chronic disease

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways. Despite improved treatment regimens, asthma prevalence and severity appear to be increasing in developed countries...

..have been implicated in spontaneous abortions, infertility in men and women, reduced birth weight, aging and chronic disease processes, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer...

..DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): "Depression" a complex, relapsing, remitting, chronic disease that is associated with poor medical outcomes for patients after Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), is made up of ..

..burnetii strains. Moreover, strains can be grouped according to association with human acute or chronic disease, suggesting groups have unique virulence potential...

..emphasizes the need for enhancing biomedical research, particularly in these focus areas: infectious disease, chronic disease, environmental health and toxicology, molecular basis of hibernation in mammals, human therapeutics, and ..

..However, acute and chronic disease states can lead to changes in the relative levels and activities of metabolizing enzymes and this is our ..

..Receipt of ATSM was associated with robust improvements in patient-centered dimensions of chronic disease care, including assessment of chronic illness care, interpersonal communication, self-efficacy, and ..

..Receipt of ATSM was associated with robust improvements in patient-centered dimensions of chronic disease care, including assessment of chronic illness care, interpersonal communication, self-efficacy, and ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting more than 4 million children nationwide. The burden of disease falls mostly on disadvantage children...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hypertension (HTN) is the most common chronic disease in the United States, and is a leading cause of stroke, acute myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure and kidney failure...

..and cost-effective methods are needed to improve these behaviors in this age group, a group with increasing chronic disease and impending Medicare use...

..Strains can be grouped according to associations with human acute or chronic disease, suggesting groups have unique virulence potential...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Asthma is the most common childhood chronic disease affecting nearly 15 million children, and represents the most common cause of hospitalization among children in the United States, nearly 500,000 ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Asthma is the most common childhood chronic disease affecting nearly 15 million children, and represents the most common cause of hospitalization among children in the United States, nearly 500,000 ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Asthma is the most common childhood chronic disease affecting nearly 15 million children, and represents the most common cause of hospitalization among children in the United States, nearly 500,000 ..

..The sum of years of life lost through disability (DALYs) because of this debilitating and chronic disease has been estimated to be 1.7 million/year...

..risk factors, and health behaviors, the NHS provides a unique resource to precisely estimate the burden of chronic disease risk on survival and morbidity among breast cancer survivors...

..risk factors, and health behaviors, the NHS provides a unique resource to precisely estimate the burden of chronic disease risk on survival and morbidity among breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer cases will be limited to wo..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dental caries (also known as tooth decay) remains the most common chronic disease of childhood...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dental caries (also known as tooth decay) remains the most common chronic disease of childhood...

..infection, while infection with Leishmania amazonensis stimulates a poor T cell response, resulting in chronic disease. When C3H mice are co-infected with both species of Leishmania we observe a healing phenotype similar to ..

..It has recently become apparent that chronic disease is not associated with infection of the paranasal sinuses but is characterized by an eosinophilic/lymphocytic ..

..Ji Peng, Chief of the Department of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Shenzhen Municipal Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in ..

..Early childhood caries (ECC), an infectious, chronic disease most commonly transmitted from mother to child, is a prime example of the maternal-child link...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that requires daily management to prevent large fluctuations in blood glucose levels and Diabetes disease management as well as biomedical sensor development is ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that requires daily management to prevent large fluctuations in blood glucose levels and Diabetes disease management as well as biomedical sensor development is ..

..and evaluate infant growth patterns, efficacy of nutritional and medical interventions, progression of chronic disease, and recovery from malnutrition...

..and evaluate infant growth patterns, efficacy of nutritional and medical interventions, progression of chronic disease, and recovery from malnutrition...

..rise without satisfactory explanation; national surveys now estimate that at least 8% of Americans have this chronic disease. Although anti-inflammatory medications have proven effective for decreasing exacerbations, there are few ..

..data collection methods are not amenable to inclusion of special populations, such as children, the chronically ill, those who do not speak English, the illiterate, or the impoverished living in remote areas...

..rise without satisfactory explanation; national surveys now estimate that at least 8% of Americans have this chronic disease. Although anti-inflammatory medications have proven effective for decreasing exacerbations, there are few ..

..Early childhood caries (ECC), an infectious, chronic disease most commonly transmitted from mother to child, is a prime example of the maternal-child link...

..for socioeconomic gradients in the health of the general adult population, especially gradients in chronic disease. Largely missing in the debate thus far is high-quality evidence on gradients from workplaces with a wide ..

..A host of other factors are involved, such as the underlying pathology, the presence of a chronic disease, and psychological factors that are difficult to eliminate in human trials...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To increase the effectiveness of chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions, researchers and practitioners must work collaboratively to ensure that evidence-based approaches are ..

..physical activity and nutrition programs that can be repurposed for use with other risk reduction and chronic disease programs. In Phase II, researchers at Klein Buendel, Inc...

..More than 4 millions Americans have hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and 75% develop chronic disease, significantly impacting the health of our community...

..provided by applicant): Cohort mortality studies have been the mainstay for evaluating cancer and other chronic disease risks in subjects resulting from exposures in the workplace...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dental caries is the single most prevalent chronic disease of childhood...

..of ovarian function and have been associated with fertility, age at menopause, and women's long term risk of chronic disease. Given the secular change in risk factors that influence menstrual function, including body size, smoking, ..

..provided by applicant): Cohort mortality studies have been the mainstay for evaluating cancer and other chronic disease risks in subjects resulting from exposures in the workplace...

..for overweight and obese adults to enhance weight- loss and/or weight-maintenance, and to reduce risk of chronic disease, including heart disease and cancers of the breast and colon...

..in the failure to contain the initial viremia, and may ead to the establishment of persistent infection with chronic disease. We believe that FasL, whose expression increases during viral infection, is a principal mediator of ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Asthma is the most common chronic disease of children...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dental caries is the single most prevalent chronic disease of childhood...

..in the failure to contain the initial viremia, and may ead to the establishment of persistent infection with chronic disease. We believe that FasL, whose expression increases during viral infection, is a principal mediator of ..

..in the failure to contain the initial viremia, and may ead to the establishment of persistent infection with chronic disease. We believe that FasL, whose expression increases during viral infection, is a principal mediator of ..

..intestinal iron transport are associated with several important disease states in humans, including anemia of chronic disease and hemochromatosis...

..intestinal iron transport are associated with several important disease states in humans, including anemia of chronic disease and hemochromatosis...

..intestinal iron transport are associated with several important disease states in humans, including anemia of chronic disease and hemochromatosis...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a frequently reported chronic disease with sinus inflammation persisting more than 12 weeks. No medication has FDA approval to treat CRS...

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) Allergic asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States. The role of exposure to allergens in asthma development is poorly understood...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Type I diabetes is a common chronic disease of childhood...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Glaucoma is a chronic disease characterized by progressive optic nerve damage and vision loss...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Glaucoma is a chronic disease characterized by progressive optic nerve damage and vision loss...

..The spirochetes cause persistent infections and chronic disease with bouts of arthritis and carditis in untreated patients...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Streptococcal pharyngitis is the acute disease that precedes the chronic disease process of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)...

..meal macronutrient composition ('second meal' effect) on Gl value determinations; and relate these data to chronic disease risk factors monitored prior to and during the intervention period...

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) Allergic asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States. The role of exposure to allergens in asthma development is poorly understood...

..These outcomes are among the most important risk factors for adult chronic disease. We also explore whether pre- and early postnatal nutritional status reflected by size at birth and stunting ..

..by applicant): Eating ample amounts of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is associated with a lower risk of chronic disease. Dietary guidelines recommend eating more F&V, but most Americans fall short of recommendations especially ..

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is one of the most common hematologic syndromes encountered in clinical medicine...

..Appropriate and timely treatments of painful conditions result in maximum function and the ability to lead active lives and maintain an adequate quality of life...

..Symptomatic chronic fractures may also remain candidates for kyphoplasty because pain relief and improvement in patient function are reliable and some kyphosis correction can still be achieved in many of these patients...

..Management of zoster-related pain should begin as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms. Combination therapy--including antiviral, antidepressant, corticosteroid, opioid, and topical agents--provides the most effective analgesia...

..If these preliminary results are sustained for a long-term period, stent placement for the correction of iliac vein stenoses may represent a useful advance in the management of CVI...

..Pain is a major problem and is most often related to dressing selection. Selecting a suitable, non-adherent dressing improves patient acceptability...

..CONCLUSIONS: Psychological factors were found to be more relevant than collision severity in predicting the duration and severity of symptoms in collision victims with grade 1 or 2 whiplash associated disorders...

..There is a need for more research to determine which pain treatments are most helpful for cerebral palsy-related pain and to increase patient accessibility to effective pain treatments...

..7 mm in group II, and 8.4 mm in group III. The present study indicates that an early start of treatment seems to have a positive influence on treatment outcome of patients with anterior disk displacement without reduction...

..37); and female gender (beta = 0.25) CONCLUSION: Based on these questions, it was possible to predict the chronification of back pain with a probability of 78.05 %. A corresponding questionnaire and an evaluative table were developed...

..The long-term results remain modest. When the humeral head cannot be saved because of extensive osteochondral lesions, shoulder arthroplasty must be the treatment of choice...

..CONCLUSION: The results suggest the existence of a group of CNCP patients whose long-term opioid consumption can be beneficial and remain moderate without them suffering from the consequences of problematic opioid drug use...

..05). CONCLUSION: Dental extraction intervention provided in the prechemotherapy and pre-BMT time frame did not have a negative bearing on medical outcome...

..The incongruence of joint surface causes early arthrosis and pain. The injury of ligaments in the wrist, which can be seen by X-ray examination, causes instability of wrist and chronic pain...

..Mortality results are encouraging in this specific cohort of high-surgical risk patients. A new kind of morbidity is observed, related to endoleaks, whose necessary management could hinder the durability of the technique...

..3 +/- 1.4 months). CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that SFA SI-PTA can be successfully used for limb salvage with minimal morbidity and mortality in a group of patients with severe lower extremity occlusive vascular disease...

..The prognosis of facial palsy in neuroborreliosis is quite similar to that in idiopathic facial palsy, while that in chronic neuroborreliosis largely depends on the time elapsed before diagnosis...

..This study adds to the weight of evidence that patients undergoing SCS derive significant benefits in terms of pain relief. However, revision rates remain high due to technical and biological factors...

..CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that many patients with pancreatic pseudocysts can be managed conservatively if presenting symptoms can be controlled...

..Fragmentation was significant on the basis of gender, with men having higher scores than women. Age was a negative predictor of sleep latency. Education and age were negative predictors of the quality of sleep...

..The SNOT-20 questionnaire and the CSS symptom score do not correlate to the Lund-MacKay CT scan score, although a correlation was found between the CSS score and the Lund-MacKay CT score in various sub-groups of our patient population...

..The MCID is baseline score dependent but only in certain subpopulations. Relative change measured using the ODI and RMQ was not affected by baseline score when patients quantified an important improvement...

..Changes related to determinants of disability and quality of life, and to the prediction of chronic disability, appear 14 days after the onset of pain, supporting that cutoff point for considering a patient as being subacute...

..Compared with famciclovir, brivudin provides equivalent efficacy and safety at a more convenient once-daily dose schedule...

..The existence of bedside BNP testing methods facilitates its use in routine clinical practice. It also permits easier follow-up of patients with chronic heart failure...

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..CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with alefacept 7.5 mg IV provided highly significant improvements in all measures of psoriasis disease activity compared with placebo. A second course of alefacept provided additional benefit...

..CONCLUSION: We conclude that MIST significantly improves the outcome in patients with chronic sinusitis and should strongly be considered as the initial surgical option for such patients...

..Controlled clinical trials are now required to confirm these observations...

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..The most commonly affected quality of life variables were physical activity (40 patients, 87% of patients) and social functioning (23 patients, 50%). Controlling wound pain can play a major role in improving patient quality of life...

..CONCLUSIONS: Referral to neuroreflexotherapy intervention improves the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the management of nonspecific low back pain...

..There were 4 deaths and one was related to the technique. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic treatment of chronic pain in chronic pancreatitis, pseudocysts and fistulas was effective in our environment with a low rate of complications...

..To be interpreted, this estimation has to be discussed according to the sample of population that was studied and the representativity of the "Sentinelles" general practitioners who participated the survey...

..Because of the small sample size, further studies are needed to confirm these findings. Multiprofessional, intense rehabilitation programs for geriatric patients with chronic pain are considered of prime importance...

..If treatment is ineffective, alternative medications can be provided at follow-up, with the possibility of referral for refractory patients...

..Patients with early-onset GVHD after non-myeloablative HCT from HLA-identical related donors might benefit from intensified primary immunosuppressive treatment...

..This study proposes gonyautoxin anal sphincter infiltration as safe and effective alternative therapeutic approach to conservative, surgical, and botulinum toxin therapies for anal fissures...

..Treatment had no significant effect on the studied parameters. We conclude that unlike IgM and IgG antibody levels, IgG avidity test cannot be used to distinguish between recent and chronic infections...

..However, almost uniformly, despite ES, patients continue to have pain, which is consistent with most chronic pain disorders and which suggests a multifactorial cause for the pain...

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..SUMMARY: Recent findings lend more theories as to how infection leads to stone formation. Further investigation is critically needed to improve the outcomes of patients suffering from infections with urinary stones and infectious stones...

..04). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that tiagabine and gabapentin are effective in the management of chronic pain, with tiagabine having a greater beneficial effect on sleep quality...

..Guidelines which recommend the systematic use of scales for the assessment and monitoring of chronic pain are not tailored to either the context or the patients encountered in the primary care setting...

..Explanations for satisfaction's stronger relationship to health care provider-rated compliance were discussed...

..The CPCI provides an important clinical and research tool for the assessment of behavioral pain coping strategies that might have an impact on patient outcomes...

..Controlled trials are warranted to further define the impact of such combination therapy...

..At the 2 highest doses, an increase of total clearance was observed (>60 L/h). For the whole group, transdermal fentanyl treatment provided good to excellent pain relief in the majority of patients...

..62, 95% CI: 1.23-2.14, P=0.0007 for OS). This superiority of FK506 was not observed in SIB-HSCT cases. These findings indicate that the use of FK506 instead of CSP for GVHD prophylaxis is beneficial for patients undergoing UD-HSCT...

..Pain is more likely to persist in patients with depression, and depression is more likely to persist in those with coexistent pain...

..It may be more appropriate to resect all acute dissected aortic sinus tissue...

..Outcomes differ depending on the type of pancreatic fluid collection drained. Further studies of endoscopic drainage of pancreatic fluid collections must use defined terminology to allow meaningful comparisons...

..However the findings in this report were found to be different from the reports of the rest of the African Continent...

..After careful selection and successful test stimulation, spinal cord stimulation results in a long-term pain reduction and health-related quality of life improvement in chronic reflex sympathetic dystrophy...

..After a 30-minute application Emla cream significantly reduced the pain of debridement compared with the placebo...

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..This lower dose may, therefore, be of particular benefit to elderly or opioid-naïve patients...

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..However, there is less pain and discomfort during dressing change with the placental-extract cream, which we thus recommend for topical application in chronic non-healing wounds...