http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to reduce the distressing symptoms of dry mouth in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancers if the radiation dose to a salivary gland (called the submandibular gland) on the opposite side to the tumour is kept to the minimum. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-radiotherapy-approach-symptoms-mouth-patients.html Cancer Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:58:28 EST news285659899 Described as a "big step forward" for research and treatment of Parkinson's disease, new research from Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute suggests that testing a portion of a person's saliva gland may be a way to diagnose the disease. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in San Diego in March. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-saliva-gland-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news277044997 (HealthDay)—The impact of different screening modalities on cancer risk has been quantified in two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held from Nov. 25 to 30 in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rsna-breast-ca-prior-ct.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:10:03 EST news273262209 The radiation dose to areas of the body near the breast during mammography is negligible, or very low, and does not result in an increased risk of cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The results suggest that the use of thyroid shields during mammography is unnecessary. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mammography-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:04 EST news273174790 Gene therapy can be performed safely in the human salivary gland, according to scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-therapy-human-salivary-gland.html Cancer Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:00:12 EST news271335662 (HealthDay)—The addition of salivary-gland ultrasonography (SGUS) to American-European Consensus Group (AECG) classification criteria improves the accuracy of diagnosis of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), according to a study published online Oct. 25 in Arthritis & Rheumatism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-salivary-gland-ultrasonography-sjogren-diagnosis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Sat, 03 Nov 2012 07:40:01 EST news271139929 (Medical Xpress)—In a series of a half-dozen operations spanning 20 months, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully reconstructed the entire ear and part of the skull of a 42-year-old woman from Bel Air, Md. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgeons-woman-tissue-rebuild-ear.html Surgery Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:36:14 EST news267953758 (HealthDay) -- Diagnosis of low- or intermediate-grade tumors is associated with significantly better overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the salivary glands, while advanced disease stage and perineural invasion are the most significant indicators of poor prognosis, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-prognostic-factors-mucoepidermoid-carcinoma.html Cancer Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:52:52 EST news263821949 Barcelona, Spain: Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer – a discovery that could improve the quality of life of 500,000 patients a year worldwide with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-stem-cell-radiotherapy-neck-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:34 EST news255808430 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have, for the first time, shown that infection with dengue virus turns on mosquito genes that makes them hungrier and better feeders, and therefore possibly more likely to spread the disease to humans. Specifically, they found that dengue virus infection of the mosquito's salivary gland triggered a response that involved genes of the insect's immune system, feeding behavior and the mosquito's ability to sense odors. The researchers findings are published in the March 29 edition of PLoS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dengue-virus-mosquito-genes-hungrier.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:25:49 EST news252260740 An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses — cancer-causing viruses — including HPV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-cancer-causing-virus.html Cancer Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:10:19 EST news240574206 University of Louisville researchers are one step closer to helping millions of people whose salivary glands no longer work because of disease or damage from treatment of diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-uncover-mechanism-saliva-production.html Other Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:44:07 EST news226241032 A facelift incision and robotics can help surgeons safely remove a portion of a diseased thyroid from some patients without the characteristic neck scar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-facelift-incision-safe-option-thyroid.html Other Tue, 31 May 2011 14:50:40 EST news226072089