Dentistry
New 'massage method' quadruples protection against tooth decay
Do you really want to avoid cavities in your teeth? Try massaging them with a high-fluoride toothpaste after lunch.
Mar 26, 2012
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Neuroscience
New model show how the brain is organized to process odor information
Just like a road atlas faithfully maps real-word locations, our brain maps many aspects of our physical world: Sensory inputs from our fingers are mapped next to each other in the somatosensory cortex; the auditory system ...
Mar 19, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
New research sheds light on cancer of the appendix
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have demonstrated that cancer of the appendix is different than colon cancer, a distinction that could lead to more effective treatments for both diseases.
Mar 7, 2012
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Cardiology
Stroke-preventing technology demonstrated in JoVE
In the United States alone, approximately 6 million people suffer from an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation (AF), and since the incidence increases with age, it is predicted that 15.9 million Americans will be ...
Feb 28, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
A new radiotherapy technique significantly reduces irradiation of healthy tissue
Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous ...
Feb 24, 2012
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Medications
Research aids nasal drug delivery
RMIT University researchers have developed computer models to design more effective nasal sprays to provide alternate drug delivery to needles or pills.
Feb 17, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Study explains high platelets in ovarian cancer patients, survival reduced
Highly elevated platelet levels fuel tumor growth and reduce the survival of ovarian cancer patients, an international team of researchers led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer center reports in ...
Feb 15, 2012
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Genetics
Gene mutation discovery sparks hope for effective endometriosis screening
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers' ...
Feb 6, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Snapshot of dialysis: Who's getting treated at home?
Home-based dialysis treatments are on the rise in both the developing and developed worlds, but developed countries appear to be turning to them less often, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal ...
Feb 2, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
UH Case Medical Center offers new therapy for gynecologic cancer patients
Patients with gynecologic cancer have new hope in a novel technology now offered at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center. A team of cancer specialists, led by Robert DeBernardo, MD, is ...
Jan 20, 2012
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