We consider this approval an important advance in the treatment of head and neck cancer because it has been shown to help some patients live longer. Patients need as many effective treatment options as possible.
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Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police.
The major concern is that people are going to unwittingly wind up in Medicare managed care and may well lose their right to see their physicians.
This is not a good situation for the patient. They do not know what their condition is and do not treat themselves to the correct medicine. Diabetes is an illness that can lead to all sorts of serious health complications if it is not controlled correctly, ranging from heart disease, to high blood pressure, kidney and eye damage, and even amputations. For health authorities or medical insurance companies this inevitably means dramatically increased costs.
The most critical needs include medicine, blankets, rehabilitation of houses as well as non-food items such as kitchen utensils.
Medical conditions at the grass roots level is poor and villagers don't know much about the epidemic.
It is an excellent treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia, and has dramatically improved the cure rate and survival rate for patients with this disease. It also appears to prevent recurrence of head and neck cancer in those patients that have been treated with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy,
The pathogens that cause disease have conditions in which they live, just like we do. We have to combine the physical data with what we know in the medical world.
That is ludicrous, ... I took an oath to protect people, which I do on a day-to-day basis. And over the years I have saved lives. The claim that I somehow put a patient in harm's way angers me.
Those 2,966 earmarks are a symptom of a disease that is preventing our troops from getting the tools they need to prosecute the war on terror.
My practice is limited to jaw disorders, ... so as a result I poked around a lot and I found tenderness occurred often, and when I looked at the history, these were always headache patients.
If you needed to be a doctor, if you wanted to be a doctor, I'd go to you. I'd be your very first patient.
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
Through the skin you have to use much higher currents, which can cause significant discomfort to the patient, and the skin actually limits the total amount of stimulation that can be achieved,
These data show great potential for REMICADE in the treatment of a disease that often carries great physical and emotional challenges. The potential of achieving nearly complete skin clearance is exciting and holds great promise for patients with this dif
Our study further defines melanoma risk in post-menopausal women and, it is hoped, will sensitize the medical community to this risk, serving as a catalyst for development of new routines of follow-up and patient assessment to facilitate earlier detection of melanoma.
Humility, modesty, nonviolence, forbearance, honesty, service to guru, purity (of thought, word, and deed), steadfastness, self-control and Aversion towards sense objects, absence of ego, constant reflection on the agony and suffering inherent in birth, old age, disease, and death.
It was never about the money. It was about taking care of the patients.
He's come back a better player each time. He's more patient. You can see the maturity in his hitting.
Many of the things that we think of as one disease may be, when we understand them better, collections of similar symptoms caused by different biological processes. When a car overheats, you would not always try to repair it the same way you want to find
For people who have well-established disease, the vaccine can do nothing to return dead brain cells and certainly can't return memories, ... although it could potentially arrest the disease in whatever stage the individual is in.
The federal government needs to see this (shortage) as being important for safe food, disease control and the economic viability of the food industry in this country.
While I understand the need for preventative medicine, this sounds a bizarre idea.
He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.
I'm just really excited and proud of what we've been able to accomplish. I've been a patient owner of the franchise, and to see the city and the region rally around the team has been really heart-warming.
I've spoken to his wife (Sandra) and made it clear that anything and everything they need from us is theirs for the asking. Essentially, this is a disease that requires three things for an individual to have a chance to successfully battle it, top medical support, second is peer and family and friends support. Third is determination and willpower of the individual.
Nurses are the heart and soul of everything you do. Pay close attention to their wants and needs, and take meaningful steps to address them, and you can transform your entire organization. When nurses are happy, patients are happy--and everything else naturally falls into place.
The emotions are high right now. Everybody's ready for that first game. We've just got to be patient, stay with our pattern and take it one day at a time.
Before an effective AIDS vaccine comes out, the condom is the most effective and economical way to prevent the disease from spreading through sex.
If he had an infection we had to take him in. He has chronic lung disease.
If there's a stated benchmark and if you're the doctor of a patient (who has to wait) beyond that benchmark, who's liable for that ... I don't know what the answer to that question is.
We're starting to see young people with old people diseases. These diseases include hardening of the arteries, heart attacks, and diabetes.
Hospitals already are stretching scarce resources to respond to the daily challenges of providing care to all who come through our doors. Cuts to these resources will have a negative impact on the availability of care for the patients and communities we serve.
Millions of children and adults are becoming infected, falling ill and dying without the barest essentials in medical treatment, counseling or social support,
We want to do the right job at the right time because we want to act as a state, as a responsible authority. Therefore, we are following up on the subject seriously with our brothers in Egypt. Until we reach agreement, we should be patient.
The seal between the mask and the face is critical for drug delivery. If the mask doesn't fit tightly enough, you're sucking in air from outside the mask that contains no medicine.
If you're in a nursing home and a patient dies, and two days later their medication arrived, that's a month's worth of medication that can't be used.
If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.
Four minutes is a long time when the doctor only has seven to 10 minutes to see a patient.
It raises awareness and encourages them to seek medical attention if they think they have a particular disease.
by substituting the personal judgment of the governor for that of the patient, the act deprives every individual who is subject to its terms of his or her constitutionally guaranteed right to the privacy of his or her own medical decisions.
With the large clinical trials, the bleeding problems have turned out to be relatively small, and certainly worth it for the patient,
When you work with a legend as I do, it's wonderful. There's so many things I've learned working with Keith. He's so patient, not only with me, but with everyone in our crew and with the audience and with the game. He has a style that is so easy and will never be copied.
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
We already knew that radiotherapy to a conserved breast substantially reduces the chances of local recurrence of breast cancer, and now we know that it also reduces the long-term chances of dying from the disease.
Name me no names for my disease; With uninforming breath; I tell you I am none of these, But homesick unto death.
His stepdaughter was his surrogate wife. We believe his wife had some bad health. We believe with his knowledge of medicine that he kept her so doped up that she didn't know what was going on.
Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.
You've had a couple of the worst hurricanes that we've had, Ivan and Katrina, which is probably going to create some problems of disease.
Brooks, who plays a doctor in the film, feels laughter is indeed the best medicine. If you don't laugh, you don't get that circulation and you die, ... So if you watch 'Dracula, Dead and Loving It,' you will live a long time, if you don't see it you will