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Brain aneurysms can now be treated with a less invasive procedure

...ated surgically or non-surgically depending on the size of the neck of the bulge. A bulge with a narrow neck is treated non-surgically by filling it with lots of tiny metal coils that divert blood flow away from the aneurysm. However, if// the neck of the bulge is wide, it is removed surgically as the met...

Platinum for the Eye: A new facial palsy implant

...is more flexible and adapts better to the changing size of the surrounding ocular tissue with movement of the eye. It's also denser, which allows a smaller implant// to be used relative to gold. Researchers from the Martin-Luther University in Halle, Germany, conducted a comparative study of the complica...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

... cancer measured by a biopsy Gleason score and the size of the tumour.The researchers discovered that patients with a high risk of progression were significantly more likely to be obese.// Moreover they exercise less than twice a week and do not undergo annual prostate screening. On the contrary, those w...

Awareness increase Prostate cancer detection

..., lubricated finger into the rectum to examine the size and characteristics of the prostate.// The prostate should be symmetrical, about the size of a walnut, and absent of any nodules or polyps. There have been questions from men about post-oper...

WHO To Support Public Health Threats

...nd, Director-General of WHO. "SARS has shownus the size of the challenges we face. These newmeasures will help us respond even more effectively tothe next public health threat." Member States noted that "national and internationalexperiences with SARS contribute lessons that canimprove preparedness for r...

Breast Cancer in Men Often Underestimated and Under-treated

... ductal and papillary histology. Tumour stage and size had a clear prognostic significance in men, as it does in women. Tumour grade also was of prognostic importance, with multivariate 10-year disease-specific survival rates of 93%, 66% and 53% for grades I, II and III disease, respectively (P Patients...

Vitamin D Wipes out Cancer Cells

...breast cancer, both before surgery to reduce tumor size and after surgery to reduce tumor recurrence. However, some remaining cells are often resistant to radiation. In addition to wiping out radio-resistant cells, researchers have modified EB 1089 so it has fewer side effects. Lead researcher says these...

Bone Strength After Menopause

... a fracture. However, not much is known about bone size and strength. The Swedish study involved 146 women...er year they had bone scans done to determine bone size and density. //All fractures related to a fall were recorded during the length of the study. Bone mi...

Depression doubles mortality risk after CABG

...h solid conclusions either because of small sample size or short follow-up. Dr. Blumenthal and colleagues, from Duke University Medical Centers in Durham, North Carolina, assessed the outcomes of 817 patients who underwent CABG between May 1989 and May 2001. The patients completed a validated test of dep...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

... the first for a companion animal. // A standard size poodle named Shadow, the family pet of gene researcher J. Craig Venter, provided the specimen that researchers used to sequence the canine genes. "Shadow is now one of history's most valuable dogs," said Venter, founder and leader of one of the two...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

... is the first for a companion animal. A standard size poodle named Shadow, the family pet of gene researcher J. Craig Venter, provided the specimen that researchers used to sequence the canine genes. "Shadow is now one of history's most valuable dogs," said Venter, founder and leader of one of the two...

HDL - Key to Longevity

...ns and body mass index. They also say LDL particle size may be a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease than LDL levels. The researchers conclude that although further research is needed, these findings may provide key insights into preventative and therapeutic interventions of several age-related ...

Key to Long Life

...ns and body mass index. They also say LDL particle size may be a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease than LDL levels. The researchers conclude that although further research is needed, these findings may provide key insights into preventative and therapeutic interventions of several age-related ...

Memory said to automatically improve with age

...nly affects one's ability to remember but also the size of one area of the brain. Researchers found that individuals with poor glucose regulation had a smaller hippocampus, the part of the brain dealing with memory.Moderate cardiovascular exercise, such as a brisk 30-minute walk a few times a week, shoul...

New Liver Tumor Treatment

... liver tumors. The treatment includes reducing the size of the tumor //before using lasers to heat and des...ver tumors larger than five centimeters (about the size of a golf ball) and in the past we had to refuse them. We needed a way to reduce the tumor to a size...

Uterine Fibroid Embolization Gaining Popularity

...ous growths found in the uterus and can// range in size from very small to the size of a cantaloupe or larger. Now, there’s an improvement to uterine fibroid embolization -- a treatmen...

Link Between Alcohol and Decrease in Brain Size

...derate alcohol consumption and a decrease in brain size of middle-aged adults. As alcohol consumption increased, the MRI identified increases in the spaces that do not contain brain tissue -- an indication of brain deterioration. However, no consistent link was found between alcohol intake and infarctio...

Female Smokers More Prone To Lung Cancer

...most at risk, these factors were combined with the size and texture of lung nodules found on CT scans. Se...her studied the probability of cancer based on the size and texture of nodules in more than 1,000 participants who had at least one lung nodule. From the st...

The Reason For Depression in Adolescents

...ith larger numbers of individuals and to study the size of the hippocampus as depression progresses....

Estrogen Found To Protect the Colon Against Cancer

...tion, soy protein may help minimize the number and size of tumors that develop. Investigators fed five different diets to female mice and followed their progress for one year. The diets were designed to compare the effects of specific ingredients. Diet one contained milk protein, and diet two had soy pro...

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