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We don't think patients go by county lines. We've been caring for these people for years and years.

We certainly think that patients and consumers will continue to expect hospitals and health care systems to publish their outcomes so (they) can make better decisions.

We think it's an ideal opportunity for not only our current medical staff but for other surgeons who can bring their patients into our facility. Our hope in the long term is to facilitate the growth.

We think it's an appropriate step to take to protect the integrity of our products and the safety of our patients here in the U.S. and Canada.

We're going to be focused on the last days of life, making it as meaningful and as graceful for the patients and their families as possible.

Very large patients usually need five times as long to be brought out of their homes. The problem is not so much carrying the great weight as the sheer volume of their bodies.

You get to know these people. They're almost like family. How can such a decision be made to leave patients hanging like this?

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.

This will soon become an unmanageable situation with all its negative effects on patients and health-care providers.

The regulations have prevented rural patients with no caregiver at home from getting specialized attention. Instead, they have been placed in nursing homes and other facilities not equipped to meet this unique need,

We are very excited to begin the clinical trial and see if this process will work in patients with Type 1 diabetes.

We are very excited by this research and we believe that this therapeutic T cell vaccination approach holds great promise for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

We are very encouraged by the positive results from this study in patients with HSPC and are pleased to have our results meet the scientific standards for presentation at this important congress.

We had signs that directed lab and radiology patients to that waiting area, but there was no sign that indicated those patients needed to go to registration first. We had some unhappy patients because they went directly to the lab/radiology area and waited for a long period of time with no one helping them. That's because no one knew they were there.

We had patients throwing up. It was very ugly.

We had patients spread over about 300m. There were five ambulances and a helicopter.

We have decided to make sure that we are the safety net for our patients and our community,

Both of these innovative oral drug candidates -- which target the needs of millions of patients -- have shown early potential in human studies, and we are committed to their aggressive, comprehensive development.

Both doctors and patients are waiting for the other person to raise the subject and as a result nobody talks about it,

Brighton Gardens was following their evacuation procedures. Just 24 hours ago, (Houston) was expected to take the brunt of Hurricane Rita, Brighton Gardens was doing their job to get their patients to safety

Brain tumor patients tend to suffer a lot of cancer symptoms even after therapy,

Brain mapping can help physicians monitor patients with more accurate detail than they can obtain by counting T-cells. The scans also can test new drugs' ability to penetrate the brain during clinical trials.

Breast cancer prevention is a cause that is near and dear to my heart and I am thrilled that our company has been at the forefront of the pink movement, ... In addition to raising money, I am hopeful that this line of products will continue to bring comfort to those who are currently battling breast cancer or those who have fought the battle and won. The longer these products are available in the market, the greater is our ability to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients and their families.

Breakaway from Cancer is an integral, complementary component of the Amgen Tour of California, and it benefits cancer patients across the country. Amgen was proud to host the Breakaway from Cancer charity ride in our headquarters city and join members of the community to raise additional funds to help empower people with cancer so they can live well with the disease.

Be very forceful in communicating whether you want to be notified if there is a change of condition and they'll be transporting your relative somewhere, whether it's day or night. Advance directives are always helpful, but I've seen patients with these and sometimes the dots don't get connected.

Black patients were treated much later in their disease process. They were often not given the same kind of pain management that white patients would have gotten and they died more often of diseases.

Every patient, when you talk to them, their goal is just to get out of the limelight. If this works, many potential patients who are on the fence will change their minds. But if this thing crashes and burns, it will damage the field.

Every other Sutter hospital has recognized the importance of our reasonable requests. What is wrong with Eden Medical Center? An industry standard contract directly improves the quality of care our patients would receive. I do not want to strike, but like the caregivers who walked the picket line for nine weeks at CPMC, I am willing to do whatever it takes.

Every diabetic patient needs regular foot exams to check for possible sore spots and assess nerve sensation. And with proper diabetic foot care and the right footwear, most patients can follow an exercise regimen that is safe and appropriate for them.

Every day, we turn patients away, ... The growing numbers are putting a strain on our system.

Based on objective tests of physical impairment, we found that the patients had levels of functional disability comparable to what you would see with congestive heart failure, as well as pain comparable to what you might expect in patients coming out of surgery, and fatigue comparable to patients with multiple sclerosis,

As the number of public hospitals continues to decline, the concern remains to what extent non-profit and for-profit hospitals are taking or will take on greater responsibilities as safety net providers, and to what degree their focus is on attracting the healthiest of Medicaid patients, leaving the sickest and costliest patients to the care of the remaining public or major safety net hospitals.

Asthma patients are the real winners of the third round.

Attaching patients to a particular provider is difficult.

At this point in our national rollout, we are making our TV/DVD viewing systems and monthly educational DVD magazines available to hospitals that have multiple viewing locations. We have the opportunity to impact thousands of patients a day in each subscribing hospital location. As our overall viewership increases in these hospitals, it gives us a greater impact in terms of scoring higher advertising rates.

At the end of the day, that physician needs to be in the mix telling patients what their habits ought to be and whether or not they should rely on a medicine.

Diversity is not a politically correct idea. Diversity in a boardroom or in a Parliament means that you just have different minds, different life experience, different ways of thinking about patients or customers or voters so that when you bring that intellect, you look at opportunity and risk, and then you have it in much better balance.

Cough is the single most common reason that patients in the U.S. go to their doctor. Since it's a problem that's so huge, we certainly felt that well-written, state-of-the-art guidelines were necessary to help physicians all over the country deal with this common and often very difficult problem.

Comprehensive protection of personal medical records is what Congress called for in the law, and it's what American patients and their providers want and need,

Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners worldwide currently use ascorbate IV in doses as high as 70 g over several hours, ... Because IV ascorbate is easily available to people who seek it, a phase I safety trial in patients with advanced cancer is justified and underway.

(Angioplasty) is at least a reasonable alternative to (drug) therapy in high-risk patients, and in expert hands, may be preferred in patients prone to stroke, such as the elderly,

Emergency departments and ER doctors will take it on the chin. And follow-up care would be difficult for those patients to obtain, especially those without insurance.

End-Stage Renal Disease has been a long-standing challenge for the community. It's never raised itself in terms of volume of patients to be a huge need, but it's really an incredible inconvenience for the patients and their families.

Early Health will mean more accurate diagnosis, earlier, more effective treatment and better outcomes for more patients and will be key to our efforts to improve cost efficiencies for the healthcare industry. These new advertisements are just one of the ways to illustrate how GE Healthcare is helping clinicians re-imagine new ways to diagnose, inform and treat - so that their patients can live their lives to the fullest.

FDA allowance to export the cartridges made at our San Diego plant was the final regulatory hurdle we needed to overcome in order to start treating patients in our pivotal clinical trial in China. Personnel are now being trained and cartridges manufactured so we can begin patient treatment early in 2006.

Fertility patients must be armed with the best information and advice available. These new brochures comprehensively explain the benefits and realities of embryo donation as a viable family-building option. Our goal is to educate fertility patients so they can make informed decisions, and to remind them that this difficult choice is not one they have to make in isolation.

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families.

The results of these tests would allow practitioners to counsel patients on stroke risk and to warn patients that specific environmental factors, such as oral contraceptive use, diet or smoking, may be particularly harmful.

There's not a cure available, so patients are often left somewhat frustrated by continuing pain and fatigue. Acupuncture is one of the few things shown to be effective for these symptoms. It may be particularly attractive to patients who are unable to take medications because of intolerable side effects.

There's nothing more frustrating to family and patients than to not find a match ... and it happens too often. It doesn't take acts of Congress -- it takes one person, sitting in a living room to become a donor. Unfortunately, people often find out about our program when tragedy strikes.

The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS.

The unique thing about rehab is that we measure everything about patient function. We are literally compared with units all over the country. When you look at patients with a similar diagnosis, same age and similar ailments, our outcomes are very high.

I see no danger is seeing persons spending a dollar on a lottery ticket, but I have had patients who spend enormous amounts of money just on the lottery,

The winter is an especially challenging time for blood collections. Despite the cold weather, it's important that we continue to see our neighbors donating blood, because patients can't wait for the lifesaving treatments they need.

They actually were harmed. This was a trial to determine the boundaries of benefit, and it did. You don't use this drug for patients without coronary artery disease.

The witness lived across the street from the accident, heard the accident occur, ran to the scene and was able to help three of the four patients get out of the vehicle.

The rule, which severely restricts the types of patients that we are able to treat in our facilities, is having a far greater impact that was originally envisioned by anyone.

It was very hard. Every family has a story. They were displaced. They couldn't find family. We had pediatric patients that we didn't know where their parents were,

These combined meetings will draw more than 2,000 for one of the most dynamic and far-reaching gatherings on the global issues affecting research and industry. Our goal is to advance tissue engineering/regenerative medicine science and foster interactions that may more rapidly result in new technologies that will benefit patients worldwide.

The services provided to patients are so much broader in scope than in the past, all of that costs more money and I believe that it all has value.

These new facilities have been years in the making and represent the collective thought of doctors, nurses, patients and their parents, architects and many, many others who have brought their unique perspective to the task -- to design facilities that will support the most advanced medical and surgical practice available, anywhere. When we complete the construction, these facilities will enable us to meet our patient care responsibilities well into the future.

The study further confirms aspirin's benefits for patients with known cardiovascular disease. It also shows there is no increased risk of bleeding, which eliminates the main reason why physicians and surgeons would ask patients to discontinue aspirin therapy,

The study demonstrated that these medicines are effective, but that doctors and patients are looking for more. The medicines didn't completely alleviate symptoms or enable the majority of the patients to experience a complete recovery.

The staff will see all patients before the doors are closed for the night. If a community member has to have access to medical care, urgent care is one way.

The Swiss Tropical Institute will be responsible for selecting patients and carefully monitoring the trials,

The test results on the last two patients were also negative and they have been discharged. There's no new admission.

The thing that people with diabetes who have to take insulin hate the most are shots. So anything that can replace shots patients are going to be very pleased to have.

tell patients that analog phones are certainly the safest. Whatever kind of phone you're using, it's best to avoid carrying it around turned on in your breast pocket.

Ten of 1,000 patients would die, have a heart attack or a stroke. Those are serious irrevocable events.

Selective electrochemical tumor ablation can be performed on an outpatient basis and provides a relatively non-invasive and well-tolerated therapeutic option for patients with troublesome cutaneous and subcutaneous melanoma metastases.

Rx Outreach has been a critical tool for our pharmacy assistance programs as we have worked to expand access to affordable medications for Tennesseans. In 2005, the custom program that we developed with Rx Outreach saved patients in the state more than $22 million and helped to fill a vital gap for individuals that don't have insurance.

Right now, there just aren't incentives for patients to seek care in the proper setting.

Presently, we have a hard time just dealing with Friday and Saturday nights, ... Our emergency rooms are jammed, patients wait hours to get into the ER and days to go from the ER to a bed upstairs in our hospitals. That has been true for several years.

Practices must already offer quick access to a GP, but we will move to guarantee patients more flexible access if they want to book ahead.

Putting aside competitive interests for a new kind of collaboration, Maryland pioneered a real-time encounter notification service to alert primary care doctors when their patients are hospitalized.

PubMed Central is vital for researchers and the public alike. Only through free access can everyone find out where the cutting edge of research lies. With access to the latest studies, patients and their families have a much-needed piece of the puzzle as they consider treatment options and potential outcomes.

Providing the right supplies for these patients is essential for quality care. Additionally, staff can better attend to patients' needs while maintaining their own health when using proper ergonomics and the right equipment.

Providence employees are not calling home services patients to ask for this information in relation to the stolen data. People receiving phone calls are encouraged to notify their local police department.

Rather than using financial incentives to encourage seriously ill hospital patients to reduce plan spending, directing them to high-quality delivery centers will be far more effective in making them better consumers and controlling plan costs. In some areas of the country, using high-quality care centers may cut plan expenditures for the most expensive cases in half.

Rather than rest being the best remedy for back pain, for example, research now shows it can actually delay recovery and make things worse. Advising patients to stay active can help them get back to work and on with their life.

Our analysis, which includes patients treated in all types of hospitals across the country, shows that dosing errors occur more often in vulnerable patients, such as women, the elderly, or those with kidney insufficiency or low body weight.

Often, patients show mental illness and insobriety at the same time. People say that we should hold off on treatment until a patient is clean and sober, but it doesn't work that way.

A food diary is an easy way for patients to keep track of food reactions so the exact history can be accurately conveyed to the physician.

Affordable complementary therapies, such as Diachrome, could make a substantial contribution to lessening the economic burden of diabetes for patients and payers.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

Stress is something that many patients ask about. It is a big concern, ... IVF is stressful enough, and thinking that success or failure depends on how you react emotionally just adds to the burden.

Some patients may have no symptoms of depression, but they do not feel that they have returned to their normal selves because they are not functioning normally or they still lack the confidence in coping with the normal stresses of everyday life. Others may have mild symptoms but consider themselves free of depression. It's important to determine whether mental health professionals should expand their definition of remission beyond symptoms of depression.

Some patients aren't good candidates for current therapy strategies. Plus recent studies suggest that diet may play an important role in the development and recurrence of prostate cancer.

Some provinces have been doing more, but others really have not been placing a major emphasis on this until quite recently, ... Patients deserve better ... It's time we get action.

Specialty pharmaceutical companies, those smaller firms in the industry that focus on specific therapeutic areas, have a well- controlled group of potential patients that makes their products easier to monitor,

So you might not be able to tease out the difference between a manic-depressive episode and depression unless you can accurately test for bipolar disorder. We found that the K-SADS was an effective way to as accurately as possible diagnose bipolar disorder, and to help prevent treating bipolar patients presenting in a depressed phase with antidepressants.

Now my fear is the entire country will think it's appropriate to care for our patients in a tent. I don't think the rest of the country appreciates we are seeing people in a tent.

The momentum is increasing for a national program. This is especially important because it offers hope to patients who have compatibility issues that make it difficult for them to find suitable donors.

During the four years that it took to resolve this case we never wavered in our unflagging commitment to publicly demonstrate the we offer excellent services to our clients, we treat our chiropractors fairly and we make available to patients quality care at an affordable price. We are glad to see resolution.

DBS is one of the most promising areas of OCD research because early studies show that it may help many within the approximately 20 percent of OCD patients for whom neither psychological nor drug therapy works. Some patients have been able to venture out to work and school for the first time with DBS.

Coaches are bad patients -- and Ray may be the worst.

Depressed patients clearly have different perceptions than researchers running clinical trials about what it means to stop feeling depressed. Clinical researchers have identified a patient as being in remission from depression, based on certain behaviors or symptoms, but the patient may not feel any better. We may need to broaden our definition of remission from depression.

Any patients who are critically ill at this point, have either died - and there have been a few that have literally died in the parking deck waiting to be taken out by choppers - or they are still having their bags - air pumped into their lungs by handbag as doctors and hospital officials sat there pushing air into their lungs.

As a physician, it can be very frustrating to care for patients with difficult-to-control asthma, so when we have a medication available that can improve outcomes such as this, it's exciting.

As an example, we asked them to think about changing the meaning of the pain. Instead of thinking of it as a terrible experience, to think of it as something relatively pleasant. Then the patients were turned loose. Over time, subjects showed an increased ability to change their brain and by doing so to modulate their pain.