(HealthDay News) — By combining a special type of chemotherapy (TACE) with another treatment called radiofrequency ablation (RFA), Chinese researchers boosted the survival of people with advanced liver cancer by an average of 13 to 15 months compared to either treatment alone. Read the rest of this entry »
(HealthDay News) — U.S. researchers boosted the level of early-stage ovarian cancer detection by 20 percent through use of a blood test to detect a tumor marker as well as a woman’s report of new-onset symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »
(HealthDay News) — Most general anesthetics — used to put patients to sleep during surgery — can increase the discomfort patients feel when they wake up, according to Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) — Oral cannabis (a form of medical marijuana) was ineffective in treating certain types of acute pain and actually increased sensitivity to some other kinds of discomfort, say researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Read the rest of this entry »
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ANNOUNCER: It’s estimated that over fifty million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Experts define chronic pain as pain lasting more than three months or past the normal healing time for an injury or illness. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The osteoporosis drug Evista can help prevent breast cancer — but only the type fueled by the hormone estrogen, researchers reported on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Mice with a congenital brain disorder improved after receiving human neural stem cell transplants, a U.S. study finds. Read the rest of this entry »
Two of the more common and unpleasant side effects of treatment for head and neck cancer patients may be relieved by the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture. Read the rest of this entry »
To parents, it might sound like the best kind of health insurance — a personal bank of stem cells, obtained from a baby tooth, that would be available for the taking should their child develop a life-threatening illness years down the road. Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors uses brain imaging to diagnose and treat kids cognitive disorders.
Two million American children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It’s so common now that one child in a classroom of 25 or 30 will have the disorder. But parents often struggle a long time to figure out exactly what’s going on in their child’s head. Is he tired? Is she confused? Is he just acting up? Does she need help? Read the rest of this entry »
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