Gland in Medical News

Hormonal Therapies Offer Effective Solutions for Many Adult Women With Acne

... to the formation of acne include excess oil gland production, skin inflammation, abnormal ... acnes . However, hormones also influence both oil gland production and the maturation of skin cells ... mimic the activity of testosterone on the oil gland and thereby worsen acne. Therefore, Dr. Schlosser ...

Brookhaven Lab and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies Inc., win R&D 100 award

... that can localize cancer tissue in the prostate gland in detail at an early stage, which is important ... the levels of a protein produced by the prostate gland called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA. ... between the imaging system and the prostate gland is minimized, allowing urologists to obtain ...

Steroid Concoction May Ease Sinusitis

... of chronic sinusitis without affecting adrenal gland function, according to a small U.S. study. ... of nasal wash, noting that suppression of adrenal gland function is a known complication of budesonide. ... in their sinusitis symptoms, and their adrenal gland function was not affected, the study found. The ...

'Male Lumpectomy' May Help Some With Prostate Cancer

... freezing tumor rather than removing entire gland TUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- ... cancer that destroys only the part of the gland that is cancerous results in fewer side effects ... said, just the cancer -- not the entire prostate gland -- needs to be removed. "You will get as good, if ...

Tuba Spells Trouble for Young Musician

... air pressure caused rare problem with salivary gland WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) ... in one of his salivary glands. "Normally, the gland produces saliva and sends it to the mouth through ... playing the tuba so the air could seep out of the gland into surrounding tissue and disappear, Mukundan ...

K-State Veterinarian Discusses Treating Dogs With Cushing's Disease

... is either caused by a tumor of the adrenal gland or, more commonly, of the pituitary gland. He said if the Cushing's disease is caused by an adrenal gland tumor, veterinarians usually try to remove the tumor. If it's a more common pituitary gland tumor, veterinarians rely on medication. Harkin ...

Doctors Test Advanced Tool for Treating Prostate Cancer

... the prostate during procedures. With the gland stabilized, physicians use a touch-screen ... hand-manipulated devices allow the prostate gland to shift, which impedes placement accuracy. ... now implant seeds to any and every region of the gland with greater confidence," said Robert Mills, ...

Sagent Pharmaceuticals Launches Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP

... prefilled syringes are manufactured for Sagent by gland Pharma. "With our launch of the only ... visit http://www.SagentPharma.com . About gland Pharma Ltd. Established in 1978 as an exclusive facility for Small Volume Parenterals (SVPs), gland Pharma has developed into a progressive ...

New data show benefit of finasteride in preventing prostate cancer

... some men, and by studying biopsies and prostate gland tissue that had been removed, concluding that it ... of men on a placebo drug because the prostate gland itself was larger, Redman said. Redman found ... in PCPT were to have a biopsy of their prostate gland at some point during the seven-year trial, so ...

Stress hormone impacts memory, learning in diabetic rodents

... of a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland disrupt the healthy functioning of the ... system involving the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in the brain and the adrenal gland located near the kidney. People with poorly ...

Findings point to molecular 'Achilles heel' for half of breast cancer tumors

... found was that they completely lacked the mammary gland tissue that normally encases breast milk ducts. ... Most of the cells that usually make up the gland were absent, replaced by other structural tissue ... Frech said, because puberty-induced mammary gland development in female mice that simply lack ...

The hormone of darkness: melatonin could hurt memory formation at night

... the melatonin hormone. Next, with the pineal gland being the primary source of melatonin in fish and ... Romans student Oliver Rawashdeh removed this gland from the fish and found they could now form ... the night. Removing this melatonin-producing gland allowed the researchers to alleviate the hormones ...

Reunion with patient inspires follow-up study on treatment for DiGeorge syndrome

... on a baby girl who was born without a thymus gland and was suffering from severe immune deficiency. ... immunity. According to Stiehm, the thymus gland is the "university" of the immune system. ... It then takes several months for the thymus gland to grow and allow the patient to develop a ...

Shrinkage of prostate led to overestimation of cancer risk in trial

... "It's logical that if you shrink the size of the gland and then stick needles in it, you're more likely ... that took into account the size of the prostate gland and the number of needle cores that were taken ... equivalent number of needle samples per unit of gland volume. The analyses showed that adjusting for ...

New 'knock-out' gene model provides molecular clues to breast cancer

... into the role of estrogen receptor in mammary gland development may help scientists better understand ... cells was not essential to normal mammary gland development. Mammary tissue is made up of two ... cells, which make up the lining of the mammary gland and become cancerous in the majority of breast ...

Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well

... had a radical prostatectomy -- surgical removal of a cancerous prostate gland -- between 1987 and 2005 found that only 12 percent of them died of the ... Gleason score, a measure of how much of its normal structure the prostate gland has lost; and blood levels of prostate-specific antigen, a protein ...

Study provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors

... the brain behind the nose, is stimulated by hormones from the hypothalamus gland to produce a variety of hormones that control other glands throughout the body. About half of all pituitary adenomas which arise from pituitary gland tissue also have this hormone-producing capability. In these studies, ...

Painkillers May Be Good for the Prostate

... below the bladder and surrounds the urine-carrying canal or urethra. The gland often enlarges in older men, making urination difficult. But men in St. ... Prostatectomy, surgery to remove all or part of the prostate gland Radiation, either via an external beam or implanted radioactive seeds ...

Dad Offers Personal Father's Day Message on Importance of Prostate Cancer Screenings

... Prostate cancer is an abnormal cell growth in the prostate gland - the gland that produces some of the fluid that protects and nourishes sperm cells in ...

LSUHSC's England leads development of new testing guidelines for common nerve disorder

... burning pain (especially at night), muscle wasting, paralysis, or organ or gland dysfunction. People may become unable to digest food easily, maintain safe ... such as breathing, digesting food, blood pressure and heart rate, and gland functions. Skin biopsy may also be useful to diagnose loss of tiny nerve ...

OCuSOFT(R) Lid Scrub(TM) PLUS Proven to Kill Demodex Mites

... suggest that the Demodex mite is a contributing factor to meibomian gland dysfunction, meibomitis, blepharitis, and other eyelid irritations. A ... for some time considered Demodex mite infestation as a factor in meibomian gland disease. It is exciting to note that our new OCuSOFT(R) Lid Scrub(TM) PLUS ...

Study identifies causes of bone loss in breast cancer survivors

... of noncancer patients. And in 5 percent of patients, the parathyroid gland was overactive, producing a hormone that causes bone to lose calcium. ... blood pressure, Camacho said. There are various treatments for parathyroid gland disorder, depending on its cause. In certain breast cancer patients, ...

Central California Doctors Now Using Fast RapidArc(TM) Radiotherapy Technology to Battle Cancer

... earlier forms of treatment. Two patients battling advanced pituitary gland cancer and advanced lung cancer were among the first people to benefit ... RapidArc treatments at Cancer Care Associates. "Our patient with pituitary gland cancer required a very tight, narrow margin of error because of the ...

Low Thyroid Function Linked to Heart Failure Risk

... help doctors decide when to treat people who have an underactive thyroid gland that does not cause symptoms strong enough to arouse worry, researchers ... of the heart to pump blood. TSH is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that stimulates thyroid activity. A high TSH reading means that the ...

Graves' & Thyroid Disease National Patient Conference Set for San Diego, CA

... to all patients and family members with Graves' disease or other thyroid gland disorders. The leading cause of hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease ... which stimulate and attack the thyroid gland, causing growth of the gland and overproduction of thyroid hormone. Similar antibodies may also attack ...

Study offers new insights into teenagers and anxiety disorders

... "startle reflex," which is measured by eye blinks, heart rate and sweat gland activity. (Each participant actually received only one mild shock, during ... cue was presented without the loud noise. They found an increase in sweat gland activity during the conditioning phase in anxiety-disordered children, and ...

Stimulating Thymus Reactivates T-Cell Production

... FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- It's possible to stimulate the thymus gland to produce new immune system T-cells in adults infected with HIV, U.S. ... to the collapse of the immune system and severe infection. The thymus gland produces T-cells early in life but gradually loses function and becomes ...

Grant to study if early BPA exposure leads to late prostate cancer

... cancer. "We hypothesize that early 'imprinting' of the prostate gland by exposure to small doses of BPA is the result of specific modifications ... work with animals has shown that exposure of the 'BPA-imprinted' prostate gland to this more estrogen-rich environment is the key to the heightened risk ...

Mailman School PH study finds increase in thyroid diseases risk from exposure at Chernobyl

... invite them for screening which consisted of an examination of the thyroid gland and sonogram, blood and urine tests, a detailed questionnaire, and an ... note that the radioactive iodines accumulated in the human thyroid gland via the consumption of contaminated milk and other food items. Various ...

Cell phone-cancer link found by Tel Aviv University scientist

... an increased risk of about 50% for developing a tumor of the main salivary gland (parotid), compared to those who did not use cell phones. The fact that ... an association between cell phones and several types of brain and parotid gland tumors. ...

Identification of new genes shows a complex path to cell death

... associated with a form of programmed cell deathby studying the salivary gland cells of the fruit fly. Since its initial discovery in the 1960s, ... In Growth arrest and autophagy are required for salivary gland cell degradation in Drosophila, published in the December 14 issue of ...

Household chemical may affect breast development

... household fittings has been found to affect the development of the mammary gland in rats and further studies will be required to determine if the presence ... off once exposure to BBP was removed, the subtle changes in the mammary gland may have an effect later in life. BBP is widely used as a plasticizer, ...

GlaxoSmithKline Obtains Exclusive U.S. OTC Marketing Rights to MEVACOR(R) (lovastatin) from Merck & Co., Inc.

... in mid- and high dose males and females. Adenomas of the Harderian gland (a gland of the eye of rodents) were significantly higher in high dose mice than in ...

Video: Trinity Mother Frances Neurosurgeon First in Region to Remove Brain Tumor Using Unique Surgical Procedure

... nasal cavity is used to access the pituitary tumor. The pituitary gland is a small, cherry-shaped double structure located near the back of the nasal pathways and attached by a stalk to the base of the brain. It is the gland that affects and controls all hormonal functions in the body. The ...

New Anesthesia May Be Safer for Critically Ill

... a chemically altered version of the anesthetic etomidate, found the drug does not cause blood pressure to drop suddenly or slow adrenal gland activity, common side effects that can be fatal to the elderly or certain critically ill patients. "We have shown that making a version of ...

Scientists discover key event in prostate cancer progression

... published in the July 24, 2009, issue of the journal Cell , focuses on androgen receptors, molecules located in the nucleus of cells of the prostate gland and other tissues. Male sex hormones androgens bind with these receptors to activate genes that control cell growth. The researchers show that ...

Mass. General team develops potentially safer general anesthetic

... of an exiting anesthetic which does not cause the sudden drop in blood pressure seen with most anesthetics or prolonged suppression of adrenal gland activity, a problem with the original version of the drug. "We have shown that making a version of etomidate that is broken down very quickly ...

Dry mouth linked to prescription and over the counter drugs

... dentists who responded, 89 percent believe prescription medications are the primary contributor to dry mouth. Aging, dehydration and salivary gland disease were also cited as major contributors. The survey of AGD members also revealed that: Approximately two-thirds consider dry mouth to ...

Misonix Announces Participation in 2nd International Workshop on Focal Therapy

... the kidney. For several years, Sonablate's Visually Directed(TM) HIFU has been successfully used in Europe, in an outpatient setting, for whole gland ablation of prostate carcinoma, with minimal incidences of urinary incontinence and reduced reports of erectile dysfunction. Additional studies for ...

Diabetes: It's Connection to Oral Health

... even the mouth. Because diabetics are more prone to several oral health problems, including tooth decay, periodontal (gum) disease, salivary gland dysfunction and infection, the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) reminds diabetic patients of the importance of maintaining optimal dental ....