Targeted cancer therapies, therapies that exploit the particular weaknesses of different types of cancer, show enormous promise for the next generation of cancer treatment. It's not practical to wait weeks after breast cancer surgery, for example, to decide how aggressive follow-up treatment should be. The effectiveness of many therapies depends on timing.
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If this technique fulfills its promise, one day soon a lab would receive a tumor tissue sample shipped to us in the morning and have the sample analyzed and typed in time to ship back overnight to the physician making the follow-up treatment decisions. What now takes weeks or months, with results sometimes coming too late to be useful in treatment decisions, could be done in a matter of hours for a fraction of the current cost.
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Many people, because they're not given follow-up, the medications aren't adjusted.. Do end up being frustrated, and any negative side effects, any trouble with dosage levels, will cause them to end treatment.
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Medical concerns trump legal concerns. I wouldn't withhold an effective treatment from somebody because of the possibility they may have to go to court a year later and their testimony be challenged. We wouldn't do that in any other area of medicine. The important thing to know about this drug is it doesn't put a hole in their memory. It doesn't create amnesia.
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This new product will offer a much needed treatment option for patients suffering from this rare illness that, in some cases, has been found to progress to fatal forms of leukemia.
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Many people who could benefit from insulin are fearful of injections, so they delay treatment five years or 10 years, placing them at risk for serious complications.
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Many of the countries highlighted in this report have absolutely abysmal records of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees. The United States government must do all it can to end the global culture of torture. But real change can only occur if the Bush Administration not only admits that its own policies perpetuate torture and ill treatment, but also cleans house and stops warehousing detainees in countries with shameful human rights records.
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Every minute counts in stroke. There is treatment for stroke, effective treatment, but this has to be administered urgently.
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In view of the situation in Iraq, I was on the phone talking to the company and they are willing to provide in the order of 7-10,000 treatment courses and we are trying to ship them as soon as possible to the ground.
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Both of them wanted to go back to Italy as soon as possible as the treatment was free and the public hospitals in Italy are really great.
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That's a much lower percentage than for other mental health disorders. It suggests that a lot of these individuals probably don't need treatment, but at the same time it might well be that people who do need treatment are not getting it, for personal reasons or because of external barriers.
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To be able to say which tumors are likely to progress and become problematic vs. Those that are much more indolent or slow-growing would be very helpful in allowing a patient to make a very important decision: whether he wants active treatment or not.
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If the projected 20 percent cuts in funding for the 2006-2007 fiscal year occur, it will cripple the TB treatment operations in Hidalgo County.
And those who were exposed are being evaluated in the various shelters for types of exposure and monitored for illness symptoms and are getting treatment if they need it.
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I went into remission after I had my first treatment in 2001, and everything was fine.
The House and Senate have now spoken loud and clear, with a single message? The United States will not permit cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
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For three years now, the administration has been sending the message that cruel and inhuman treatment is OK. Now the McCain amendment is going to wipe all of that away. It reminds everybody who's on the front line that the rules are the rules, and if somebody tells you they don't apply, don't listen to them.
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We found exceptional, innovative approaches to ensuring rapid treatment of patients. We used management techniques and flow charts to define achievable times for each step.
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Our nation's waste problems will not be solved by one community dumping on another, but rather by the safest, most efficient treatment of waste possible - as close to the source as possible.
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I studied naturopathic medicine in college and there was nothing in my studies that referred to radon as a therapy. It's been interesting to see ionizing radiation used as a treatment.
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People with chronic disease often want more information about their illness and the various treatment options available.
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Lifestyle intervention, such as exercise and diet, may be effective treatment for ED.
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We need to invest in prevention because it's better for the quality of life of people if they live longer without a chronic or disabling disease,.. And it's better for us as a nation because we're not putting so many resources in treatment of chronic diseases.
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Our study shows that this form of psychotherapy is helpful to many people with bipolar disorder. Second, it shows that the type of psychotherapy we choose for a patient should depend on the individual's circumstances. Treatment for bipolar is not 'one-size-fits-all.' We have shown that IPSRT is a powerful tool in the prevention of illness recurrence.
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About 15% to 20% of patients have emotional or psychological needs that have not been adequately dealt with. We have been so focused on disease treatment that those important elements have traditionally been given lower priority.
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