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National Neurosurgery Awareness Week Kicks Off During Annual Meeting of the AANS

... tumors of the central nervous system, low back or neck pain, stroke, cerebral aneurysms, head injuries, or any of the many other conditions treated by neurosurgeons? If so, consider submitting your story and help the AANS reach out to the public. This initiative is phase two of ongoing Web site improve...

A New Erbitux Combo Shows Promise in treatment

...metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). Worldwide SCCHN is the most common form...therapy on overall survival in metastatic head and neck cancer," said Eric Rowinsky, chief medical officer and senior vice president of ImClone Systems. "...

Vitamin E- Take Its Benefits With A Pinch Of Salt

...y patients with early stage cancer of the head and neck who were to undergo radiation therapy were the subjects of the study. Head and neck cancer originates in the area of the head and neck and includes malignant tumors of the mouth, throa...

Eat Fruits, Vegetables to Ward Off Cancer

...etables can reduce the risk of developing head and neck cancers. One serving equals approximately one medium-sized fresh fruit, 1/2 cup of cut fruit, 6 ounces of fruit juice, 1 cup of leafy vegetables, or 1/2 cup of other vegetables. The third study suggests that chemicals in cruciferous vegetables an...

Head and Neck Cancer Vaccine Targets Proteins to Create Immune Response

...ers have developed a vaccine strategy for head and neck cancer that targets multiple peptides (parts of pr... Cancer Institute to assess its safety in head and neck cancer patients. Head and neck cancer accounts for about 5 percent of all newly diagnosed cancers...

Popular Anemia Drug Dodges The Dagger

...l-cell lung cancer, that makes it O.K. in head and neck cancer and breast cancer and colon cancer is ridiculous”, Porges was quoted. According to Dr. John A. Glaspy, an oncologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the new results have gone a long way toward calming his concerns, althou...

Hot Flashes: Studies Explore the Various Possibilities Involved

...ive, periods of intense heat in the upper //torso, neck and face. Although generations of physicians have prescribed hormones to reduce these symptoms, very little research has focused on the underlying causes of hot flashes. Three new studies explore the role of genes, obesity and alcohol consumption in...

New Mechanism Identified for Resistance to Targeted Lung Cancer Drugs

...used against breast cancer, colon cancer, head and neck cancer, and the brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme," says J?nne, who is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Engelman is an HMS instructor of Medicine. "Our results suggest that, when patients' tumors become resistan...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...ct their love for the spirits has created a bottle neck in the health system, overburdened// by the fallout of the binge drinking culture on the people’s health. Binge drinking has become a trend evident among all age groups, class, boundaries and cultural lines. Experts have suggested that this trend ...

Ancient Healing Technique Gains New Popularity in Iraq

...th the painkillers doctors were prescribing for my neck ache, so I decided to use hijama and it's great -- I urge others to try it," he said. Increasingly Iraqis are following this advice and the ancient technique is finding renewed popularity in central and southern Iraq as people use it to cope with the...

National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

...d gland is a butterfly-shaped organ located in the neck just below the Adam's apple. There are two lobes, the left and right, connected in the center. The thyroid produces thyroid hormone, which is important in regulating many bodily functions, including metabolism. Thyroid cancer is considered very treat...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

...nation table while a technician applies gel to the neck to image the carotid arteries, located on both sides of the neck near the skin's surface. The technician uses an ultrasound machine while following a patented protoc...

Esophageal Cancer Patients' Positive Responses to Chemotherapy Accurately Identified by PET

...el for other malignant diseaseslike lung, head and neck or ovarian cancerand providing information to alter treatment and patient management," he explained. "The results of our study delineate how response-guided treatment algorithms can be applied in clinical practice in the future," said Herrmann. PET...

Doctors Stress on Cardiac Emergency Units to Save Lives

...art of the upper body, be it the arms, tooth, jaw, neck or stomach, be treated equally seriously because if not heart attack it might be a symptom of another fatal disease," said Satyajit Bose, a consultant cardio-thoracic surgeon....

Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients

...surgery or drug therapy. Cancers of the head and neck are insidious because surgical removal of the tumo...ajor goal of the NCI and this research in head and neck cancer is an excellent example of the type of collaborative study between two NIH institutes that he...

Regular Use of Laptop Could Seriously Damage Your Health

...h a dowager's hump - a rounding at the base of the neck - after only a few years of looking down at a small screen while sitting slumped on a chair for long periods," he added. Vikas Gupta, an orthopedic surgeon at New Delhi's Fortis Hospital, said, "I get at least four to five patients every week with...

Aggressive Treatment for Whiplash Does Not Promote Faster Recovery

Whiplash, the most common traffic injury, leads to neck pain, headache and other symptoms, resulting in a significant burden of disability and health care utilization. Although there are few effective treatments for whiplash, a growing body of evidence suggests that the type and intensity of treatment re...

Sling Surgery Better Than Burch for Treating Stress Incontinence in Women

...igned to provide additional support to the bladder neck and urethra during increases in abdominal pressure that occur with these kinds of activities. However, randomized, controlled trials comparing these operations are rare. Studies predating SISTEr were small, short-term, or less stringent about diagnos...

Potential Of Epilepsy Surgeries Are Not Fully Harnessed Say Brain Specialists

...ator' which delivers tiny shocks to a nerve in the neck that in turn signals the brain. It doesn't cure epilepsy like surgery can, but can reduce some patients' seizures. Also under study is beaming the seizure spot with radiation, using a technique called the Gamma Knife....

Pediatric Cancer Stem Cell Identified

...sually found in children under 15, in the head and neck region and genitourinary tract. Dr. Zon and colleagues have developed an animal model to identify and test therapeutic targets of human ERMS. The scientists artificially activated the RAS pathways to induce ERMS in a strain of genetically engineere...

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