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Rare head and neck cancer linked to HPV, study finds

Rare head and neck cancer linked to HPV, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An increase in cases of a rare type of head and neck cancer appears to be linked to HPV, or human papillomavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...


Merkel cell originates from skin, not the neural crest: study

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine assistant professor of pediatrics, neurosciences and otolaryngology, Stephen M. Maricich, M.D., Ph.D., and his team found that Merkel cells originate in the skin, not the ...


MicroRNA in human saliva may help diagnose oral cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers continue to add to the diagnostic alphabet of saliva by identifying the presence of at least 50 microRNAs that could aid in the detection of oral cancer, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a jour ...


Budesonide is not beneficial for the treatment of diarrhea in metastatic melanoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Patients with stage III or IV melanoma taking ipilimumab and the oral steroid budesonide to reduce side effects did not have less diarrhea, a known side effect of ipilimumab, according to results of a phase II trial published ...


Benefits from upper airway surgery for sleep apnea found to equal CPAP

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Adults who struggle with CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be considered candidates for reconstructive surgery on the upper airway, because it holds the same quality-of-life (QOL) benefits but with more ...


Ion channel turns ear on its head

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like ...


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When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle

Biology /

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a love-besotted soul has declared they would move the world for their true love, but how many actually accomplish that task in their quest to unite with a lover?


MRSA head and neck infections increase among children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rates of antibiotic-resistant head and neck infections increased in pediatric patients nationwide between 2001 and 2006, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of ...