• 1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School - University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA. (nih.gov)
  • The management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with obesity presents numerous challenges. (nih.gov)
  • But these issues are mitigated by HCV antiviral therapy, specifically pegylated interferon plus ribavirin, which was found to reduce risks of kidney disease, stroke and cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients," concludes Dr. Wu. (sciencedaily.com)
  • However, until now it was not known whether this could be the case for those people already affected by cardiovascular diseases. (nutraingredients.com)
  • The clinical value of carotid plaque score in patients with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • To investigate the relationship between carotid plaque load score (CPS) and metabolic syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), in order to provide theoretical basis for the precaution and control of MS and CVD. (bvsalud.org)
  • This report is submitted in response to Health Assembly resolution WHA69.6 (2016) and provides an update on the preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018, including the responses to specific assignments given to the Secretariat. (who.int)
  • WNL.55.2.299 tentially fatal neurologic complications in this patient are 10. (cdc.gov)
  • End-stage renal disease and life-threatening cardiovascular or cerebrovascular complications limit life expectancy [ 9 - 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Patients with sickle cell disease, the majority of whom are of African, Latin and Mediterranean descent, may need blood transfusions throughout their lifetime, with some requiring closely compatible blood to avoid complications. (redcross.org)
  • Pharmacists are in the unique position to not only educate patients about diabetes but also discuss the preventable complications that can stem from diabetes. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Pharmacists should ensure that patients have access to all the resources needed to control blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin and should edu- cate patients to ensure they take the steps necessary to minimize risks for complications. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • They can lead to increased oral problems and have been linked with many health complications, such as diabetes, cancer, stroke, heart disease, and other issues. (prweb.com)
  • A patient care team is a group of diverse clinicians who communicate with each other regularly about the care of a defined group of patients and participate in that care. (bmj.com)
  • Dr. Vicky Brocklebank, from Newcastle University, said: 'This study is a wonderful example of the benefits of close collaboration between patients, clinicians, researchers, and charities. (news-medical.net)
  • While it seems like common sense that exercise would help patients suffering from muscle weaknesses, some clinicians and researchers wondered if it could also have the opposite effect and actually hasten patients' decline. (medindia.net)
  • ICN is a collaborative community where patients, parents, clinicians, and researchers work together to improve the health and care of children and youth with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (also known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD). (stanford.edu)
  • 7] However, with the NHS under pressure there is less opportunity for clinicians to maintain a dialogue with their patients about the value of treatment and therefore provide optimal conditions for adherence. (bmj.com)
  • It will also allow DHEC or clinicians to enter patient data, review, analyze and act on results quickly, benchmark outcomes, and the opportunity for clinical scientific research using the registry findings. (scdhec.gov)
  • Feb. 27, 2023 Physician-scientists announced today the results of the largest cell therapy trial to date in patients with chronic heart failure due to low ejection fraction. (sciencedaily.com)
  • I would say the earliest could be larazotide in ~2023-2024 for the symptoms of celiac disease (not for celiac disease itself) if the study is positive and the FDA was to accept just a single phase 3 trial. (celiac.org)
  • DUBLIN , Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Patient Centric Healthcare App Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2023-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. (tmcnet.com)
  • In considering the mechanisms underlying this paradox, we review evidence of the deleterious consequences of obesity in patients with coronary heart disease, and the limited data on the benefits of weight loss in patients with CVD. (nih.gov)
  • This most recent research, carried out by a joint US/Greek team, looked at the survival of people with diagnosed coronary heart disease in a population of over 1000 Greek men and women. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Patients with longstanding active RA (mean +/- SD 13 +/- 8 years) who were receiving treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (n = 46), corticosteroids (n = 38), or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (n = 43) had a higher rate of gingival bleeding (increased by 50%), greater probing depth (increased by 26%), greater attachment loss (increased by 173%), and higher number of missing teeth (increased by 29%) compared with controls. (nih.gov)
  • In rheumatic diseases therapy, conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARD) are commonly used in newly diagnosed ones from 20 years. (hindawi.com)
  • After controlling for demographics, type of immune-mediated disease, health care utilization, and exposure to biologic and nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and oral glucocorticoids, data indicated that vaccination was associated with decreased HZ risk over a median of 2 years of follow-up. (news-medical.net)
  • Researchers are investigating whether dogs can sniff out various diseases, such as cancer, COVID-19, or bacterial infections. (medscape.com)
  • Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers such as Holger Volk, PhD, chair of small animal diseases at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany, have been investigating whether dogs can recognize SARS-CoV-2 infections. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This study, carried out by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and collaborators, has implications for patients who experience fatigue due to genetics-related musculoskeletal diseases as well as other types of illness-induced fatigue. (medindia.net)
  • All 78 patients were hospitalized in the same area of the hospital and given the same treatments by the same healthcare workers, the researchers said. (upi.com)
  • The researchers found that COVID-19 patients who were asymptomatic tended to be younger, on average 37 years old, compared to those who had evident symptoms, who were roughly 56 years old. (upi.com)
  • Overall, asymptomatic patients had "less consumption" of CD4+T lymphocytes and had faster lung recovery in CT scans, showing improvement in nine days versus 15 days in those with symptoms, the researchers noted. (upi.com)
  • This, researchers said, suggests those with milder illness have more "stable" levels of virus while they're sick, whereas more seriously ill patients see higher or lower amounts of the virus in their system as the disease progresses. (upi.com)
  • And then of course, researchers will need patients willing to be in clinical trials to test the bionic kidneys. (scrippsnews.com)
  • The researchers found that among 633 patients exposed to biologics, including 551 patients exposed to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) biologics, no cases of varicella or HZ occurred within the 42 days following vaccination. (news-medical.net)
  • Our center is part of the ImproveCareNow network, a collaborative effort between care providers, researchers, patients and families that seeks to improve standard of care while lowering costs. (stanford.edu)
  • For the retrospective, case-controlled study, the researchers identified 680 stage I, II and III breast cancer patients, all treated at MD Anderson between 1997 and 2012. (newswise.com)
  • In the long-term, the researchers hope to use this tool to counsel patients on their personal risk and their options for treatment and surveillance, if their risk is sufficiently high. (newswise.com)
  • On Feb. 28, 2019, the National Institutes of Health will host Rare Disease Day at NIH and open its doors to public and private researchers, patients and their support organizations, policy makers and other members of the community. (nih.gov)
  • For patients with diabetes, alert dogs recognize a dangerous metabolic state before clinical symptoms develop. (medscape.com)
  • Signs and symptoms compatible with Ebola disease. (cdc.gov)
  • The majority of febrile patients presenting in U.S. healthcare facilities do not have Ebola disease, but early symptoms of the disease are similar to other febrile illnesses. (cdc.gov)
  • Getting a thorough history is important for all patients exhibiting symptoms compatible with Ebola disease who may have had an exposure to the virus. (cdc.gov)
  • Signs and symptoms of Ebola disease are nonspecific and similar to many other common causes of febrile illness in returning travelers. (cdc.gov)
  • Ebola disease symptoms can appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to the virus. (cdc.gov)
  • A person with Ebola disease is not contagious until the appearance of symptoms. (cdc.gov)
  • If a relevant exposure history is reported AND signs or symptoms are consistent with Ebola disease, take the following steps. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowing the clinical signs and symptoms of a stroke is important in managing older patients with longstanding cardiovascular disease. (medscape.com)
  • A thorough history of possible patient symptoms prior to treatment may provide useful information regarding the possibility of an impending major event during treatment, as several TIAs occurring close together often precede a major stroke. (medscape.com)
  • Approximately 60% of patients who manifest FD report GI symptoms [ 10 ], and GI symptoms are often among the earliest presenting symptoms of FD [ 18 - 23 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • According to a study conducted by the St. Michael's Hospital, usage of antidepressant in people with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) results in 20 percent increase in the likelihood of death while it may also cause a 15 percent increase in the likelihood of hospitalization due to related symptoms. (asianage.com)
  • Because of the nature of the disease, upwards of 70 percent of those with COPD also struggle with symptoms of low mood and anxiety, said Vozoris. (asianage.com)
  • Of course not everyone with H1N1 symptoms requires treatment, but this finding underscores the importance of prompt medical therapy for those experiencing serious symptoms, such as shortness of breath, in patients with underlying medical conditions, and among First Nations people," states lead researcher Dr. Ryan Zarychanski. (disabled-world.com)
  • As shown in prior studies, you can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 but not show symptoms," Dr. Daniel T. Leung, an associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Utah School of Medicine, told UPI. (upi.com)
  • In all, 33, or 42 percent, of the patients were asymptomatic, even though they were monitored for symptoms and signs such as fever, fatigue and dry cough daily. (upi.com)
  • Asymptomatic patients also shed virus -- were contagious -- for eight days, compared to 19 days in patients with outward symptoms, they said. (upi.com)
  • Asymptomatic patients had fewer "fluctuations" in virus testing findings over the study period than those with symptoms. (upi.com)
  • Complex inflammatory rheumatic diseases are a very heterogeneous group sometimes not only with joint inflammation but also with a wide variety of extra-articular manifestations involving ocular, gastrointestinal, vascular, metabolic, urogenital, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. (hindawi.com)
  • With the advent of biological DMARDs (bDMARD), there was a shift in disease effective management with initially improved symptoms and disease control in severe arthritis, followed by a treatment model aimed at disease remission. (hindawi.com)
  • Although there currently is no cure for Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, our innovative methods control symptoms and improve quality of life. (stanford.edu)
  • Face2Gene uses facial analysis, deep learning, and artificial intelligence to evaluate symptoms of patients with rare genetic diseases and suggest possible diagnoses based on a database of more than 10,000 rare disease syndromes. (genomeweb.com)
  • When possible, the patient and the family members/caregivers should be prepared for the HD progression, from early involuntary movements and emotional changes to more overt motor symptoms and difficulty with activities of daily living. (medscape.com)
  • Objective: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease with motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. (lu.se)
  • Mixed connective tissue disease, commonly abbreviated as MCTD, is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of elevated blood levels of a specific autoantibody, now called anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) together with a mix of symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma, and polymyositis. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is sometimes said to be the same as undifferentiated connective tissue disease, but other experts specifically reject this idea because undifferentiated connective tissue disease is not necessarily associated with serum antibodies directed against the U1-RNP, and MCTD is associated with a more clearly defined set of signs/symptoms. (wikipedia.org)
  • The device is designed for patients who have severe pulmonary valve regurgitation (blood leaking backward into the right lower chamber of the heart), a condition that often results from congenital heart disease. (fda.gov)
  • The Harmony TPV provides a new treatment option for adult and pediatric patients with certain types of congenital heart disease. (fda.gov)
  • Kelly is a nurse who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at birth. (redcross.org)
  • COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has partnered with Global Vision Technologies (GVT) to launch a new voluntary registry system for patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease in South Carolina. (scdhec.gov)
  • The retrospective cohort study included 463,541 Medicare beneficiaries 60 years and older with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (a form of chronic inflammation of the spine), or inflammatory bowel disease using Medicare claims data from January 2006 through December 2009. (news-medical.net)
  • Your child will receive the latest treatments for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, as well as intensive support from our team of physicians, psychologists, social workers, nutritionists, nurses, educators and pediatric surgeons. (stanford.edu)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a debilitating group of chronic diseases including Crohn's Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), which causes inflammation of the gut and affects millions of people worldwide. (springer.com)
  • In the U.S., it is estimated that more than 100,000 people have sickle cell disease, which distorts soft and round red blood cells and turns them hard and crescent shaped. (redcross.org)
  • Disease burdens such as sickle cell disease remain higher among communities of color. (redcross.org)
  • The South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation directing DHEC to create and maintain a sickle cell disease voluntary patient registry in 2022. (scdhec.gov)
  • As a part of our Sickle Cell State Plan , this project will enhance our understanding of the sickle cell disease population to be able to respond with appropriate community resources, care coordination and education," said Kimberly Seals, director of DHEC's Bureau of Maternal and Child Health . (scdhec.gov)
  • However, unlike another familial blood disease - sickle cell anemia - thalassemia was not associated with structural abnormalities of hemoglobin. (laskerfoundation.org)
  • Courtney Fitzhugh, M.D., is working to expand treatment options for sickle cell patients of all ages. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Sickle cell disease (SCD) specialists have performed bone marrow transplants in children since the 1990s. (medlineplus.gov)
  • I'm hoping our research can go beyond sickle cell disease to have a bigger impact. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We are trying to create a state where instead of completely replacing bone marrow with that of their donors, we are creating a mixture of donor and patient cells because we now know that as low as 20% donor cells is enough to reverse sickle cell disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It's an exciting time for sickle cell disease research. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The number one disease among newborn babies is sickle cell disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with chronic haemolysis , immuno- suppression and susceptibility to infections , which may trigger infection -associated haemolysis (IAH). (bvsalud.org)
  • For the second time in less than two years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), at the behest of companies seeking to exploit the large market for Alzheimer's disease, has approved a product with little proven benefit and documented risks. (citizen.org)
  • The first of these two unwarranted FDA approvals of Alzheimer's disease products occurred in July 2010, when the FDA approved a new, high-dose version of Pfizer/Eisai's top-selling but patent-expired Alzheimer's drug Aricept (Aricept 23). (citizen.org)
  • The most recent example is a dye, Amyvid, which is injected into patients with possible Alzheimer's disease and, on the basis of a subsequent brain scan, is used to detect amyloid plaque in the brains of such patients. (citizen.org)
  • A brain scan finding involving amyloid plaque is related to Alzheimer's disease. (citizen.org)
  • Animal studies implicate meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (PD). (lu.se)
  • In a recent profile on Medscape, there was a nice overview about the approach to the management of an Alzheimer's prevention patient. (medscape.com)
  • I wanted to take a deeper dive into exactly what we do in the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic and how any clinician may be able to approach reducing a person's risk for Alzheimer disease and giving very specific targeted approaches. (medscape.com)
  • That's one way to fast-forward the button on Alzheimer's disease and really increase amyloid deposition in the brain. (medscape.com)
  • Clarification of disease progression is vital to improved understanding of the pathogenesis of HD and to the evaluation of therapeutic agents that are designed to slow the progression of disease. (medscape.com)
  • Findings indicate that the 8-year cumulative incidents of end-stage renal disease in the treated, untreated and uninfected groups were 1.1%, 9.3%, and 3.3%, respectively. (sciencedaily.com)
  • citation needed] Renal disease: The absence of severe renal disease is a marker of MCTD. (wikipedia.org)
  • 6 April 2017 - The WHO emergency response team and Ministry of Health officials visited cholera patients at the Banadir Hospital cholera treatment centre in Mogadishu to review care activities, available services and assess support needs. (who.int)
  • 3 The assessment will be based on the outcomes of the WHO's global noncommunicable disease country capacity survey, which will be conducted during the first half of 2017. (who.int)
  • In order to help Member States overcome these obstacles, the Secretariat has continued to scale up its technical assistance through the existing actions set out in programme area 2.1 (noncommunicable diseases) of the Programme budget 2016-2017. (who.int)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants diag nosed with a mycobacterial pulmonary disease were selected from the University Clinical Research Centers' (UCRC) 2019 mycobacterial cohort database. (scirp.org)
  • To do this, participating centers collect standardized data during all clinic visits, monitor individual and overall performance, compare outcomes, and share the best evidence and tools for helping patients with IBD get better faster, and stay well longer. (stanford.edu)
  • Newcastle University, UK, carried out clinical trials into the drug, eculizumab, which eventually led to the NHS approving the treatment for use in patients from 2015. (news-medical.net)
  • Why do many celiac disease clinical trials require patients to be on a gluten-free diet for at least 12 months? (celiac.org)
  • Panel discussion topics include success factors for rare cancer research, collective research models with the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network, quality patient registries to understand rare diseases and gene editing/genome therapy clinical trials. (nih.gov)
  • A neurovascular accident (stroke) is often fatal but may be precipitated by multiple non-life-threatening events that if identified, can reduce the risk of an acute and serious outcome when the patient is in dental treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, HCV patients with insulin resistance, with or without diabetes, have a poor response to antiviral treatment, increased progression of liver fibrosis and greater risk of developing liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma). (sciencedaily.com)
  • Antiinflammatory treatment interferes with periodontal disease and might have masked a possible correlation between the indices of chronic destruction in RA and periodontal disease. (nih.gov)
  • A few small studies have suggested that regular treatment with skin moisturizers can help reduce an infant's chances of developing eczema and the other diseases in the atopic march. (nationaljewish.org)
  • With the ageing of the population and the advances in the treatment of chronic diseases, teamwork in the context of chronic diseases needs to be re-examined. (bmj.com)
  • We hope that the results of this analysis will provide a compelling case for adopting some of the network's diagnostic approaches more broadly in an attempt to clarify diagnoses and refine treatment for patients with rare conditions. (stanford.edu)
  • It further strengthens the importance of patients receiving early treatment as it's lifesaving and helps significantly improve quality of life without the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant. (news-medical.net)
  • Adding exercise to genetic treatment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) was more effective in reversing fatigue than giving the treatment alone, as per the study in a mouse model of the disease. (medindia.net)
  • Exercise plus the antisense treatment provides more benefit for patients with myotonic dystrophy. (medindia.net)
  • It's encouraging that exercise makes a noticeable difference on its own and in combination with a genetic treatment specifically tailored for the disease," says Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, an investigator in the department of Neurology at MGH and at Harvard Medical School. (medindia.net)
  • Groundbreaking gene therapy for genetic beta thalassemia is now accessible as a treatment to a patient post-FDA approval. (medindia.net)
  • The information should not be used for either diagnosis or treatment or both for any health related problem or disease. (medindia.net)
  • In this study, which included all confirmed H1N1 cases in Manitoba, the authors found that longer intervals from symptom onset to eventual treatment with antivirals ( Tamiflu ) were strongly associated with more severe disease necessitating admission to an intensive care unit. (disabled-world.com)
  • Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare form of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, and because of its rareness, there is no standard treatment for CAD patients. (nature.com)
  • Given the limitations in therapy choices for CAD, we have retrospectively analysed the efficacy of rituximab-containing therapies in the treatment of CAD patients at our hospital. (nature.com)
  • The NTM treatment is expensive, has no subventions for patients who often struggle with economic issues due to a prolonged illness [7]. (scirp.org)
  • In January, Roche received Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the FDA for a combination of Tecentriq and its investigational TIGIT blocker tiragolumab as first-line treatment of certain metastatic NSCLC patients. (biospace.com)
  • The treatment of the diseases is still inefficient. (hindawi.com)
  • Novel treatment strategies by a treat to target approach in rheumatic diseases have aimed at reducing disease activity, improving functional outcome, and better quality of life. (hindawi.com)
  • The editors invite authors to present overview of the complexity of rheumatic diseases, looking at several aspects of these such as pathophysiology, important clinical features, and comorbidities as well as current immunology concepts of the and subsequent insights in novel treatment targets including treat to target strategy. (hindawi.com)
  • While there is significant international variation in patient compliance to certain treatment regimens, the evidence suggests that the UK is not an outlier in this respect. (bmj.com)
  • For PRV-015/AMG 714, if all went well it could be approved in ~2026 for the treatment of celiac disease. (celiac.org)
  • We believe PRV-015 could be the first drug approved for the treatment of celiac disease. (celiac.org)
  • Will an eventual drug treatment for celiac disease also benefit those with dermatitis herpetiformis? (celiac.org)
  • The information entered into the voluntary registry will help organizations make informed treatment decisions and support the use of existing therapies that should help improve outcomes for patients in South Carolina. (scdhec.gov)
  • This study will be repeated for verification, but if confirmed in both animals and humans, it could well represent a major breakthrough in the treatment of this highly devastating blinding disease, the company reports. (drugdiscoverynews.com)
  • It is significant to note that drugs used as the standard of care (acyclovir and foscarnet) showed no effect, whereas the intravitreal injection of the NanoViricides compound was highly effective in the treatment of viral-induced retinal disease and viral replication, Borniak concludes. (drugdiscoverynews.com)
  • Patient-centric apps are increasingly being adopted by cancer patients to log medications, monitor treatment progress, note side effects, and set follow-up appointments, underscoring the depth of their utility. (tmcnet.com)
  • Of 7,000 known diseases in this category, 95 percent-referred to as orphan diseases-do not have a single FDA-approved drug treatment. (mckinsey.com)
  • To be successful, the launch of a rare disease treatment needs a different approach from the standard launch framework. (mckinsey.com)
  • They use innovative methods to identify patients who need treatment. (mckinsey.com)
  • These pillars might be in place for a few launch archetypes, such as specialized oncology drugs, but the level of commitment and the tactics and capabilities needed to launch a rare disease treatment are of a different order. (mckinsey.com)
  • Only about 5 percent of these diseases have a treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration. (nih.gov)
  • Rather than wait for problems to worsen, Dr. Danz recommends patients visit a Hudson, NY dentist for the treatment they need. (prweb.com)
  • At this point, the gum disease has progressed far enough that it will not heal without treatment. (prweb.com)
  • In as little as a single visit, patients undergoing treatment with this leading Hudson, NY dentist are put firmly on the road to recovery. (prweb.com)
  • Dr. Danz is part of one percent of dental professionals providing the LANAP® FDA cleared laser procedure for gum disease treatment. (prweb.com)
  • Regarding the need for dental treatment, 68.1% of patients needed restorative treatment, 43.1% of patients needed surgery (extractions) and 21.5% of patients needed endodontic treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • The examined patients showed a high prevalence of oral diseases such as dental caries and gingivitis/periodontitis, and therefore a great need for dental treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • SCD patients with fever , severe anaemia or pancytopenia should be investigated for early diagnosis and prompt treatment of IAH, which is a lifethreatening haematological emergency for which transfusion therapy alone may not suffice. (bvsalud.org)
  • Development Goals (by 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being). (who.int)
  • 6] We have seen, for instance, improvements in outcomes for patients with acute ST-segment elevation MI and for patients who have had a stroke if they present to a PCI centre or hyperacute stroke unit, respectively. (bmj.com)
  • Patients diagnosed with CAD and who received any rituximab-containing therapy for at least 1 month between January 2012 and September 2019 at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, were included in this retrospective study. (nature.com)
  • A single retrospective cohort study (very low-certainty evidence) found that screening patients with chronic GERD identified more cases with esophageal adenocarcinoma at an early stage, but found no difference in long-term survival (all-cause mortality). (cmaj.ca)
  • Early recognition of Ebola disease is critical for infection control, given it is spread through person-to-person transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Notify your facility's Infection Prevention and Control Program and other healthcare personnel of a suspect case of Ebola disease. (cdc.gov)
  • We report a case of Aspergillus felis infection in a patient emerging zoonosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Males with this disease have very low levels of infection-fighting proteins called antibodies. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In addition, 17 patients (41 percent) had not been hospitalized for infection since diagnosis and 28 (68 percent) had not been hospitalized in the past five years. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Responders achieved a median increase in haemoglobin levels of 45 g/L. Grade 3-4 neutropenia occurred in 3 patients (19%), but only 1 (6%) of them experienced infection. (nature.com)
  • Mycobacterial pulmonary diseases are due to infection with bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), and Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) strains [1]. (scirp.org)
  • Results show that incidences of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidents of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A pioneering drug for a rare kidney disease prevents organ failure and significantly improves the outcome for patients, new research has confirmed. (news-medical.net)
  • The American Kidney Fund says right now 1 in 7 American adults have kidney disease - and that number is growing. (scrippsnews.com)
  • and kidney disease and amputations. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • 7 In type 1 diabetes, hypertension often results from diabetic kidney disease. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) - Greenwood Genetic Center announced today that it has signed an agreement to use FDNA's Face2Gene next-generation phenotyping technology in order to gain insights into thousands of undiagnosed patients with rare diseases. (genomeweb.com)
  • Patients affected by rare diseases often find there are no treatments for their condition. (mckinsey.com)
  • Rare diseases by definition affect a small number of patients, and they historically have not attracted significant pharmaceutical investment. (mckinsey.com)
  • Recently, though, large pharmaceutical companies have begun to pay more attention to rare diseases, drawn by government incentives and the greater likelihood that treatments for what are often life-threatening or severely debilitating diseases will be successful for both pharmacos and for patients. (mckinsey.com)
  • And they help patients and their caregivers navigate a healthcare system not usually geared to supporting those with rare diseases. (mckinsey.com)
  • Several thousand rare diseases affect an estimated 30 million people in the United States. (nih.gov)
  • Together, attendees will raise awareness about rare diseases, the people they affect, and opportunities for new and better treatments. (nih.gov)
  • Zebbie Award for the Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! (nih.gov)
  • The NIH Clinical Center - the nation's largest research hospital where scientists are studying more than 500 rare diseases in partnership with nearly 2,250 patients - will also offer tours. (nih.gov)
  • NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. (nih.gov)
  • A fact that might be comforting to patients with HD (or family members) is the significantly lower prevalence of cancer among these patients. (medscape.com)
  • The lower prevalence of cancer among patients with HD seems to be related to intrinsic biologic factors. (medscape.com)
  • Neurologic conditions facing the dentist include abnormalities associated with the cranial nerves, facial sensory loss, facial paralysis, and conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and myasthenia gravis. (medscape.com)
  • Further analysis found stroke incidence was 3.1% for treated patients, 5.3% for untreated and 6.1 for uninfected subjects. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Even when glucose is controlled, patients with diabetes have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, as there are often other risk factors present that contribute to CVD, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, tobacco use, and physical inactivity. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • This association was independent of whether the patient had been diagnosed with cardiometabolic diseases, such as stroke, myocardial infarction, and type 2 diabetes, before being diagnosed with cancer. (who.int)
  • Service dogs help patients with multiple sclerosis , spina bifida , Parkinson's disease , cerebral palsy, or other diseases through targeted assistance. (medscape.com)
  • In a small group of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who injected Exenatide twice daily for a year, the drug was tolerated well and improvements were seen in physical and cognitive functions compared to patients not given the drug. (michaeljfox.org)
  • Contact the local or state health department for consultation about testing for Ebola disease. (cdc.gov)
  • delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the McGill University Health Centre. (mcgill.ca)
  • Donald Leung, MD, PhD , head of Pediatric Allergy & Clinical Immunology at National Jewish Health, has identified itching and dry cracked skin of eczema patients as a significant promoter of the atopic march. (nationaljewish.org)
  • Patients and families come to National Jewish Health from around the world to receive cutting-edge, comprehensive, coordinated care. (nationaljewish.org)
  • The long-awaited diagnoses are the fruits of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network , a program created by the National Institutes of Health in 2014. (stanford.edu)
  • NHIP is one of eight prestigious Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) across the UK, bringing together partners to deliver excellence in research, health education and patient care. (news-medical.net)
  • Predicting disease and mitigating hazard in at-risk populations is an important aim of public health epidemiology, and in preparation for future waves of H1N1 , determining the correlates of disease severity is incredibly important," write Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, University of Manitoba and coauthors. (disabled-world.com)
  • Based on these findings, lead author Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou at Athens Medical School and Harvard University in Boston told Reuters Health that she would "absolutely" ​ recommend a Mediterranean diet for everybody diagnosed with heart disease. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Mounting evidence suggests a kaleidoscope of Mediterranean ingredients in a daily diet can actively boost health, in particular in preventing cardiovascular disease, the number one global killer, and certain cancers. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Mycobacteria pulmonary diseases are chronic illnesses with various impacts on patients' health status, and wellbeing. (scirp.org)
  • These diseases currently represent a global health issue due to increasing burdens and the lack of new development on therapeutic options. (scirp.org)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not only an absence of disease or infirmity. (scirp.org)
  • If a kidney isn't working and the condition is untreated, it can lead to health problems like fluid retention, anemia or bone and heart disease. (scrippsnews.com)
  • As guided by the best available scientific evidence to enhance long-term health and quality-of-life, we seek to engage patients and families to participate in tailoring and maintaining a personalized therapy plan. (stanford.edu)
  • Respiratory diseases are a major problem in primary care and acute medical settings in health systems across the world. (bmj.com)
  • We recall working on respiratory wards as junior doctors during the winter months and coming face-to-face with the devastating effects that chronic and acute respiratory illnesses have on patients, families, and health providers. (bmj.com)
  • Although most physicians are aware of the severity of respiratory illnesses for our patients, it is much more difficult for us to grasp the collective impact that morbidity and mortality from respiratory diseases have on a health system as a whole. (bmj.com)
  • This question is relevant as previous work has suggested that almost all respiratory diseases fall within the definition of amenable mortality, a measure which may be used to assess health system performance. (bmj.com)
  • We were pleased to see that along with cardiovascular disease, lung health was a clinical priority in the NHS 10-year plan as we believe that the UK is lagging behind it s European counterparts more in respiratory disease than in other areas [8]. (bmj.com)
  • Most of the staff are volunteers, and although WHO has been generous to donate cholera supplies through the federal Ministry of Health, we must be prepared to support more patients once the rainy season starts," said Dr Hassan. (who.int)
  • Specifically, pharmacists can help to address risk factors that contribute to cardiovascular disease, such as hypertension, lipid levels, and antiplatelet agents and offer lifestyle modifications when reviewing medications and counseling their patients about this chronic health disease. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • NIEHS research uses state-of-the-art science and technology to investigate the interplay between environmental exposures, human biology, genetics, and common diseases to help prevent disease and improve human health. (nih.gov)
  • Too often, policy and healthcare fail to recognise the unique needs of young patients who must navigate life with a chronic health condition. (efanet.org)
  • These transformative apps serve to amplify patient-healthcare professional interactions and cater to individual health needs. (tmcnet.com)
  • Users can monitor vital health aspects, manage chronic diseases, and interact seamlessly with healthcare professionals. (tmcnet.com)
  • It is therefore likely to lack both expertise in the disease and in-depth understanding of the health ecosystem and of patients' experience of the disease. (mckinsey.com)
  • NCATS conducts and supports research on the science and operation of translation - the process by which interventions to improve health are developed and implemented - to allow more treatments to get to more patients more quickly. (nih.gov)
  • The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends not screening adults with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for esophageal adenocarcinoma and precursor conditions (Barrett esophagus or dysplasia), because there is an absence of evidence for benefit, and there are uncertain harms, important resource implications and variable patient values and preferences. (cmaj.ca)
  • To evaluate the oral health status of a population of patients with special needs cared for in the specialization course of the Brazilian Association of Dentistry, Ceará Branch. (bvsalud.org)
  • 3 See http://www.who.int/nmh/events/2015/bloomberg-data-for-health/en/ (accessed 10 October 2016). (who.int)
  • Her research interests include infectious diseases and hematological malignancy. (cdc.gov)
  • Usage of antidepressant in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) results in 20 percent increase in likelihood of death. (asianage.com)
  • This increases the likelihood of infections, breathing issues, and other respiratory adverse events, especially in patients with COPD. (asianage.com)
  • COPD is a progressive lung disease that causes increasing breathlessness. (asianage.com)
  • Previous studies have highlighted that the UK has a relatively high mortality related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). (bmj.com)
  • We also know that a patient with COPD presenting with an exacerbation has better outcomes if seen by a respiratory physician. (bmj.com)
  • Objectives: to assess the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) on the levels of anxiety, depression and hopelessness in patients with COPD, through logotherapy. (bvsalud.org)
  • 17 COPD patients were assessed at baseline and at the end of PRP based on three scales: Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Hopelessness Scale. (bvsalud.org)
  • The achievement of a pulmonary rehabilitation program has proven effective to reduce levels of anxiety, depression and hopelessness in patients with COPD. (bvsalud.org)
  • ImproveCareNow care teams use proven tools and techniques to better track and manage your Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. (stanford.edu)
  • Since ImproveCareNow began in 2007, the number of kids in remission with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in the ICN Network has increased. (stanford.edu)
  • To quantify periodontal disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and controls, and to correlate the degree of destruction from periodontal disease and from RA. (nih.gov)
  • Correlations between indices of chronic destruction in periodontal disease (gingival attachment loss) and in RA (Larsen radiographic score) were determined. (nih.gov)
  • Patients with longstanding active RA have a substantially increased frequency of periodontal disease, including loss of teeth, compared with controls. (nih.gov)
  • In this cross-sectional, descriptive study the indexes DMFT and CPI were used to evaluate dental caries and periodontal disease, respectively, from August 2009 through March 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases , 12 , 56-63. (scirp.org)
  • 1,2] We have also previously assessed the changing trends in mortality from individual respiratory diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and pneumonia. (bmj.com)
  • We wanted to find out whether the same is true for the UK when looking at a broad group of respiratory diseases. (bmj.com)
  • While we attempt to further characterise and phenotype particular sub-categories of respiratory diseases, it is unclear how much of, or how accurately, this knowledge is translated into environments where the majority of respiratory diseases are being managed, for example, in primary care or in acute admission units. (bmj.com)
  • In addition, two thirds of the asymptomatic patients were women, they observed. (upi.com)
  • A summary of available imaging tests for low-, intermediate-, and high-risk asymptomatic patients is outlined in this document. (bvsalud.org)
  • More than 100 patients afflicted by mysterious illnesses have been diagnosed through a network of detective-doctors who investigate unidentified diseases, reports a study conducted by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and multiple collaborating institutes. (stanford.edu)
  • Detailed information on myotonic muscular dystrophy, a common form of muscular disease that affects adults and children. (medindia.net)
  • 65 years with diabetes die from some form of heart disease, and adults with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to die from heart disease than adults without the condition (figure 1 4 ). (pharmacytimes.com)
  • It is estimated that over two million infants, children, adolescents and adults are living with CHDs in the U.S. Patients with CHDs often require heart procedures early in life to help improve blood flow to the lungs. (fda.gov)
  • email: [email protected] and avoiding mosquito bites are key to disease prevention and control. (cdc.gov)
  • 2. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. (cdc.gov)
  • On 7th of November we attended the final conference in Brussels of the EU-funded research project Personalized PREvention of Chronic DIseases (PRECeDI). (efanet.org)
  • Pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases has an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory origin associated with impaired physical function and reduced quality of life also. (hindawi.com)
  • The risk of HZ is elevated by 1.5 to 2 times in patients with rheumatic and immune-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. (news-medical.net)
  • Jie Zhang, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues, evaluated patients with immune-mediated diseases. (news-medical.net)
  • Despite the recognition that patients with immune-mediated conditions are at increased risk of HZ, this and previous studies have shown that only a small fraction of these patients received the vaccine, likely in part due to safety concerns. (news-medical.net)
  • Our pioneering research has allowed for genetically targeted treatments to improve patient outcomes and revolutionize the way the condition is managed. (news-medical.net)
  • This increase has been attributed to both the underlying disease process and treatments for these conditions. (news-medical.net)
  • Multiple doctors attend to weak and malnourished patients who generally stay for up to 3 days, during which time they receive nutritional supplements, rehydration treatments and antibiotics. (who.int)
  • These apps aid in chronic disease management, tracking nutritional intake, smoking cessation, vaccinations, and even enable the personalization of treatments based on individual patient needs. (tmcnet.com)
  • While all drug launches are complex, launches of rare disease treatments are particularly so. (mckinsey.com)
  • Our experience suggests that companies that launch rare disease treatments must excel in four areas. (mckinsey.com)
  • Our experience suggests that companies that launch rare disease treatments successfully excel in four areas. (mckinsey.com)
  • Eculizumab costs £328,000 per year per adult patient and is given intravenously every two weeks. (news-medical.net)
  • Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), the part of the heart that carries blood out of the right ventricle to the lungs. (fda.gov)
  • But in the last 20 years the outlook for patients with XLA has significantly improved, thanks to earlier diagnosis and improved gamma globulin therapy. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our findings underscore the impact that establishing a clear diagnosis can have on clinical decision-making for previously undiagnosed patients," said Kimberly Splinter, associate director of research operations for the network's coordinating center and a genetic counselor at Harvard Medical School. (stanford.edu)
  • Our team of pediatric IBD experts gives your child expert care, from initial testing and diagnosis through long-term disease management. (stanford.edu)
  • These new insights may help find a diagnosis for patients who have been searching for answers for much too long. (genomeweb.com)
  • Women with an additional diagnosis of metachronous CBC - defined as BC in the opposite breast diagnosed more than six months after the initial diagnosis - were the "cases," and patients who had not developed CBC were the "controls. (newswise.com)
  • Our findings have valuable implications for both newly diagnosed patients with dense breasts and for breast cancer survivors as we manage their long-term risk of a secondary diagnosis," said Barcenas. (newswise.com)
  • Also featured will be personal video stories by rare disease patients, video messages from global rare disease leaders and a special rare disease portrait unveiling by Beyond the Diagnosis of an NIH Clinical Center patient. (nih.gov)
  • A 2016 epidemiological population based study found 3.6 years to be the average amount of time from the first manifestations of the disease until all the criteria for diagnosis were met. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Laboratory value changes: Rheumatoid factor is positive in 50-70% of patients, and anti-citrullinated protein antibody is detected in 50% of patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • The team identified 1,411 patients with diabetes and HCV who were enrolled in the study, and received pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our study is reassuring and helps to put into perspective the ability of such patients to thrive with proper care, despite this potentially devastating disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • When compared to all patients with XLA, a high percentage of the patients included in this study had mild mutations in Btk. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The study results should not cause alarm among those who use these medications, but rather increase caution among patients and physicians," Vozoris said. (asianage.com)
  • A network of doctors that aims to diagnose mystery diseases has named 31 newly identified conditions and diagnosed more than 100 previously unsolved cases, according to a new study. (stanford.edu)
  • Now, a study by Newcastle experts, published in Blood , revealed that eculizumab prevents 86% of patients going into kidney failure which highlights the importance of the use of the medication. (news-medical.net)
  • In the largest study of its kind, which was funded by Kidney Research UK and the Medical Research Council, more than 2,000 aHUS patients between 1995 and 2019 were analyzed. (news-medical.net)
  • Percentage of patients reporting problems on the 5 EQ-5D-5L dimensions, by whether patient reported polypharmacy, defined in study as use of ≥5 medications. (cdc.gov)
  • This study provides preliminary answers to at least two questions: How effective should scientists expect gene therapy for this disease will be in actual patients? (medindia.net)
  • Wheeler and his colleagues' study suggests that is not the case and that the effects of exercise could be beneficial to these patients and others with similar conditions. (medindia.net)
  • In the study, Dr. Zarychanski and colleagues also found that First Nations ethnicity was associated with severe H1N1 disease requiring ICU admission. (disabled-world.com)
  • Olive oil has been shown to have a beneficial effect on blood lipids but the new study, reported in the October issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (vol 80, no 4, 1012-1018), suggests that it may act in a number of ways to protect people from heart disease. (nutraingredients.com)
  • this study was designed to assess the quality of life of patients treated for the pulmonary mycobacterial disease. (scirp.org)
  • In this study, we used dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess meningeal lymphatic flow in cognitively normal controls and patients with idiopathic PD (iPD) or atypical Parkinsonian (AP) disorders. (lu.se)
  • During the study, 18,683 patients (4.0 percent) received the zoster vaccine. (news-medical.net)
  • During the study, physicians implanted the device in a total of 70 patients. (fda.gov)
  • All patients were scheduled for follow-up examinations at the start of the study, at implant procedure, discharge, and post implant at one month, six months, and annually through five years. (fda.gov)
  • In this study, using faecal samples from patients with IBD, we show through diversity analysis of the microbial community structure based on the 16S rRNA gene that the gut microbiome of IBD patients is less diverse compared to healthy individuals. (springer.com)
  • According to study author Isabelle Bedrosian, M.D. , a big challenge in the management of this patient population, especially as they are making surgical decisions, is trying to counsel women appropriately on their risk of developing breast cancer in the other breast. (newswise.com)
  • BRCA patients were excluded from the study, given their known increased risk of CBC. (newswise.com)
  • Later, a medical thesis examiner suggested that he switch to psychiatry rather than study an obscure disease. (laskerfoundation.org)
  • The study included 17 patients (52.9% men) with mean age of 64.5 ± 8.1 years. (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants who developed colorectal cancer or breast cancer after age 50 years were included in the survival analysis to study how well knowing their average BMI and presence of cardiometabolic diseases before the development of cancer could predict their risk of death. (who.int)
  • A total of 1962 patients were incorporated into the study and divided into MS group and non-MS group, CVD group and non-CVD group. (bvsalud.org)
  • These rates of functional decline and the co-variates that modify them should be considered in estimating statistical power and designing future therapeutic trials involving patients with HD who have early or moderately severe disease. (medscape.com)
  • However, that drug comes with a boxed warning about hepatoxicity , particularly when used with interferon and ribavirin in hepatitis C patients. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Over three quarters of those deaths were caused by cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease. (who.int)
  • The idea behind the "mixed" disease is that this specific autoantibody is also present in other autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, scleroderma, etc. (wikipedia.org)
  • In conclusion, A rituximab-based therapy in accordance with individual patient characteristics may be a reasonable choice for CAD patients. (nature.com)
  • I performed a Medline search for randomised controlled trials of team care using the MeSH heading "patient care team. (bmj.com)
  • There were also 1,411 individuals in the untreated group and 5,644 patients with diabetes and without HCV in the uninfected cohort. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 1 In 2015, diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death, with heart disease as the leading cause. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • There is a strong correlation between diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes . (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Hudson, NY (PRWEB) November 07, 2014 -- Dr. Robert E. Danz celebrates Diabetes Awareness Month by educating patients. (prweb.com)
  • In fact, old reports we read stated that the vast majority of these patients have chronic lung disease by age 15. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Thirteen of the 41 patients reported that they had chronic lung disease, and 33 indicated that they had one or more episodes of sinusitis in the preceding year. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Turns out, antidepressants may increase the risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease. (asianage.com)
  • Patients in stable condition also had multiple chest CT scans -- for assessment of lung damage -- and their levels of CD4+ T lymphocyte were also measured routinely. (upi.com)
  • In addition, patient NTM diagnosed in Mali have a history of pulmonary TB and lung sequelae that often increase the misdiagnosis rate between TB and respiratory NTM [5] [6]. (scirp.org)
  • We're excited by the clinical benefit adjuvant Tecentriq may bring to lung cancer patients, particularly in the PD-L1-positive population. (biospace.com)
  • The association between being diagnosed with a cardiometabolic disease before cancer and survival in patients with breast cancer and in patients with colorectal cancer was independent of body mass index (BMI). (who.int)
  • Having a higher BMI at ages 20-50 years was associated with poorer survival in patients with breast cancer and in patients with colorectal cancer. (who.int)
  • In patients with colorectal cancer, the risk of death increased by 6% for every 1 kg/m 2 higher BMI compared with their peers. (who.int)
  • The global patient-centric healthcare app market reached a monumental US$ 10.4 Billion in 2022. (tmcnet.com)
  • https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.171986 crucial for directing patient management and selection of 6. (cdc.gov)
  • Several factors may have contributed to the increased survival of this group of patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The primary endpoint was disease-free survival (DFS) at the interim analysis. (biospace.com)
  • The five-year survival rate with SCLC is as low as 6%, with about two-thirds of patients diagnosed with advanced disease. (biospace.com)
  • A lymphoma vaccine uniquely tailored for each patient extends disease-free survival by 14 months, with signs of an even better response for patients with a specific biological marker, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today in the online version of Journal of Clinical Oncology. (medicaldaily.com)
  • These results suggest that BMI has a direct effect on cancer survival that is independent of pre-diagnostic cardiometabolic disease. (who.int)
  • A Mediterranean style diet should be recommended to those already suffering from heart disease, says new research, which concludes its ingredients can help them live longer. (nutraingredients.com)
  • For 50 years of international statesmanship in biomedical science - exemplified by discoveries concerning genetic diseases of the blood and for leadership in improving clinical care for thousands of children with thalassemia throughout the developing world. (laskerfoundation.org)
  • Throughout the progression of disease, bacteria can travel to infect other areas of the body through the bloodstream. (prweb.com)
  • Acute coronary syndrome -- an umbrella term the American Heart Association uses to define diseases, such as heart attack or angina, where blood to the heart is blocked -- occurred in 4.1%, 6.6% and 7.4% of treated, untreated and uninfected patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In the past, the majority of patients with XLA died of acute or chronic infections in the first two decades of life," Howard noted. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The main point of the presentation was to show the impressive effectiveness of our drug candidates in a well-established animal model of acute retinal necrosis, which is a severe and blinding disease difficult to treat in humans and with invariably poor outcomes," Borniuk told DDNews . (drugdiscoverynews.com)
  • For patients with epilepsy, dogs warn patients that a seizure is about to occur. (medscape.com)
  • Two placebo-controlled trials tested avatrombopag in a total of 435 patients with severe thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease, who were slated to undergo procedures that would likely require platelet transfusion. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Medical signal dogs have vastly different responsibilities, depending on the person's disease. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with neurological disease require special management considerations. (medscape.com)
  • Most successful interventions in chronic disease management entail the delegation of responsibility by the primary care doctor to team members for ensuring that patients receive proved clinical and self management support services. (bmj.com)
  • Our panel of patients suggested that poor adherence to medical therapies and management regimens may be, in part, to blame for poor outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • However, it is unclear how these IBD-affected bacterial groups are related to other common bacteria in the gut, and how they are connected across different disease conditions at the global scale. (springer.com)
  • Bacterial groups which changed in IBD patients were found to be groups which do not co-exist well with common commensal gut bacteria, whereas bacterial groups which did not change in patients with IBD were found to commonly co-exist with commensal gut microbiota. (springer.com)
  • Gum disease begins with bacterial plaque on the teeth and under the gums. (prweb.com)
  • We are pleased to share responses to the questions posed at the 2021 Patient Education & Advocacy Summit. (celiac.org)
  • SCD patients should also receive counselling on hygiene , barrier protection against vectors, routine chemoprophylaxis for locally endemic diseases , and immunization for vaccine -preventable infections as a long-term preventive strategy against IAH. (bvsalud.org)