Breaking news on ear nose and throat
Noise Exposure Can Cause Long-Lasting Changes To Sensory Pathways; Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Lead To Future Tinnitus Treatments published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry - changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears...
Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed...
Increased Risk For Transplant Patients Who Develop Head & Neck Cancer published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Head And Neck Cancer Recurrences Detected Earlier By Routine Follow-Up Scans published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
Erlotinib Dose-Adjusted For Smoking Status Effective As First Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Head and neck cancers respond well to the anti-cancer drug erlotinib when it is administered before surgery and a stronger dose is given to patients who smoke, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
Men At Greater Risk For Oral HPV Infection, HPV-Related Cancers published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
Long-Term Positive Results From Radiation Plus Chemotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer Patients published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
A select subgroup of advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy plus the chemotherapy drug cisplatin had more positive outcomes than patients treated with radiation therapy alone and continued to show positive results 10 years post-treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
Side Effect Severity Predicted In Head And Neck Cancer Patients By Thermal Imaging To Detect Oral Temperature Changes published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
IMRT Improves Head And Neck Cancer Patients' Long-Term Quality Of Life published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Patients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer report an increasingly better quality of life post-treatment when compared to patients receiving other forms of radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
Patients With Head And Neck Cancer May Have Improved Outcomes Following Discovery Of Molecular Fingerprint published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis...
Gene Critical To Sense Of Smell Found In Fruit Fly published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities such as finding mates and avoiding danger. UW-Madison researchers have discovered that a gene called distal-less is critical to the fly's ability to receive, process and respond to smells...
Identifying Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Independent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to ...
Revolutionary Surgical Technique For Perforations Of The Eardrum published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST
A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, an affiliate of the Universite de Montreal, by Dr. Issam Saliba...
Sugar Used To Halt Esophageal Cancer In Its Tracks published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Scientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to detect and remove these cells before they develop into esophageal cancer...
Two Nature Papers Report Quantitative Imaging Application To Gut And Ear Cells published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
From tracking activities within bacteria to creating images of molecules that make up human hair, several experiments have already demonstrated the unique abilities of the revolutionary imaging technique called multi-isotope imaging mass spectometry, or MIMS, developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)...
Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantations Improve Quality Of Life In Kids published
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PST
A report published Online First by the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery shows evidence to suggest that children receiving cochlear implants in separate, sequential surgeries, see overall improvements in their quality of life. The study, led by Marloes Sparreboom, M.A...
Impaired Quality Of Life: A Warning Signal After Oesophageal Cancer Surgery published
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates significantly for one in six patients to a level that remains much lower than the average population in the five years after surgery...
MRSA Post Tympanostomy Tube Placement Not Linked To Further Complications published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
According to an investigation published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in compari...
Impaired Quality Of Life, A Warning Signal After Oesophageal Cancer Surgery published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates significantly for one in six patients to a level that remains much lower than the average population in the five years after surgery...
Cochlear Implant Failure Rate Generally Low published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage of re-implantation of cochlear implants as result of device failure seems was low...
MRSA Post Tympanostomy Tube Placement Does Not Mean More Surgery Or Complications published
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
According to an investigation published in Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in comparison to a diagnosis of non-MRSA otorrhea...
Perrigo Announces FDA Final Approval For Desloratadine published
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Desloratadine tablets (5 mg). Perrigo had been sued for patent infringement based upon its filing of an ANDA containing a Paragraph IV certification and settled the case in 2008...
Bevacizumab Reduces Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Spread - Trial Finds published
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
According to a new phase 2 trial published Online First in The Lancet Oncology, the combination of the widely used anti-cancer drug bevacizumab with standard chemo-radiation therapy is safe, and could prolong survival in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, without any apparent increased adverse side effects...
Researchers Decipher Interaction Of Fragrances And Olfactory Receptors published
Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Angewandte Chemie: 3-D structure and hydrogen bridge pattern explained Banana, mango or apricot - telling these smells apart is no problem for the human nose. How the olfactory organ distinguishes such similar smells has been uncovered by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the RUB...
Removal Of Lymph Nodes During Surgery For Thyroid Cancer May Be Beneficial published
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study indicates that routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck in these cancer patients may help prevent the disease from coming back...
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