Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses
...itting legacy to his father, Bob Shaw, who died of esophageal cancer in 2004, he said: "Without question. For my father and all firefighters who have died after suffering a terrible illness because of their job." Bob Shaw spent days battling a blaze under black plumes of chemical smoke at Hamilton's Plastimet...Esophageal Cancer Patients' Positive Responses to Chemotherapy Accurately Identified by PET
...identifies patients responding to chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. "This is the first study to apply PET re...onnects your throat and stomach. Adenocarcinoma is esophageal cancer that begins in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids. In this country, more than...New Wireless System Developed to Detect Esophageal Reflux
...ring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux . The wireless technology, called radio f...ravo capsule, another wireless system that detects esophageal acids. Both technologies are currently used by UT Southwestern gastroenterologists. Researchers h...Women Urged to Be Wary of Ads Promoting Unwanted Drugs
...here is also a 1.5 percent risk of suffering an esophageal ulcer. In addition, in a small percentage of women using Fosamax over the long term, the jawbone will start to crumble. And some research now suggests that the type of new bone created by Fosamax is more brittle and more prone to fracturing over time...New Approach to Treating Precancerous Esophagus Condition
...h known as dysplasia, a condition that can lead to esophageal cancer. Gastroenterologists at Duke University M...nt, 89 percent of patients had more normal-looking esophageal tissue when viewed with an endoscope inserted down the esophagus. When samples of the new cells were...New Relief for Unexplained Chest Pain
The discomfort caused by esophageal (non-cardiac) chest pain is often severe, driving ... either intravenously or orally, appears to reduce esophageal chest pain by relaxing the esophageal wall and decreasing hypersensitivity. Lead author Satish S.C. ...Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses
...itting legacy to his father, Bob Shaw, who died of esophageal cancer in 2004, he said: "Without question. For my father and all firefighters who have died after suffering a terrible illness because of their job." Bob Shaw spent days battling a blaze under black plumes of chemical smoke at Hamilton's Plastimet...