Surgery
The healing power of fat
A healthy-weight adult can have 30 billion fat cells in his or her body, while someone who is considered obese can carry as many as 300 billion.
Mar 17, 2017
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News tagged with vocal cords
Health
Home remedies: helping a hoarse voice
You've likely had days when your voice sounds excessively husky, raspy or weak. You may have even lost your voice for a short time laryngitis. Laryngitis is an inflammation of your voice box (larynx) from overuse, irritation ...
Dec 29, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Noninvasive tool to make voice therapy simpler–and more scientific
When Meghan Graham was an undergraduate at Ithaca College, her speech pathology professor pulled her aside after class, but not to discuss homework. "This may be personal," she said, "but do you smoke?"
Nov 02, 2016
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Medical research
Physician fine-tuning mouse model for rare condition in which HPV infection causes hoarseness, breat
Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare condition that can leave children chronically hoarse and with difficulty breathing.
Oct 25, 2016
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Other
Born with no voice and low odds, boy talks with new voice box
Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions—one that's usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk.
Nov 23, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists grow functional vocal cord tissue in the lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step toward restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Long-term results confirm success of MGH-developed laser treatment for vocal-cord cancer
The first long-term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is ...
Dec 09, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When words fail, a highly specialized center helps patients find their voices
When Erik Laurence transferred to Shanghai, China, in 2009, as vice president of a software company, he thought his biggest challenge would be improving his Mandarin-language skills and learning the nuances of the Chinese ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Magnets help cure chronic acid reflux
Magnets are helping Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center pediatric nephrologist Jens Goebel, MD, and Hoxworth Blood Center clinical lab scientist David Puckett lead healthier lives.
Sep 18, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Voice for radio? New research reveals it's in the cords
New research from the University of Sydney Voice Research Laboratory has discovered unique vocal cord vibration patterns might be the secret behind a good radio voice.
Jul 24, 2014
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