Dr. HAYES: Well, I think motivation - sometimes we have to help the patients find the motivation.
Pou administered painkillers and sedatives "to help the patients that were having pain and sedate the patients who were anxious, " she acknowledged.
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While it is far from certain the drugs will help cancer patients, the new concept is generating interest because it would represent a completely new type of therapy that works in a very different way from existing drug classes.
The study was only in 12 patients, the drug will only help 13% of muscular dystrophy patients, the company may have to do more work before an FDA approval comes.
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The aim is to help doctors offer patients the most appropriate treatment.
Part of Poon's stated objective is to help convince insurers to pay for the new test, which he believes will save money and help patients in the long run.
These included minimising admissions by working closely with GPs and other health services in the community to help prevent illnesses worsening to the point where patients needed emergency help.
For years, surgeons had the technical tools to make simple repairs on the heart, but they couldn't help patients until the development of the heart-lung machine made it possible to preserve the body for more than a few minutes without a heartbeat.
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He's hoping to learn more about the types of patients the drugs might be useful for, and whether there are any biological markers that would help in identifying the right patients.
"It does help you select the patients who are going to need further management with revascularization and that's really what you want the test to do, " Williams says.
The changes will help reduce the amount of time patients have to wait between different parts of their treatment, Mr Esberger said.
The idea is that the visual cues, combined with the physical ones help stroke patients rebuild nerve connections more quickly through the combination of stimuli.
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Sixteen of the 23 newly identified genetic markers are associated with aggressive forms of the disease so may help clinicians and patients decide on the best form of treatment.
It also offers provisions to train more people in medical interpretation to help serve patients with a limited command of English, and to train more community workers to help patients navigate the system.
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The move aims to help the GMC to regain the trust of patients and doctors and follows an announcement that complaints against doctors are set to increase by almost 50% this year.
But in one small trial the AstraZeneca drug didn't much help 90% of the cancer patients.
The new national standards will help to identify patients for referral and the right scheme for them to be referred to.
He added the two milestones would help meet the next challenge of providing patients with greater choice in GP care as has happened with hospitals.
Meanwhile, medical-device makers may also need to convince Medicare and private health insurers to help cover the cost for patients.
Lord Darzi thinks more information will help patients choose the best places to get treatment, and prod other institutions to raise their game.
The Flood sisters help patients expedite that waiting period by providing them with a list of potential donors, helping them choose the right hospital and referring them to organizations that can assist with medical expenses.
Should the drug make it to market, it might help many of the 14, 400 patients who develop multiple myeloma each year in the U.S. As it is, most die within five years.
But if the leukotriene drugs can help heart patients even a little, it would provide a badly needed new option to counteract the artery-clogging Western lifestyle.
James Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said before the release of the SEAS study that he believes any drug that lowers the bad cholesterol, or LDL, by 20% as Zetia does is likely to help patients, but that the benefit for Zetia is still unproven.
The two patients managed to escape with the help of a nurse who was roused by a fire alarm, he said.
ACOs and other entities like patient-centered medical homes take responsibility for keeping patients out of the hospital and emergency room and help patients manage their conditions by getting them to take their medications appropriately and coming back for needed appointments.
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He felt confident that, using Voxiva, he could help patients long after the clinic was over.
Its price: Kalydeco, given alone, will only help a few thousand patients the world over.
But he suggested the technique could help patients who have brain damage or memory problems.
It might be possible that the technique could help identify patients whose cancer was returning after treatment.
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