http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge almost four decades of standard operating procedures used in women and in pets. http://www.physorg.com/news178913565.html Biology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:40:01 EST news178913565 A pet owner knows the enormous joy and comfort that an animal can provide, especially in troubled times. Most pets are considered important members of the family and irreplaceable companions. A growing body of research now documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly care, mental illness, physical impairment, dementia, abuse and trauma recovery, and the rehabilitation of incarcerated youth and adults. http://www.physorg.com/news178812795.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:02 EST news178812795 (PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US. http://www.physorg.com/news178354644.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:10 EST news178354644 (AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. http://www.physorg.com/news178216852.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:50:01 EST news178216852 Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology and the First Human Animal Interaction Conference (HAI) in Kansas City, Mo. http://www.physorg.com/news177602810.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:11:30 EST news177602810 (PhysOrg.com) -- People may not be the only ones susceptible to the H1N1 virus this year - family pets also can fall victim to the influenza. http://www.physorg.com/news177329345.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:11:56 EST news177329345 A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting. http://www.physorg.com/news176740788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:01 EST news176740788 Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate. http://www.physorg.com/news176703432.html Biology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:17:54 EST news176703432 (AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news176565700.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:01 EST news176565700 (PHILADELPHIA) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according to research presented by investigators at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting (Abstract #2583/B-186). http://www.physorg.com/news176467345.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news176467345 Seven medical imaging groups wrote a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to formally request coverage of two fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scans for a patient during the initial treatment evaluation. Currently, CMS covers only one FDG-PET study during initial treatment -a limitation that the groups believe is contrary to good clinical practice under certain circumstances. http://www.physorg.com/news175190937.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:09:40 EST news175190937 A team of scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, USA, says that studying pet dogs with cancer could yield valuable information on how to diagnose and treat human cancers. In this week's PLoS Medicine, the team discusses an ongoing initiative in which spontaneously occurring cancers in dogs are being studied to help inform the development of new cancer drugs, devices and imaging strategies for human cancer patients. http://www.physorg.com/news174634146.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:41:23 EST news174634146 You might watch your daily calorie intake or glance over nutritional information on food packages, but do you do the same for your pet? http://www.physorg.com/news174218264.html Biology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:10:03 EST news174218264 Lowers blood pressure, encourages exercise, improves psychological health - these may sound like the effects of a miracle drug, but they are actually among the benefits of owning a four-legged, furry pet. This fall, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction (ReCHAI) will explore the many ways animals benefit people of all ages during the International Society for Anthrozoology and Human-Animal Interaction Conference in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 20-25. http://www.physorg.com/news173374807.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:00:04 EST news173374807 Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of their most difficult patients: big cats. http://www.physorg.com/news171044428.html Biology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:30:02 EST news171044428 A new study published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) scans with the imaging agent choline could detect recurring prostate cancer sooner than conventional imaging technologies in some patients who have had their prostates surgically removed. In addition, the journal also includes a paper that provides a broader examination of new agents and techniques for imaging prostate cancer, which accounts for 10 percent of all cancer-related deaths in the United States and is the most common type of cancer among men. http://www.physorg.com/news171039124.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:20:01 EST news171039124 Researchers from Turku, Finland, have identified a blood-flow glucose consumption mismatch that predicted pancreatic tumor aggressiveness, according to results of a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news170427657.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:10:02 EST news170427657 A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news169456897.html Biology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:22:04 EST news169456897 Pet owners have heard the warnings to keep certain poisonous houseplants away from their pets, such as Dieffenbachia (dumbcane), Philodendron, peace lily, and pothos. For houseplants like these and others, the problem may not just be a poison, but the presence of tiny crystals throughout the plant. http://www.physorg.com/news168797418.html Biology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:10:01 EST news168797418 A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended. http://www.physorg.com/news165748599.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:17:29 EST news165748599 Scientists in New Jersey are describing discovery and successful tests of the first once-a-month pill for controlling both fleas and ticks in domestic dogs and cats. Their study is in the current issue of ACS` Journal of the Medicinal Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news165084546.html Chemistry Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:20:01 EST news165084546 A new study shows that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans may improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses early in disease onset for more than one out of four patients. http://www.physorg.com/news164289211.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:54:32 EST news164289211 Doctors may soon be prescribing their patients a script to adopt a cat or dog, given a recent study found an estimated $3.86 billion was saved on health spending in Australia, due to the benefits of pet ownership. http://www.physorg.com/news162660892.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 16:39:16 EST news162660892 Federal environmental regulators are warning pet owners and veterinarians to closely follow instructions if they use several popular flea and tick treatments, and monitor their pets, as they investigate thousands of reports about the products, some involving animals becoming sick or dying. http://www.physorg.com/news161366655.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 17:04:48 EST news161366655 In a letter to the Editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, S. Lefebvre and J.S. Weese from the University of Guelph in Canada describe a study that investigated whether MRSA and C.difficile could be passed between pet therapy dogs and patients. The findings suggested that MRSA and C. difficile may have been transferred to the fur and paws of these canine visitors through patients handling or kissing the dogs, or through exposure to a contaminated healthcare environment. http://www.physorg.com/news160905399.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 08:57:23 EST news160905399 Lack of law enforcement against illegal trade in Indonesia threatens the survival of orangutans and gibbons on Sumatra, a new study by the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC shows. http://www.physorg.com/news159190623.html Biology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:37:26 EST news159190623 For owners of lost pets, the frantic search for Fido does not always end happily. Now one company is betting that even in a recession, pet owners will pay $250 for some peace of mind. http://www.physorg.com/news159013501.html Electronics Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:25:32 EST news159013501 (AP) -- Watch out for Fluffy and Fido! Cats and dogs are a factor in more than 86,000 serious falls each year, according to the first government study of pet-related tumbles. http://www.physorg.com/news157297439.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:44:29 EST news157297439 In response to a recent report by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) stating that the U.S. population is exposed to seven times more radiation from medical imaging exams than in 1980, SNM urges Americans to consider the proven benefits of such imaging. http://www.physorg.com/news155558709.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:45:23 EST news155558709 In the largest study to date to evaluate fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers were able to identify the precise location and extent of metastasis (spread of disease), offering the potential for a better prognosis for patients with this rare, but aggressive form of breast cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news152806026.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:07:55 EST news152806026