Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...eated with surgery, drugs, or internal radioactive seeds in most cases. The hybrid device could also improve results for all cancer patients receiving radiation therapy. Using a process called Advanced Real-Time Adaptive RadioTherapy (ART), the prototype system will allow for near-real-time 3D magneti...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
...losis or diverticular complications avoid nuts and seeds because they believed that these foods could lodge in diverticula and incite inflammation or bleeding," said Lisa L. Strate M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington Division of Gastroenterology in Seattle, Wash. and lead author of this study. "...New prostate cancer treatment wins operations research award for Sloan-Kettering
...ported that the procedure uses significantly fewer seeds and needles compared to current best-practice procedures. Thus the procedure time is shortened and less invasive, and there is less blood loss. As a result, patients experience less pain and recover faster. National distribution of this system will...Prostate cancer patients see high survival rates with seed implants
...he United States over eight years. The radioactive seeds were administered with the aid of ultrasound-guided techniques to accurately place the seeds in the prostate gland. The patients received the seed implants as the sole treatment for prostate ca...Radiation therapy combo cures prostate cancer long-term
...llets, each about the size of a grain of rice. The seeds are inserted into the prostate through small needles during a brief outpatient procedure. External beam radiation therapy involves a series of 25 short daily outpatient treatments, where a radiation oncologist precisely directs high energy radiation ...'Inverse planning' system improves brachytherapy treatment for prostate and other cancers
... specialists optimize the placement of radioactive seeds used in the brachytherapy process. Optimization i...radiation while reducing the number of radioactive seeds and needles used. Because the treatment planning can now be done in less than a minute compared to...Health effects of 'functional foods' featured during four-day symposium, Sept. 10-13
... also has developed a new type of flour from fruit seeds -- normally waste products from the manufacture of juice and fruit products. In laboratory studies, the fruit seed flour appears to have the ability to fight inflammation, cancer and food-borne bacteria. This fruit-seed flour could add natural flavor...Low vitamin E intake during pregnancy can lead to childhood asthma
...d corn), margarine, wheat germ, nuts and sunflower seeds as major food sources of vitamin E for mothers in the U.K. In a prior report on this group of children, the researchers found that two-year-olds whose mothers' vitamin E intake during pregnancy had been relatively low were more likely to wheeze ev...Vision, contributions earn two honors for UH optometrist
...rtnership Foundation for Optometric Education, the seeds of which were sown in 1993 during the Summit of the Financing of Optometric Education when the need was identified for a national endowment of more than $1 billion to support the educational institutions. Strickland proposed a model in which one dol...Drug attacks prostate cancer in mouse model by destroying its blood supply
...ood vessels first. "Here, we attack the soil. The seeds can be resistant. Kill the endothelial cell, you kill the soil," Fidler said. Imatinib had an effect by itself, but the best result came from the pairing with paclitaxel, known commercially as Taxol, which induces apoptosis in non-resistant cancer ce...More training needed to ensure accuracy of urine drug tests
...of whether or not eating large quantities of poppy seeds can cause positive results for opioids, codeine an...ither did not know or answered incorrectly. (Poppy seeds can cause a positive drug test results.) The surveyed physicians were also unsure of whether second...One day radiation may become an option for breast cancer patients
...th the temporary implants. Rather, the radioactive seeds would deliver radiation to the breast area for a n... standard of daily treatments over many weeks. The seeds also reduce the amount of radiation the normal breast tissue receives, which lessens the chance of t...Gatton livestock studies spurred a flu-fighter
...edal to a scientist whose Gatton studies sowed the seeds of a revolutionary flu drug. Professor Mark von Itzstein is internationally renowned for research contributing to the development of the world's first anti-flu drug, Relenza. He gained his passion for science while studying at the college that grew...Sunflower seeds, pistachios among top nuts for lowering cholesterol
Researchers have known for some time that nuts and seeds are rich sources of phytosterols, a class of plant... highest levels of phytosterols among the nuts and seeds that are most commonly consumed as snack foods in the United States. Their study appears in the Nov....Healthy diets rich in protein and good fat, and lower in carbs linked to better heart health
...xcellent plant sources of protein are beans, nuts, seeds and certain grains." The monounsaturated fat diet, enriched with olive and canola oils, as well as various nuts and seeds, decreased risk by almost 20 percent. The carbohydrate-rich diet used in the study decreased risk by roughly 16 percent. The......dinner plates, three-day-old sprouts from broccoli seeds contain ultra high concentrations of sulforaphane, a compound with documented cancer prevention effects. Now, Hopkins investigators say there is some evidence the compound has antibiotic properties to treat the bacteria that causes gastritis.Forty r...Radiation therapy can help spare vision in patients with melanoma of the eye
...tment, a small metal shield containing radioactive seeds is sutured to the outside of the eye over the tumor. The shield is left in place until the required dose of radiation has been delivered, usually for four to five days. Several different type of radiation can be used in the seeds; this study used iod...Largest single-institution study demonstrates Mammosite is a safe breast cancer treatment
...ny balloon is inflated and loaded with radioactive seeds that deliver prescribed levels of radiation to targeted tissue surrounding the tumor site. "MammoSite is a type of partial breast irradiation that delivers radiation from the inside of the breast directly to the tumor site where cancer cells are most...Men continue to have normal life after radiation for prostate cancer
...ternal radiation therapy in which tiny radioactive seeds are implanted directly into the prostate gland to battle the cancer. Patients were given three separate health-related quality of life questionnaires a total of five times before, during and after undergoing radiation therapy to allow researchers to...Baseball food and drink: Healthy chemistry scores a surprise hit
...l of Agricultural and Food Chemistry : Sunflower seeds may lower blood pressure Baseball players and fans who enjoy the taste of sunflower seeds have a new reason to like this popular snackfood. Researchers in Spain have shown in lab studies tha...