Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
...any patients feel as if their sense of identity is permanently changed or even erased. The loss of speech, taste, or the ability to eat is often the price of survival. The devastating effects of the disease are one reason that these cancers, and their survivors, have been much less visible than advocates of othe...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...vere asthma attacks and airway scarring that might permanently reduce lung capacity. But the year-long controlled study shows that adult asthma sufferers fare about as well whether they take a steroid drug every day or only during asthma attacks. Changes in lung function, overall frequency of symptoms and the nu...Mesotherapy not proven as a safe alternative to liposuction
...ction remains the only proven method to safely and permanently remove fat." Touted as a non-surgical alternative to liposuction, mesotherapy involves injecting medications and plant extracts into layers of fat and connective tissue under the skin. The injected ingredients may include agents that are used to open...Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene
...ed a way to use RNA interference (RNAi) so that it permanently hampers breast cancer development. The technique permanently silences activated STAT3, a crucial gene found in some human breast tumors, thus reducing the cancer...UT Southwestern researchers show new drug may help treat certain forms of leukemia
...ul against CML, it is unknown whether the drug can permanently eradicate all leukemia cells with the specific aberrant enzyme found in CML patients. About 15 percent to 20 percent of patients who take Gleevec become resistant to the drug and relapse, leaving few effective treatment options. In the Blood study, D...Surgery to treat vocal-cord spasms shows high success rate
...f Medicine at UCLA, pioneered the first surgery to permanently treat spasmodic dysphonia symptoms. The surgeon severs the nerve sending abnormal signals to the vocal cords, and then attaches a healthy nerve from the throat to maintain the vocal cords' muscle tone. Chhetri and his colleagues surveyed 131 patie...New class of drugs may treat lung tumors resistant to Iressa and Tarceva
... the irreversible inhibitors bind, the receptor is permanently out of commission." The researchers also discovered a new mechanism underlying the development of resistance, one which the new drugs may be able to avoid. EGFR inhibitors, like Iressa (gefitinib) and Tarceva (erlotinib), are used to treat advance...In those genetically predisposed, 'developmental reprogramming' could explain cancer risk
...armaceutical estrogen during fetal development can permanently "reprogram" tissue in a way that determines whethe...Walker says. The researchers theorize that DES had permanently altered the rat's normal response to estrogen, a "reprogramming" of the normal physiological respons...Israeli critical care specialists advise on how to deal with victims of terrorist attacks
... emergency, an up-to-date list of all the staff is permanently posted in a prominent place in the hospital. During the emergency response anaesthesiologists with ICU training are present in each area of the emergency department, to perform timely intubations and resuscitations. The authors also give a set of rec...Three deadly parasite genomes sequenced
...uces numerous skin ulcers that can leave sufferers permanently scarred. Some 1,000 American service members have been diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis according to testimony by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research's Alan Magill, M.D., at an Institute of Medicine meeting in May 2005. T. cruzi causes Chaga...Dialysis treatment choice affects risk of death in patients with end-stage kidney disease
... do the work of the kidneys. A tubelike catheter, permanently implanted into the abdominal cavity, is used to inject up to 3 liters of waste-absorbing fluid into the cavity, where it remains for anywhere from two to six hours before it needs to be drained. The process must be performed four to six times per da...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
...can be deployed throughout a city or region either permanently or for short periods. The sensors can detect nerve agents, assess radiation levels and monitor weather conditions. Information provided by the sensors could help law enforcement officers track down terrorists before they strike or help officials succ...$1.3 million NIH grant awarded to Florida Tech chemistry professor
...es, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, become permanently bound to the disease-causing enzyme but not to other proteins. When the enzyme is radioactively labeled, it is possible to isolate and determine its structure. Rokach has received worldwide recognition for the first syntheses of major inflammatory me...... has charted how and where a painful event becomes permanently etched in the brain a discovery that has implicat... of distressing events, such as amputations, to be permanently imprinted in the brain." Zhuo says that fear memory does not occur immediately after a painful ev...Adult sickle cell drug proves effective in young children
...ated in the patients, with only one child's dosage permanently reduced during the study due to adverse effects. The drug's primary function, to counteract the effects of the disease by increasing and sustaining fetal hemoglobin production, was achieved in all study participants. Patients treated with hydroxyurea...Study shows Hurricane Katrina affected 20,000 physicians, up to 6,000 may have been displaced
...ikely a very substantial number of physicians will permanently move away from the area. This is both an opportunity for places that need physicians as well as a dire problem for the population that will remain." He and colleagues conducted the analysis since they learned from flooding in eastern North Carolina t...Controlling neglected tropical diseases could help make poverty history
...inst some of the neglected tropical diseases could permanently reduce their incidence. For costs that are relatively modest compared to controlling "the big three,"an integrated control package for neglected tropical diseases could have a proportionately greater impact on more poor people's health as well as...Ideal doses of IMRT defined to reduce treatment side effects for head and neck cancer
...beams are aimed at cancer cells to destroy them by permanently damaging their underlying genetic material. Unlike standard radiation therapy, IMRT administers a radiation field that consists of several hundred small beams of varying intensities that pass through normal tissue without doing significant damage, bu...Botox injections effective for treating stroke spasticity
...s, a condition that leaves the muscles and tendons permanently shortened," said Brashear. "Early intervention with effective therapies is absolutely vital to prevent the profound disability that afflicts many stroke patients, and to lessen the emotional and financial toll on caregivers and the health care system......es a cancer-causing enzyme called Bcr-Abl. Bcr-Abl permanently "turns on" cell growth signals that are normally held in check by molecules called phosphatases, and the result is the uncontrolled production of white blood cells, the hallmark of CML. Patients with the earliest form of the disease called the chro...