TASK DEFINITION: Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
PROBLEM: Question: Does long-term treatment with methotrexate or tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors increase epstein-barr virus load in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: Long-term usage of methotrexate or TNFalpha inhibitors in patients with RA does not significantly influence EBV load in PBMCs.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Is an absent pulse sensitive for the early detection of peripheral arterial disease?
Answer: Pulse palpation is not sensitive for the detection of PAD compared to ABI. More than two thirds of the patients within our cohort with PAD of either the left or right leg had a detectable pulse.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Does increasing age affect time to appropriate therapy in primary prevention ICD/CRT-D : a competing risks analysis?
Answer: Age has no impact on the time to appropriate therapy, but risk of death prior to therapy increases by 6% for every year increment. As the ICD population ages, the proportion who die without receiving appropriate therapy increases due to competing risks. Characterizing competing risks predictive of death independent of ICD indication would focus therapy on those with potential to benefit and reduce unnecessary exposure to ICD-related morbidity.

SOLUTION:
no