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Is Radiation or Chemoradiation Best for Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients

...rson Cancer Center with T1 or T2 tonsil or base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma and N2a or N2b cervical lymph node metastasis between January 2000 and December 2004. Only patients who received their radiation treatment at this institution were included. Charts were reviewed for demographic features, stagi...

Allergy Shots May Soon be a Thing of the Past.

...grass allergen tablet, rapidly dissolves under the tongue and this could be an easier alternative for patients. Grazax has already been approved in Sweden and its manufacturer, ALK-Abello, is applying for approval in other European countries. NLA...

Look younger with HGH!!

...egaly — a condition that causes oily skin, a large tongue and protruding forehead. Dr Cooper said: “Sufferers sometimes have a huge chin, huge spade-like hands, a deep voice and curved spine. “The last person I saw with it could not wear shoes because his feet were so big.” Douglas McGeorge, president...

Indian Doctor in Britain Jailed for Molesting Patients

...round me and kissed my lips and tried to stick his tongue down my throat". She pushed him away. Deodhar has already been suspended by the General Medical Council's interim orders panel until June, 2007. The doctor was also placed on the Sex Offenders' Register. Prosecutor Caroline Wigin told the court t...

Sour Taste Sensors Identified

... in a subpopulation of taste receptor cells of the tongue that do not function in sweet, bitter, or umami (t... sensors." A contrasting view held that individual tongue cells detect more than one taste modality, with the quality of the taste being encoded in a complica...

Smoking can Cause Black Hairy Tongue in Men

A black tongue might be harmless, but it looks awful. Worse, it's... possibility for men who smoke.// A black, hairy tongue (lingua villosa nigra) occurs when the papilla on the tongue, normally only one mm in length, grow u...

Never Forget Brushing And Flossing

...ks are vital. In the study, researchers found that tongue and tooth brushing in combination with dental flossing routinely was responsible for 38 percent reduction in gingival bleeding. Halitosis, or bad breath, was also reduced. In the group that did not floss as part of their daily routine, gingival blee...

North East Having Highest Cancer Incidences In Country

... Mizoram capital Aizawl has the maximum number of tongue cancer surpassing the figure of Bhopal which had witnessed a horrible gas tragedy over two decades ago, Dr A Nandkumar, NCRP officer in-charge told a medical conference here today. Nagaland and Manipur showed the highest age adjusted incidence rate ...

Malaysian Indian Baby Suffering from Rare Disease, Pierre Robin Syndrome

...rked by a very small lower jaw (micrognathia). The tongue tends to fall back and downward and there is cleft soft palate. Sreeram can smile and walk, but he cannot speak. He has also been diagnosed with a hole in the heart and needs to undergo a series of operations. The first operation is scheduled fo...

Cancer Survivor Gives Birth To Baby Girl

... exciting // event for Beck who was diagnosed with tongue cancer at the age of 22. And like many cancer patients she face permanent infertility. Facing a void of resources concerning the effects of cancer treatment on fertility, Lindsay set out to educate herself. Upon learning her of her risk of inferti...

Singapore, India To Do Joint Research On Oral And Throat Cancers

...redited with cutting the death rate from mouth and tongue cancer in the Indian state by 40 percent. The new joint effort, signed Monday, involves looking for patterns of gene mutations that can predict which patients have a more severe form of cancer, so they can receive aggressive treatment. The result...

Clopidogrel Allergy Can Be Tackled By Methodical Desensitization

...marked by rash, itching, hives, or swelling of the tongue and airway. A small number of patients even develop an anaphylactic reaction and go into shock. Physicians generally discontinue a medication that provokes an allergic reaction and prescribe an alternative. However, in the case of clopidogrel, subs...

Protein Expression to Serve as Marker for Head and Neck Cancer

...a visit to the doctor, such as a sore throat; ear, tongue or mouth pain; painful eating or swallowing; or a change in the voice. Sometimes the first sign is a lump in the neck which is already a sign of an advanced tumor that has spread to the lymph nodes.’ Belated diagnoses translate to fairly dismal sur...

Blacks and East Asians Prone To Side Effects of Cardiovascular Drugs

...characterized by inflammation of the face, throat, tongue or lips by a margin of three times. Furthermore, blacks were also at increased risk (50% high risk) of developing intracranial bleeding (bleeding in the brain) as a consequence of clot-busting therapy, than their non black counterparts. The effec...

Mental Hospitals Offer More Problems than Solutions

...sychotropic drugs. Symptoms can include grimacing, tongue protrusion, rapid blinking, and movements of arms and legs. Hospital staff "failed to detect these symptoms and even consider prescribing other medications with less harmful side effects," they wrote....

Treating Bad Breath Yet A Challenge

..., breath mints, chewing gums, sprays or mechanical tongue cleaning is left to convenience of an individual. 'From the results of some low-powered trials, tongue cleaning, scraping and brushing do appear to have some benefit at reducing halitosis, and the effect...

Burning Mouth Syndrome Is Treatable

...me given to a condition characterized by a “thick” tongue that impedes speech and burning gums. Although it remains one of the toughest // conditions for a dentist to tackle, it is indeed treatable. The condition affects women more than men and is pronounced as a woman goes through menopause. It may also ...

Snoring Runs in the Family

... When airflow becomes obstructed, the throat and tongue vibrate against parts of the palate and uvula. Nasal allergies, infections, structural irregularities and problems of the tonsils and the adenoids cause obstruction of airflow. Some of the treatments available for chronic snorers are surgical, lase...

Almond Structure in the Brain Intrigues Researchers

... almond shaped structure in the brain, and quite a tongue twister called the Amygdala, has caught the fancy of the UC Irvine researchers. // It seems as though there is more to the origin of the pithy phrase- Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus! Researchers have discovered that Amygdala, which has ...

Low Awareness Of Kawasaki Disease In Capital: Parents Form Support Group

.... Progressively there is inflammation of the eyes, tongue and lips, followed by peeling of skin of the feet and hands. The child fails to respond to the anti-biotic prescribed. If left unattended, to the lymph nodes may get involved, followed by damage to coronary arteries that supply the heart. As it is ...

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