New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...mammography. In the test, physicians use a slender needle to extract cells from segments of the entire breas...is first numbed with a local anesthetic, a slender needle is inserted into the inner quadrant of the breast, then it is slightly withdrawn and reinserted eigh...Novel prostate cancer marker may lead to earlier diagnosis and fewer repeat bioposies
...state-specific antigen, or PSA, who undergo repeat needle biopsies. PSA, a substance in the blood released by the prostate gland, is commonly used to check for signs of prostate cancer and other prostate problems. "One of the problems with testing for levels of PSA as an indicator of prostate cancer is tha...Jefferson-led study shows transdermal system as effective as IV pump for post-surgical pain
...ard, self adherent to the skin, pre-programmed and needle free. It delivers pain medication across the skin with a low level electric current when activated by the patient with a small button on the surface of the device. The fentanyl transdermal system could be used for patients with moderate to severe pos...Mouse model mimics real-world plague infection
...ue bacteria and were artificially exposed to it by needle and syringe." Despite these earlier success...s much easier to infect a host artificially with a needle and syringe." Dr. Hinnebusch and his colleagues will use the natural challenge model to te...OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
.... One physician reflected that he didn't think the needle biopsy done on his enlarged lymph node was the correct procedure to rule out lymphoma, but that he didn't challenge his doctor's decision because he wanted to be a "good patient." Furthermore, the study authors report notable advantages of self-doct...Further studies comparing rehydration therapies would waste resources, say researchers
...small amounts of fluids by mouth work as well as a needle in the vein and a bag of intravenous fluids. However, the research is clear, oral rehydration is much preferred and in the one or two percent who fail to respond, we can always start intravenous rehydration at that time." Despite the current guidelin...Could this be the end for injections?
...st suffer the pain of pricking their finger with a needle so that a small amount of blood can be used to tes...en a major challenge. To date, only the hypodermic needle has met this need. However, needles are not ideal for patients as piercing the skin is often painful...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
... recover old records and cylinders without using a needle (2pMU4; also see http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Phys-quarks-to-blues.html ). Patrick J. Wolfe of the University of Cambridge in England ( pjw47@eng.cam.ac.uk ) will present state-of-the-art methods for restoring degraded audio (2pMU2),...First randomized trial of adult stem cell injections in heart failure patients shows benefit
...lped them avoid injecting vessels or inserting the needle too far into the walls of the heart's chambers. Before surgery, the average ejection fraction in the patients randomized to bypass surgery alone was 30.7 percent with a range of 26 to 34 percent. The patients randomized to receive stem cells in addi...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
...times more complicated than finding the proverbial needle in a haystack." Still, new and ambitious approaches to gene therapy at M. D. Anderson are seen as encouraging to many of the researchers involved. For example, a gene therapy strategy pioneered at M. D. Anderson is now on "fast track" approval at th...Prostate cancer marker could lead to earlier diagnosis say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
...state-specific antigen, or PSA, who undergo repeat needle biopsies. PSA, a substance in the blood released by the prostate gland, is commonly used to check for signs of prostate cancer and other prostate problems. Results are published in abstract 640 of the AUA proceedings. "One of the problems with testin...Urine protein test: A tipoff to kidney transplant rejection
...ndreds of dollars in which a doctor inserts a long needle into a patient's side to obtain a kidney tissue sample. To build a scientific foundation for the test, Molmenti and colleagues analyzed 34 urine samples from 32 kidney patients at various stages after transplantation. Seventeen patients had organ re...Minimally invasive treatment for varicose and spider veins
...a small laser fiber is inserted, usually through a needle stick in the skin, directly into the damaged vein. Continuous laser beams are then delivered inside the vein, which causes the vein to collapse and seal shut. "This minimally invasive procedure offers many advantages to traditional methods of elim...Needle-free anthrax vaccine shows promise in animal studies
...nhaled through the nose and eliminate the need for needle injections. The new vaccine, which appears promising in preliminary animal studies, may offer a faster and easier way to protect the general population as well as soldiers on the battlefield in the event of a deadly bioterror attack, the researchers ...Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
...ackscattered light, a feat comparable to finding a needle in a haystack. The method they use is called Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS), which is basically a complex filtering process also used with ground-based air-sampling instruments. DOAS removes the predominant spectral 'noise' from...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
...pare long-term benefits and risks of transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) and transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) to a regimen of the alpha-1 inhibitor alfuzosin and the 5-alpha reductase inhibitor finasteride. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at NIH, part of th...New sampling method to track HIV-risk behavior
...xample, while drug injectors could be sampled from needle exchanges and from the streets on which drugs are sold, this approach misses many women, youths and those who only recently started injecting," says Heckathorn, who has published a study using RDS to sample jazz musicians in four cities, is now prepa...New biopsy technique helps assess breast cancer's spread
...technique, which uses ultrasound along with a fine needle biopsy, is a reliable way of determining whether t...ng surgery, doctors can use ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration to confirm the cancer's spread without surgery. "The goal of the study was to use ultraso...MRI shows liver tumors freezing in real time
...al radiologists perform cryotherapy by inserting a needle called a cryoprobe directly into the cancerous tissue and using argon gas to freeze the tumor. Using MRI, the radiologist can target the best site for placing the probe and monitor treatment as it happens to avoid damaging surrounding tissue. ...Outpatient lung cancer procedure promising for inoperable disease
...otal of 163 lesions. RFA uses a specially designed needle connected to a radiofrequency generator that deliv...tomography (CT) or ultrasound is used to guide the needle to the tumor site for ablation. "Although the patients we treated were poor surgical candidates...