Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
... after being told their cT3 prostate cancers could not be surgically removed. "It's considered inoperabl...mors are high grade -- more aggressive -- they are not especially responsive to radiation therapy alone. He believes the current trend away from surgery i...Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
... says Kellogg. "At first, the traditionalists were not able to take in a behavioral perspective as they s...e disease; therefore external circumstances should not affect an addicted person's behavior. But those ideas are changing now, and that change is part of o...Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
...a way to lower blood pressure in patients who have not been able to control their blood pressure with medications, and could conceivably reduce the need for pressure-lowering medications in patients with lesser degrees of hypertension," Illig says. The Rheos system consists of a battery-powered implantab...New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...e that first trained on the cluttered displays did not show any transferred improvement when they tested ...ss would transfer so extensively to the other, but not vice versa," Dosher said. Dosher and Lu have been working in visual attention and perceptual learnin...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
...ibuting to the development of constipation include not enough fiber in the diet, lack of exercise, irritable bowel syndrome, neurological and systemic disorders and problems with the colon and rectum or intestinal function. Other contributing factors include side effects from medication, particularly pai...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...ted the study. "While the findings of our study do not suggest that prostate cancer treatment should chan...ses the risk of developing rectal cancer, but does not affect the risk of cancer in other parts of the colon. Since the study results are based on men who ...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...ses the risk of developing rectal cancer, but does not affect the risk of cancer in other parts of the colon. "While the findings of our study do not suggest that prostate cancer treatment should change, we recommend that the potential for developing...Asthma patients' immune systems respond differently with allergies
...tokines in asthma patients when they were and were not experiencing allergies. The study involved 10 pati...ymptoms and during a period when the patients were not experiencing rhinitis symptoms, then cultured with a type of prostaglandin, a substance that causes ...Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
...as "Only adults can smoke," "Adults can smoke, but not around children," and "No smoking is allowed in my...cco exposure rules outside the home, including "Do not allow smoking in the car," "Ask people not to smoke in their presence," and "Usually sit in the no-s...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...ases but a possible metabolic basis for autism has not been well explored. Now Arkansas Children's Hospit...general population, says Dr. James, and clearly do not "cause" autism. However, she and her colleagues believe specific combinations of these and additiona...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
...pecialist. In a control group of patients who were not undergoing TNF-alpha blocking therapy and had less...ch increases susceptibility to eczema, a condition not usually associated with rheumatoid arthritis. More prospective studies need to be carried out to in...Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
... the working poor - people who are employed but do not earn enough money to purchase health care or make ...almost 30 percent and 40 percent, respectively, do not have health insurance coverage, Barnes said. African-Americans and Mexican-Americans living in an ur...Study shows new antipsychotic drug prevents brain loss in schizophrenia
... new atypical antipsychotic drugs, olanzapine, but not by haloperidol, an older, conventional drug. The study, published in today's Archives of General Psychiatry, also confirmed previous studies that show patients who experience less brain loss do better clinically. "This is a really big breakthrough," ...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...p at levels as low as 10 parts per trillion and is not present in background air. Sulfur hexafluoride was...n that are flying below the radar because they are not being picked up by our current air monitoring system," said William Nazaroff, a UC Berkeley professo...AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
...emorative plaque. Award Eligibility: Nominees need not be members of AACR Nominees need to be currently e...ual investigator Institutions or organizations are not eligible Nominations may be made by any scientist, whether an AACR member or nonmember, who is now o...If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
...ull. "People use their eyes to count calories and not their stomachs," lead researcher Brian Wansink, professor of marketing and of nutritional science at Illinois, said. "This can be dangerous to our diets." Because we appear to judge our food intake by visual cues, such as an empty bowl, Wansink said ...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
... many reports on the efficacy of light therapy are not based on rigorous study designs. This has fueled the controversy in the field as to whether or not light therapy is effective for SAD or for non-seasonal forms of mood disorders," said lead author Dr...Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...said "Dentists usually work as solo practitioners, not in groups like physicians. In addition, most dentists are not closely linked to hospitals with their related network of support systems that help facilitate clini...Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
...ity to recognize faces is impaired from birth--are not just deficient at recognizing individuals they kno..., which suggests a genetic basis, although that is not true in every case and Behrmann cautioned against calling the condition a genetic disorder. Unfortun......n the lungs, including detecting small blood clots not previously seen, but seeing more may have little i...minations came back negative, and the patients did not undergo anticoagulant treatment. MDCT is now more widely used to examine patients with suspected pul...