Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
...score andtumor staging, a digital rectal exam that defines the status of a tumor, are themost effective determinants for predicting the survival of men with prostatecancer, rather than the commonly used PSA test. Although this test is sufficientin determining treatment failure, it is not, as is widely believ...Ablatherm: An Ultrasound Device For Prostate Cancer Therapy
...d slightly between each shot. The control software defines the precisetarget volume and ensures that neighboring healthy tissues are respected (noenergy is delivered to non target tissues). Ablatherm is already being tested in the clinical setting. Preliminary treatmentresults for 50 patients have just been ...Near-Sightedness In Children Linked To Light Exposure During Sleep Before Age Two
...hether or not the specific age of 2 years actually defines theprecise end of the susceptibility period to nighttime illumination can only beknown from future research. Coauthors on the paper with Stone and Quinn are biostatistician MaureenG. Maguire, PhD, at Penn's Scheie Eye Institute and Chai H. Sh...Being spiritual may be good for your health
...t spirituality, not necessarily religiosity." Shah defines spirituality as the beliefs and values a person holds concerning one's place in the universe and which reflect one's connections with a higher power and social and physical environments. He recommends a balanced approach to material achievement, res...NCEP issues major new cholesterol guidelines
... a major risk factor for heart disease. ATP III defines a low HDL as being less than 40 mg/dL. Previously, a low HDL was less than 35 mg/dL. The change reflects new findings about the significance of a low HDL, and the strong link between a low HDL and an increased risk of heart disease. An HDL level o...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
...tify its use in patients with advanced disease. He defines advanced COPD as an individual demonstrating a standard lung function test result of less than 50 percent of the normal level predicted for that person's age. He points out that physicians have very little to offer those with advanced COPD, although...Emory brain imaging studies reveal biological basis for human cooperation
...d associate professor of psychiatry at Emory. "It defines the most complex form of the human genesis of a social bond. It may help us define why wars are fought and loves are lost."...Researchers find gene that causes leukemia in children with Down syndrome
...Down syndrome. "This study, for the first time, defines a part of the molecular pathway leading to acute megakaryoblastic leukemia," said John Crispino, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago and director of the study. "Having three copies of ...USF headache specialist writes Q&A book in Spanish
...sey, Texas and California. In the book, Dr. Wilson defines and describes the different classifications of headaches and possible causes, preventions and treatments. The question-and-answer format is based on questions from patients, and an illustrative case scenario introduces each chapter. Dr. Wilson inclu...Desert sandstorms add dangers for pilots
...n environments with poor visibility. The Air Force defines spatial disorientation as an incorrect perception of one's position and motion relative to the earth's surface. In Iraq where the terrain is mostly sand, pilots are likely to experience a brownout, a lack of distinct horizon due to blowing sand or du......rnational Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as an "unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage." The current analgesic strategies for treating chronic pain and cancer pain are based on the World Health...Childhood leukemia survivors not receiving radiation have same life expectancy as general population
...in malignancy and can be cured readily." The study defines the term "cure" for ALL patients as 10 or more years of complete cancer remission. "We and others previously observed the occurrence of relapse in patients who have been free of leukemia for five years after treatment and thus could not define cure w...Vision-producing cells fail 'taste-test,' treat key light-detecting molecules identically
...." Some scientists had speculated that the pigment defines a cell's role in vision, making a rod, a rod or a cone, a cone. Until now, however, no experiments have measured whether starting the process with the "wrong" pigment affects the cell's critical characteristics -- the size and shape of the electrical...College students may be drinking more alcohol than even they realize
... when they go out could do some damage if that kid defines a drink as a 10-ounce cup of booze with a splash of Coke." White also suggested a new kind of beverage labeling. "When someone picks up a box of cookies or a bag of potato chips," he said, "one of the first things they often do is look for informati......m of "dummy" medication. "This new way of thinking defines the placebo effect as a special kind of mind-body interaction that occurs in a health-care setting," Brody said. "Doctors may never prescribe placebos dummy pills but can make use of the placebo effect every time they see a patient. Seeing that the...Medical societies report critical care crisis in United States
...nd encourage policymakers to sponsor research that defines the optimal role of a critical care specialist in the delivery of critical care. In their accompanying white paper, the four critical care professional societies urge public policy makers to assist in the implementation of the FOCCUS recommendations ...Animal model, new grant, propel UB researchers forward in search for tinnitus treatment
...ls are sensing a phantom noise, the condition that defines tinnitus, although no noise was present," said Lobarinas. "After the salicylate treatment ended, the rats gradually returned to their normal conditioned behavior in two-to-three days, indicating the disappearance of tinnitus." With the two-year gran...Transvaginal ultrasound superior to transrectal ultrasound for staging rectal cancer in women
...g tissues, better resolves rectal wall layers, and defines more clearly the extent of rectal cancer. It is also easily performed with the conventional ultrasound probes used for other gynecologic imaging. "The patients also prefer transvaginal ultrasound to transrectal ultrasound as it causes less discomfor...Adult marijuana abuse, dependence increased during 1990s
...nd dependence using the DSM-IV categories. The DSM defines marijuana abuse as repeated instances of use under hazardous conditions; repeated, clinically meaningful impairment in social/occupational/educational functioning; or legal problems related to marijuana use. Marijuana dependence is defined as increas...Novel vitamin discovery offers clues for cancer chemotherapy and lipid disorders
.... The work, published in the May 14 issue of Cell, defines another metabolic route to a compound called NAD and suggests that therapeutic approaches for cancer or heart disease may depend on the enzymes discovered. NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is one of the most well-known small molecules in the c...