They should work closely with other medical professionals, he says, and help them understand how spiritual beliefs influence patients' treatment decisions and response.
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The patient's response to treatment would also be monitored.
"For many patients who would have a favorable response to treatment now, it doesn't make sense to me to put their treatment off, " says Mitchell L. Shiffman, a liver specialist with Bon Secours Health System's Liver Institute of Virginia.
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For example, they said, some 40 percent of people of East Asian origin have a genetic trait that impairs ethanol metabolism and limits response to nitroglycerin treatment.
"I regard the fact that he has to date, not made any response to any treatment or given any explanation for his behaviour, except that he can't remember, as another aggravating feature, " she said.
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The technique may enable doctors to individually tailor treatment for each patient, so that their immune response is suppressed and the threat of failure reduced.
The Army, for instance, introduced new screening and treatment for post-traumatic stress and brain injuries, in response to a suicide rate that began rising in 2005.
Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. Mission in Bangladesh, anticipating the storm, pre-positioned 16 Zodiac boats, water treatment systems, water ambulances and food for a more rapid response.
If Malaysia's response to Asia's economic crisis and the treatment of Mr Anwar are weaknesses for Dr Mahathir, as his opponents claim, why has the opposition not tried to cash in?
They've brought together faith-based organizations and businesses, schools and research institutions, people living with HIV and concerned citizens, gathering ideas on how to target a national response that effectively reduces HIV infections, improves access to treatment, and eliminates health disparities.
But 16 patients had no response after six months, and five died before completing the treatment.
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