Cyclic vomiting syndrome: Recurring and unexplained episodes destroy teeth
...ed by a number of symptoms, the most evident being recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting that are not caused by any specific disease and occur between periods of otherwise normal health. The study's author, Eric T. Stoopler, DMD, says that the disorder generally lasts between two and six years and fortun...High-power MRI helps Mayo Clinic surgical team predict outcomes in unusual tumor cases
...e patients experienced relief from pain and had no recurrent growth one year after surgery. In the other two cases, the tumor was predicted to be so entwined in the nerve that surgery would have damaged the nerve. Those patients did not undergo surgery. Dr. Spinner said the team will continue to refine the ...Inherited ischaemic stroke more common in women than men
...lar Study (OXVASC), which assessed all incident or recurrent transient ischaemic attacks and strokes in a population of 91 106 people registered with 63 family physicians in Oxfordshire, UK. In addition to known differences between men and women with stroke and transient ischaemic attack, Touz and Rothwell ...Dr. Msiska, UN leader in the worldwide fight to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, to speak at Stevens
...AIDS, brain drain, weakened capacity to govern and recurrent disasters in the region. These countries also suffer from other illnesses, poverty, inappropriate retirement policies, poor educational systems and infrastructure weaknesses. Dr. Msiska will discuss how SACI has come to understand these challenges...'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
...gs of the National Academy of Sciences. "Because recurrent cancers are often what really kill patients, and m...er women a better chance of catching or preventing recurrent disease early and increasing survival," says Shih. An estimated at least 60 percent of advanced-st...Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
...notherapy. In each of the five cases examined, the recurrent tumors contained much higher concentrations of cancer stem cells, indicating that while many tumor cells may have died, treatment-resistant "source" cells survived and regenerated. Another finding suggests that cancer stem cells are responsible not...Study finds lapatinib shows promise as therapy for inflammatory breast cancer
...n any activity in Phase I studies in patients with recurrent IBC. It appeared that this agent could be the first to offer hope for women newly diagnosed with the disease, says Cristofanilli, the studys principal investigator. Lapatinib is an epidermal growth factor receptor and HER2neu tyrosine kinase inhibit...Drug that chokes off tumor blood vessels offers new hope to lung cancer patients
...nt for patients with inoperable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer. The FDA approval was based on the findings of the study. The results of the trial showed that patients who received Avastin along with the conventional chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel and carbopl...Recurrence of silent brain lesions after initial stroke may predict subsequent stroke
...ight (7.7 percent) of the total 104 patients had a recurrent ischemic stroke; three (2.9 percent) had a transie... had increased odds of death from vascular causes, recurrent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. "It is a matter of circumstance, rather than tissue ...MGH study examines impact of infection with both HIV and hepatitis C virus
...Loss of protective responses and susceptibility to recurrent HCV infection may help to explain the higher rates of persistent HCV observed in subjects who are HIV/HCV coinfected, compared to those with HCV alone. In analyzing factors that might be associated with the loss of HCV control in those infected with...Breastfeeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections, scientists discover
...ut 19 percent of children are prone to chronic and recurrent ear infections (known to physicians as "otitis med...hildren who had required drainage tubes to assuage recurrent or persistent ear infections were also placed in the "susceptible" category. "We know that the tend...Rockhampton part of worldwide fight against respiratory infections
...t 3 years and about one third of these will suffer recurrent or chronic middle ear infections. Professor Kyd ...ions at an earlier age and go on to suffer serious recurrent or chronic middle ear infections." The Centre not only undertakes basic research but is also colla...Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results
A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs p...iated with clinical benefit in these patients with recurrent glioma, including improved progression-free survival and overall survival compared with historical c...No benefit to mechanically opening arteries days after a heart attack
.... "We thought it was possible that the risk of a recurrent heart attack would also be reduced. The results we... and this may be converted to a potential risk for recurrent heart attack if the artery is opened and then re-occludes," she said. In addition, it is possible th...Olive Leaf report documents promising therapeutic interventions for 9-11 workers
...t gains and elevated blood pressure, lethargy, and recurrent headaches. This is consistent with the findings of the recent Mt Sinai Study, which unveiled that roughly 70 percent of nearly 10,000 workers who were tested from 2002 to 2004 had new or substantially worsened respiratory problems while or after wo...Early results indicate radiofreqency ablation useful in treating ovarian cancer metastasis
...ive longer if they have repeated surgery to remove recurrent or new disease," said Debra Gervais, MD, lead author of the study. "We wanted to see if we could use radiofrequency ablation instead of repeated open surgical resection for some of these patients," she said. The study found that, "after a single ...Race influences uterine cancer survival
...ed, control treatment trials with stage III, IV or recurrent endometrial cancer. The authors identified racial disparities in outcome, even after controlling for presentation and treatment. African-Americans were at 26 percent greater risk of death from uterine cancer than Caucasians, even if they had simil...Bacteria get off easy in sinus infections
...olyps returned. Thirteen in the surgery group had recurrent inflammation within three months to one year after surgery, while the rest remained symptom free. The Hopkins team took samples during surgery of the mucous membrane lining the nose, and using real-time polymerase chain reaction, analyzed the sample...ACTOS (pioglitazone HCl) demonstrates significant improvements in cardiovascular outcomes
... The results showed that: The incidence of recurrent stroke was reduced by 47 percent. The combined risk of CV death, MI or stroke was reduced by 28 percent. There was no effect of ACTOS on subsequent strokes in patients who had never experienced a stroke. Improved Triglycerides & HDL-C Addit......d courses of acupuncture for patients experiencing recurrent episodes of low back pain, they conclude. In a separate paper, the same researchers looked at the cost effectiveness of acupuncture for lower back pain. Costs were measured from both an NHS and a societal perspective, and effectiveness was measured...