesn't necessarily translate to a chronic pain situation, where the pain often becomes disassociated from the original injury. (chicagotribune.com)
  • This the first randomized trial that demonstrates you do not need opioids for these common chronic pain conditions, that common drugs are as good," said Gary Franklin, a neurologist and occupational health researcher at the University of Washington who did early studies linking prescription opioid use to fatal overdoses. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Melanie Noel studies pediatric pain. (ucalgary.ca)
  • A University of Calgary psychologist who studies pediatric pain has made a breakthrough in understanding the cause of chronic pain in adolescents - by focusing on those recovering from major surgeries. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Melanie Noel, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute , has found that adolescents' memories of pain following major surgeries influences their recovery and may lead to the development of chronic pain - which is pain that persists beyond the expected time of healing. (ucalgary.ca)
  • The study could have huge implications for the health of Canadian youth, Noel points out, given that 15 to 40 per cent of youth experience chronic pain, a growing public health epidemic (larger in scope than childhood obesity and asthma) that costs the Canadian health-care system $15 billion a year. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Studies have also shown that 60 per cent of children with chronic pain will become adults with chronic pain and mental health disorders. (ucalgary.ca)
  • The cause of chronic pain in youth, however, has been nearly impossible to pinpoint. (ucalgary.ca)
  • This is not to say that every child who has chronic pain had a surgery that led to it," stresses Noel. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Rather, it's that surgery is the only context where we can catch these kids before they develop chronic pain. (ucalgary.ca)
  • We know that 15 to 20 per cent of children who undergo these major surgeries will develop chronic pain. (ucalgary.ca)
  • So, if we can catch them early and begin to understand the factors leading to their chronic pain, maybe we can prevent it from happening in the first place. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Noel says children prone to anxiety are often more likely to develop chronic pain after surgery. (ucalgary.ca)
  • We've discovered that the way children are remembering their pain is an underlying factor in the development of chronic pain," Noel explains. (ucalgary.ca)
  • It's not the pain they actually experience so much as the way they process those memories of the pain which is driving whether or not they're improving, right around the time that pain can transition into chronic pain. (ucalgary.ca)
  • At a certain point, these children should be feeling better but those who develop chronic pain are not. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Noel notes that children prone to anxiety are often more likely to develop chronic pain following surgeries. (ucalgary.ca)
  • That understanding can help physicians, psychologists and even parents in helping children who may be prone to chronic pain change their course post-surgery. (ucalgary.ca)
  • The study was the first human test of the Company's patented high frequency Electrical Nerve Block™ technology and focused on patients with chronic amputation pain which affects nearly one million patients in the U.S. During the study, four of the five patients reported their pain was reduced to zero. (news-medical.net)
  • Study participant Darren W. said, 'My pain was gone, something I have not experienced since my amputation. (news-medical.net)
  • The study was led by Dr. Amol Soin of the Kettering Health Network Innovation Center and the Ohio Pain Clinic. (news-medical.net)
  • A complete reduction is often unheard of, however the high frequency electrical nerve block technology showed the ability to do so, safely and consistently, and the strong potential it holds for patients suffering from chronic pain is very encouraging,' he added. (news-medical.net)
  • The results of the study revealed that both pulsatile cupping and minimal cupping reduced chronic lower back pain and improved back function after four weeks compared to the control group. (naturalnews.com)
  • However, after 12 weeks, only the pulsatile cupping group experienced chronic lower back pain relief compared to the control group. (naturalnews.com)
  • A research review published in the Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics suggests that chiropractic care appears to improve symptoms and function in people with chronic lower back pain, acute low back pain, and sub-acute low back pain. (naturalnews.com)
  • Another research review published in Spine showed that massage therapy might be beneficial for people with subacute and chronic nonspecific low back pain, particularly when applied with exercises and education. (naturalnews.com)
  • Read more news stories and studies on natural treatments for chronic lower back pain by going to BackPain.news . (naturalnews.com)
  • A study in Canada of nearly 4000 patients with chronic pain found that one-third reported coexisting chronic pain conditions, but no specific patterns of co-occurrence of pain comorbidity were identified. (ajmc.com)
  • The study was conducted to add more to the body of knowledge about what is known about chronic pain, which is experienced by up to 20% of the population. (ajmc.com)
  • If someone in America is disabled, chronic pain is usually why. (ncqa.org)
  • Yet as common as chronic pain is, these tools really haven't been used often in routine care. (ncqa.org)
  • Almost one-third reported chronic pain. (ncqa.org)
  • This is an important finding, particularly in busy primary care clinics, where appointments are short and where most patients with chronic pain receive care. (ncqa.org)
  • More than 40 percent of the patients who reported chronic pain were Hispanic. (ncqa.org)
  • UCPPS is defined by the hallmark symptom of chronic pain in the pelvis, urogenital floor, and/or external genitalia often accompanied by diverse urologic symptoms, such as urgency and frequency. (nih.gov)
  • Does Neuromodulation Reduce Chronic Pain Patient Emergency Department Utilization? (iasp-pain.org)
  • Chronic pain (CP) affects roughly 100 million adults in the United States. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Background: Cognitive Functional Therapy has been shown to reduce pain and disability in people with chronic low back pain. (researchgate.net)
  • A study released in Stem Cells Translational Medicine has confirmed the safety of a novel type of cellular therapy for knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Chronic knee pain is a major issue for the aging, affecting approximately 25 percent of all adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (medicalxpress.com)
  • Semi-structured interviews and participant observation (including video recording) were conducted with nurses applying and patients with chronic pain receiving InTouch after the beginning of the intervention and after 4 weeks. (karger.com)
  • Six elderly patients with chronic pain and 6 nurses were included. (karger.com)
  • The results of this study suggest that InTouch promoted relaxation, well-being, and pain relief for elderly people suffering from chronic pain and may contribute positively to the therapeutic relationship. (karger.com)
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Modulates Cortical Gamma Activity in the Cognitive Dimension of Chronic Pain. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Socio-Cultural Factors and Experience of Chronic Low Back Pain: a Spanish and Brazilian Patients' Perspective. (plos.org)
  • Pain narratives are important to understand the influence of environment on patients with chronic LBP. (plos.org)
  • and d) socio-economic and educational status as a modulator of pain-the study reported that economic factors influenced the experience of pain. (plos.org)
  • Chronic pain in multiple sclerosis: Is there also fibromyalgia? (medscimonit.com)
  • Chronic pain is common in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the co-morbidity of fibromyalgia (FM) has yet to be investigated in MS. Objectives of the study were to evaluate, among the various types of chronic pain, the frequency of FM in MS and its impact on MS patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). (medscimonit.com)
  • 133 MS patients were investigated for the presence and characterization of chronic pain within 1 month of assessment. (medscimonit.com)
  • In our sample of MS patients we found a high prevalence of chronic pain, with those patients displaying a higher disability and a more severe depression. (medscimonit.com)
  • Moreover, FM frequency, significantly higher than that observed in the general population, was detected among the MS patients with chronic pain. (medscimonit.com)
  • Aug. 24, 2023 Women with ME/CFS tend to have more symptoms and co-occurring conditions than men, according to initial results from the world's largest study of the disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • On 10 October 2023, the WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre - WKC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a number of publications dedicated to identifying ways to pay for quality chronic care to ensure good health and physical functioning among adults, including older people. (who.int)
  • OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high-dose vitamin D supplementation would decrease Urticaria Symptom Severity (USS) scores and medication burden in patients with chronic urticaria. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • A study by Joshua et al suggested that the severity of chronic maxillary sinusitis can be determined by CT-scan evaluation of sinus wall thickness. (medscape.com)
  • Our results strongly suggest that GWI and CFS represent two distinct disorders of the brain and therefore CFS is not a symptom of GWI," says Stuart Washington, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow and first author on the study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Through the work of its Administrative, Pilot, Enrichment, and Data Science Cores, the "Center for the Study of Symptom Science, Metabolomics and Multiple Chronic Conditions" strengthens the capacity of junior nurse scientist to conduct innovative translational research to reduce symptoms in individuals with MCC, improving public health for generations to come. (emory.edu)
  • Create and manage a Center by providing resources and infrastructure to support cutting-edge research utilizing metabolomics and microbiomic technologies and big data analytics to understand symptom etiology in adult African Americans (AA) with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). (emory.edu)
  • COVID-19 cases in the general population (per 1,000 persons) and chronic dialysis patients, by date of symptom onset, Argentina, epidemiological weeks 10/2020 (March 1-7, 2020) through 08/2021 (February 21-27, 2021). (cdc.gov)
  • Observational study - observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. (mayo.edu)
  • Despite numerous studies indicating better staffing is associated with more favourable patient outcomes, only one US state (California) sets patient-to-nurse staffing standards. (bmj.com)
  • Numerous studies and systematic reviews have described wide variation across hospitals in registered nurse (RN) staffing and have concluded that better hospital nurse staffing is associated with more favourable patient outcomes, including lower mortality, 1-8 fewer complications, 9 higher patient satisfaction, 10 11 shorter stays and fewer readmissions, 12 13 as well as better nurse outcomes such as less burnout. (bmj.com)
  • This study assessed the effect of vitamin D supplementation on outcomes in CU. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • We contrasted clinical and epidemiologic characteristics and outcomes between chronic dialysis (CD) patients and the general population to evaluate COVID-19 dynamics during the first year of the pandemic in Argentina. (cdc.gov)
  • Study 437, initiated in March 1999 and conducted in Australia, Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of adefovir dipivoxil at two active doses (10 mg and 30 mg) given once daily in hepatitis B "e" antigen positive patients. (gilead.com)
  • This is called chronic hepatitis B. (medlineplus.gov)
  • People with chronic hepatitis may not have symptoms and may not know they are infected. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some people with chronic hepatitis may be treated with antiviral drugs. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It is not always clear which people with chronic hepatitis B should receive drug therapy and when it should be started. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Secondary study endpoints included reduction of at least 50 percent from baseline in monthly migraine days, change from baseline in monthly acute migraine-specific medication days and change from baseline in cumulative monthly headache hours. (amgen.com)
  • acute diarrhea may last multiple hours or days, acute bloody diarrhea, also known as dysentery, and finally, chronic or persistent diarrhea which lasts 2-4 weeks or more. (wikipedia.org)
  • In adults, the maxillary sinuses are most commonly affected with acute and chronic sinusitis. (medscape.com)
  • We ask general practitioners what resources they have at their disposal to coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions and to support these patients. (nivel.nl)
  • The primary efficacy endpoint of this program is a stable platelet response defined as achieving platelet counts at or above 50,000/uL of blood for at least four of the last six clinic visits of the study. (prnewswire.com)
  • The aim of the TORAFIC study is to test the efficacy of torasemide prolonged-release formulation (PR) in reducing myocardial fibrosis in chronic heart failure in a large, randomized clinical trial. (cun.es)
  • In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of infecton scintigraphy for detecting chronic bone and joint infections. (snmjournals.org)
  • Taking this improved specificity into consideration, our goal was to determine the efficacy of infecton imaging in the detection of chronic orthopedic infections. (snmjournals.org)
  • The 20120295 study is a global Phase 2, randomized, 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety and efficacy of erenumab in chronic migraine prevention. (amgen.com)
  • The patients have been diagnosed with persistent or chronic ITP, and have blood platelet counts consistently below 30,000/uL of blood. (prnewswire.com)
  • Chronic enteropathies (CEs) in dogs are a group of heterogeneous disorders of undetermined etiologies, characterized by chronic persistent or recurrent gastrointestinal signs and histologic evidence of intestinal mucosal inflammation ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Often adult day services centers have participants with diverse health needs, including common chronic conditions, such as Alzheimer disease and other dementias, depression, diabetes, and heart disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite adult day services centers main goals of reducing hospitalizations and readmissions and managing chronic conditions among participants through service provision, national estimates on the relationship between service provision and hospitalizations and chronic conditions are limited. (cdc.gov)
  • Setting Participants in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, United States. (bmj.com)
  • On April 6, 2018, the 55th of 76 participants enrolled and received study drug in the first-ever clinical trial of smoked marijuana (cannabis) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in U.S. veterans. (maps.org)
  • Three to seven million Americans spend more than half of each month living with the debilitating symptoms of chronic migraine," said Sean E. Harper, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen . (amgen.com)
  • But in 2011, a study published in The Lancet claimed that it had done exactly that: The data, the authors declared, showed that a combination of exercise and talk therapy could significantly alleviate the symptoms of the disease, and even cure it fully in up to 20 percent of cases. (thecut.com)
  • However, this lengthens the duration of your study. (fhv.at)
  • Furthermore, the duration of chronic disease and hospitalization due to chronic disease predicted the acceptance of some of eHealth applications. (springer.com)
  • Contact with a substance that occurs once or for only a short time (up to 14 days) [compare with intermediate duration exposure and chronic exposure]. (cdc.gov)
  • PHILADELPHIA - New research from Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) may redefine how Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is diagnosed. (scienceblog.com)
  • Plasma-exchange therapy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. (nih.gov)
  • Out of 29 liver tissue sections examined, 14 had a low level of expression of insulin receptor type 1 by immunohistochemical studies. (who.int)
  • The current study confirms that when Xolair is taken at a high dose for a six-month period it seems to be both safe and effective at controlling the severe and often debilitating itching that characterizes long-term hives. (newsmax.com)
  • A drug already used to treat moderate-to-severe allergic asthma appears to offer relief to people with chronic hives who haven't been helped by standard medications, new research suggests. (newsmax.com)
  • So what we're talking about here are only chronic cases, in which patients have hives that last for more than six weeks,' explained study senior author Dr. Karin Rosen, an associate group medical director with Genentech Inc., in San Francisco. (newsmax.com)
  • And until now antihistamines have been the only approved drug for chronic hives. (newsmax.com)
  • While not lethal, chronic hives can last for months, and tend to come and go without a clear idea of what brings it on. (newsmax.com)
  • The data related to omalizumab use, in a well-performed randomized clinical trial, is extremely promising and offers hope for patients who have chronic [hives], and for the physicians who care for them. (newsmax.com)
  • Thirty-three dogs with primary chronic gastrointestinal signs presented to Veterinary Teaching Hospitals of Teramo and Bologna (Italy) were prospectively enrolled in the study, and 30 healthy dogs were included as a control group. (frontiersin.org)
  • Eighteen patients with definite, untreated chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) of chronic progressive (nine patients) or relapsing course (nine patients) were randomized prospectively to receive 10 plasma-exchange (PE) or sham plasma-exchange (SPE) treatments over 4 weeks in a double-blind trial. (nih.gov)
  • Eduardo De Sousa, M.D., assistant professor of Neurology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and director of the Electrodiagnostic Neuromuscular Lab at JHN, led the study which looked at the number of demyelinating features that are needed to differentiate between CIDP, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and diabetic neuropathy. (scienceblog.com)
  • The study, available in the current edition of the Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease , may help doctors more effectively diagnose and treat CIDP. (scienceblog.com)
  • The study involved 26 CIDP patients and a control group of 21 patients, nine ALS patients and 12 diabetic neuropathy patients. (scienceblog.com)
  • i.e. five out of seven patients with chronic progressive course and seven out of eight patients with relapsing CIDP improved. (nih.gov)
  • However, when combined in multivariate models, only the belief in the usefulness of the Internet (five of six models), level of education (four of six models), and previous hospitalization due to chronic disease (three of six models) maintained the effect on the independent variables. (springer.com)
  • We designed an observational, analytic, retrospective, nationwide study that included data from all COVID-19 cases reported to the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS 2.0 ) during epidemiologic weeks (EW) 10/2020 (March 1-7, 2020) through 08/2021 (February 21---27, 2021). (cdc.gov)
  • Gilead is currently evaluating adefovir dipivoxil in Phase III clinical studies in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. (gilead.com)
  • In addition, Phase I studies are required regardless of existing data from later-stage clinical studies conducted in other parts of the world. (gilead.com)
  • As a consequence of a comprehensive evaluation of children with chronic cough, the team were the first to recognise and describe PBB. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • They then undertook the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) on using antibiotics for children with chronic wet cough and later synthesised the evidence in a Cochrane Review. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • The Chronic Disease GIS Exchange is an online community forum for sharing maps, training materials and GIS resources. (cdc.gov)
  • The representative for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses is blind due to an incurable retinal disease. (fhv.at)
  • The variables used as predictors were related to the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, burden related to chronic disease, and the use of the Internet and its perceived usefulness in making personal health-related decisions. (springer.com)
  • Interestingly, a greater burden of chronic disease related to previous hospitalizations leads to lower acceptance of eHealth solutions. (springer.com)
  • Caffeine protects the heart -- A study published in journal Annals of Internal Medicine revealed that people who drank two to three cups of effectively lowered their mortality risk due to heart disease and stroke by up to 18 percent. (naturalnews.com)
  • Last February, the Institute of Medicine released a report arguing that CFS was indeed a real disorder and outlining its diagnostic criteria, and a study published around the same time found evidence for the biological roots of the disease . (thecut.com)
  • Chronic urticaria (CU) is a debilitating inflammatory skin disease. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • A study that compares exposures of people who have a disease or condition (cases) with people who do not have the disease or condition (controls). (cdc.gov)
  • while repetitive concussive and subconcussive events as observed in athletes and military personnel, may increase the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). (nature.com)
  • Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (PBB) is the most common cause of chronic cough in children. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • Our Disability Officer provides support to students with disabilities or chronic illnesses so that they can encounter the best possible overall conditions at FHV that enable successful study. (fhv.at)
  • Why did you decide to do a report on hospitalizations and chronic conditions by service provision in adult day services centers? (cdc.gov)
  • These chronic conditions have been found to be associated with hospitalizations and readmissions in long-term care settings. (cdc.gov)
  • Having a participant case mix with hospitalizations and several different chronic conditions may increase the need to provide a wider variety of services. (cdc.gov)
  • The number of chronic conditions in an adult day services center also varied by service provision. (cdc.gov)
  • Across adult day services centers that provided all five services, 17.5% had zero to three of the four chronic conditions in their center and 82.5% had all four conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • That adult day services center with greater levels of participant needs, as indicated by increased hospitalizations and the number of chronic conditions, are more likely to provide a greater number of services in general, and these services are more often provided by employees and not solely by arrangement or referral. (cdc.gov)
  • Main survey PaRIS study launched: how do patients with chronic conditions experience care in primary care? (nivel.nl)
  • In many counties there is an increase in the number of people with (multiple) chronic conditions. (nivel.nl)
  • The survey was carried out among patients with diagnosed chronic conditions who were treated in three health care facilities in Krakow, Poland. (springer.com)
  • In recent years, the provision of care to patients with chronic conditions has become one of the greatest challenges faced by health care systems. (springer.com)
  • In clinical reality, studies like this are important to engage the minds of acupuncturists to consider their own protocols and how best to treat certain conditions. (yinyanghouse.com)
  • the increasing number of individuals living with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) and in particular, Black men and women. (emory.edu)
  • Improving the quality of care for people with chronic conditions is central to advancing universal health coverage. (who.int)
  • This would represent a simple, clinically beneficial, and inexpensive option," said Dr. Miguel Bigotte Vieira of North Lisbon Hospital Center who is one of the lead authors of the study. (naturalnews.com)
  • In my experience, people who get Chronic Fatigue tend to be people who push themselves, and push themselves, and then push themselves some more… until they have pushed themselves beyond their limits, whether by choice or because of life circumstances. (positivehealth.com)
  • Fortunately, there are many studies that look at the effects of caffeine on certain groups of people. (naturalnews.com)
  • Earlier this month, as the Washington Post reported, a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found similarities between the metabolisms of CFS patients and hibernating animals, suggesting that "curing people of CFS may be akin to waking the body up. (thecut.com)
  • These data affirm similar results observed in two patients from the Rigel Phase 2 study of fostamatinib in ITP who have been taking fostamatinib for more than seven years and have maintained stable platelet levels over this extended time period. (prnewswire.com)
  • If these results are reproduced in the second Phase 3 study and are supported by the results of a planned interim analysis of the Phase 3 extension study, the company expects to submit a New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the first quarter of 2017. (prnewswire.com)
  • Further results from the FIT Phase 3 studies and long-term extension will be presented at future medical meetings. (prnewswire.com)
  • Neuros Medical, Inc., a medical device company, announced promising results today from their recently completed feasibility study. (news-medical.net)
  • These results are similar to those found in some population studies. (ajmc.com)
  • Results Over the study period, 723 cases of newly diagnosed COPD occurred in women and 167 in men. (bmj.com)
  • Based on the ION-4 trial results, Gilead plans to file a supplemental New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Harvoni to include the results from this study in the U.S. label. (gilead.com)
  • Fostamatinib's clinical safety profile includes more than 5,000 patient years of data across multiple autoimmune indications and has a well-defined and manageable safety profile, providing data that it may be suitable for long-term maintenance therapy in chronic ITP. (prnewswire.com)
  • Novartis' oral therapy CNP520 (currently in a Phase 1/2a study for AD) will be the lead molecule and further compounds from both companies' pre-clinical BACE inhibitor programs may be considered as follow-on molecules. (amgen.com)
  • Surgery for chronic sinusitis is reserved for patients who have not responded to medical therapy. (medscape.com)
  • The FIT program consists of two identical multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of approximately 75 adult patients each. (prnewswire.com)
  • Chronic cough is a common problem in children that impairs quality of life, with a burden often unappreciated by health professionals. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • In children, chronic cough impairs the quality of life (QoL) of both children and their parents 2 and causes a high healthcare burden. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • PBB is now recognised internationally and incorporated into all major international paediatric chronic cough guidelines. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • Concurrently, Chang was invited by the American College of Chest Physicians to write the world's first guidelines on the management of paediatric chronic cough. (nhmrc.gov.au)
  • It is partly because of this condition that I became so interested in mental health and came back to study psychology. (edu.au)