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Image-Guided Treatment Shown to Break the Migraine Cycle

Mar. 1, 2015 — An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers sustained relief of their headaches, according to new research. Clinicians have used a treatment ... full story

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Today's Healthcare;
Patient Education and Counseling;
Medical Technology;
Wounds and Healing

Interventional Radiology Treatment Relieves Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

Mar. 1, 2015 — Patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis now have a new weapon against this debilitating foot ailment. Researchers utilized ultrasound imaging and energy to penetrate, emulsify and remove ... full story
Headaches;
Headache Research;
Patient Education and Counseling;
Today's Healthcare

Image-Guided Treatment Shown to Break the Migraine Cycle

Mar. 1, 2015 — An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers sustained relief of their headaches, according to new research. Clinicians have used a treatment ... full story
Diseases and Conditions;
Wounds and Healing;
Patient Education and Counseling;
Leukemia

Reasons for Ibrutinib Therapy Discontinuation in CLL

Feb. 27, 2015 — About 10 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia discontinued therapy with the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug ibrutinib because of disease progression during clinical trials, ... full story
Today's Healthcare;
Diseases and Conditions;
Children's Health;
Chronic Illness

Crohn's Disease Not Exempt from Racial Disparities

Feb. 27, 2015 — Significant differences were found in hospital re-admissions, medication usage, and both medical and surgical complications of children with Crohn's disease related to race. In the study, black ... full story
Today's Healthcare;
Medical Education and Training;
Patient Education and Counseling;
Heart Disease

Hospitals Participating in ACS NSQIP Significantly Improve Surgical Outcomes Over Time

Feb. 27, 2015 — The majority of hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project improve surgical outcomes over time, and improvement continues with each year ... full story
Multiple Sclerosis Research;
Multiple Sclerosis;
Nervous System;
Chronic Illness

New Compounds Protect Nervous System from the Structural Damage Characteristic of Multiple Sclerosis

Feb. 27, 2015 — A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, according to a study. Multiple sclerosis is a ... full story
Brain Injury;
Disorders and Syndromes;
Nervous System;
Stroke Prevention

Reviving Drugs With Anti-Stroke Potential, Minus Side Effects

Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have found NMDA receptor antagonists that can limit damage to the brain in animal models of stroke, apparently without the pronounced side effects seen with similar drugs. Now researchers ... full story
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome;
Diseases and Conditions;
Immune System;
Viruses

Robust Evidence That Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is a Biological Illness

Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have identified distinct immune changes in patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, known medically as myalgic encephalomyelitis or systemic exertion intolerance disease. The ... full story
Colon Cancer;
Lung Cancer;
Breast Cancer;
Leukemia

Chemotherapy After Bladder Cancer Surgery May Improve Survival

Feb. 27, 2015 — Patients that received chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery demonstrated an approximately 30% lower risk of death than those that underwent surgery alone, according to a new ... full story
Pharmacology;
Pharmaceuticals;
Controlled Substances;
Alzheimer's Research

Drug Research, Development More Efficient Than Expected

Feb. 27, 2015 — Despite ever increasing regulation in drug approval and the rising costs of research, drug research and development remains unexpectedly efficient, a new shows. To investigate the efficiency in the ... full story
Brain Injury;
Medical Devices;
Disorders and Syndromes;
Brain Tumor

Enhancing Studies on a Possible Blood Biomarker for Traumatic Brain Injury

Feb. 27, 2015 — New technology could help advance blood biomarker capabilities for improved diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI). An estimated 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic ... full story
Today's Healthcare;
Patient Education and Counseling;
Multiple Sclerosis;
Multiple Sclerosis Research

Physician-Industry Conflict of Interest Issue from MS Patient Perspective

Feb. 27, 2015 — A new study explores what multiple sclerosis patients know, or want to know, about their physician’s financial relationship with the pharmaceutical company sponsoring clinical ... full story
Stem Cells;
Brain Tumor;
Skin Cancer;
Cancer

Growth Signal Can Influence Cancer Cells' Vulnerability to Drugs, Study Suggests

Feb. 27, 2015 — In theory, a tumor is an army of clones, made up of many copies of the original cancerous cell. But tumor cells don't always act like duplicates, and their unpredictable behavior can create ... full story
Ovarian Cancer;
Colon Cancer;
Breast Cancer;
Lung Cancer

Anderson Algorithm Increases Surgical Success With Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Feb. 27, 2015 — A surgical algorithm developed and implemented by ovarian cancer specialists dramatically increases the frequency of complete removal of all visible tumor – a milestone strongly tied to improved ... full story
Anger Management;
Steroids;
Bone and Spine;
Children's Health

Aggressive Boys Tend to Develop Into Physically Stronger Teens

Feb. 27, 2015 — Boys who show aggressive tendencies develop greater physical strength as teenagers than boys who are not aggressive, according to new research. Research has suggested a link between male upper-body ... full story
Memory;
Intelligence;
Neuroscience;
Dementia

Study Challenges Theory on Unconscious Memory System in the Brain

Feb. 27, 2015 — A long-accepted scientific theory about the role the hippocampus plays in our unconscious memory is being challenged by new research. For decades, scientists have theorized that this part of the ... full story
Computer Modeling;
Mathematical Modeling;
Statistics;
Ebola

Zombie Outbreak? Statistical Mechanics Reveals the Ideal Hideout; And Informs Real Disease Modeling

Feb. 27, 2015 — A team researchers focusing on a fictional zombie outbreak as an approach to disease modeling suggests heading for the hills, in the Rockies, to save your brains from the ... full story
HIV and AIDS;
Infectious Diseases;
Virology;
Viruses
HIV Controls Its Activity Independent of Host Cells

Feb. 27, 2015 — A major hurdle to curing people of HIV infection is the way the virus hides in a reservoir composed primarily of dormant immune cells. It is generally believed that HIV does not replicate in these ... full story

More:
- HIV Latency Is Not an Accident: It Is a Survival Tactic Employed by the Virus
Smoking Addiction;
Smoking;
Staying Healthy;
Teen Health

High Stress for New Mothers Increases Secondhand Smoke Risk for Infants

Feb. 27, 2015 — Mothers with a high level of prenatal social stressors -- including possibly less control over their own housing situation or economic distress -- had 2.5 times higher odds to have only a partial or ... full story
Lung Cancer;
Cancer;
Brain Tumor;
Breast Cancer

Breakthrough in Understanding How Cancer Cells Metastasize

Feb. 27, 2015 — A protein commonly found in human cells could be an important switch that activates cancer cell metastasis, according to a new study. The finding focuses attention on a biological mechanism that ... full story