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A mechanical model of vocalization

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When people speak, sing, or shout, they produce sound by pushing air over their vocal folds -- bits of muscle and tissue that manipulate the air flow and vibrate within it. When someone has polyps or some other problem with ...


Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins ...


Colonoscopy: What to Expect When Your Doctor Wants an Inside Look

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States with more than 140,000 cases diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most preventable cancers. Since March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness ...


Is there any association between COX2 and colon cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which are known to reduce the risk of colon cancer, act directly on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and reduce its activity. Population studies have found an association of inherited ...


Researchers make discovery in colon cancer prevention

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study finds that individuals who have low expression of the "Celebrex gene," 15-PGDH, are actually resistant to Celebrex treatment when used to prevent colon cancer. The study, published in this week's issue of the ...


Surgical removal of small colon polyps is costly and unnecessary

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Polypectomy (the surgical removal of polyps by colonoscopy) of small polyps found during CT colonography is costly and unnecessary according to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public ...


High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.


Henry Ford Hospital study: Diverticulosis not associated with higher incidence of polyps

Diverticulosis not associated with higher incidence of polyps

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Henry Ford Hospital study questions the need for aggressive screening for colonic polyps in patients with diverticulosis.


Study shows unsedated colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening well accepted by patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients. Sedation is typically used for colonoscopy to make the patient feel ...


Emerging imaging modalities impact diagnosis of digestive disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent advances in colonoscopic technology are featured in a number of studies presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology this week. In this research some technologies fare better ...


Study: No need to repeat colonoscopy until 5 years after first screening

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Among people who have had an initial colonoscopy that found no polyps, a possible sign of cancer, the risk of developing colorectal cancer within five years is extremely low, a new study has found.


Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...


Corticosteroid injections may be helpful to manage vocal fold polyps without surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Corticosteroid injections appear to offer an alternative to surgery for treating polyps on the vocal cords, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.


How to increase colonoscopy attendance?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In view of low attendance rate for colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), it is necessary to establish effective intervention methods to increase colonoscopy compliance. Many studies have reported that subjective ...


Reinterpretation of proximal colon polyps called hyperplastic in 2001

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Serrated colorectal polyps include the subgroups hyperplastic polyps, sessile serrated polyps (also called sessile serrated adenomas), and serrated adenomas. Recent studies have found that serrated polyps share molecular ...