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Study provides insight on a common heart rhythm disorder
Oct 07, 2008 |
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University of Iowa researchers and colleagues in France have identified a gene variant that causes a potentially fatal human heart rhythm disorder called sinus node disease. Also known as "sick sinus syndrome," the disease ...
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Imaging tests identify role of allergies in chronic sinus disease
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Exposing patients with chronic sinus disease to allergens and then obtaining repeated images by X-ray or ultrasound reveals that nasal allergies may be involved in some cases of chronic sinus disease, according to a report ...
Sinusitis patients have pain similar to the elderly and people with arthritis
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A new analysis led by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center suggests many patients with sinusitis have aches and pains similar in severity to people in their 80s and those with arthritis or depression. The study ...
Endoscopic surgery effectively relieves sinusitis symptoms; large pooled study
May 01, 2009 |
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Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis - inflammation of the sinus cavities - according to a research team, led by a Georgetown physician, which conducted the first large-scale ...
Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2009 |
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The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.
Surgeon training found effective in breast cancer sentinel lymph node trial
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of th ...
D2 lymphadenectomy improves the long-term survival for patients with node-negative gastric cancer
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Many studies favor an extended lymphadenectomy at the time of a potentially curative gastrectomy for node-positive gastric cancer, and the risk of long-term death tends to decrease when the number of resected lymph nodes ...
Minimally invasive surgery removes sinus tumor without facial disfiguration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Only about one in 2,000 people in the United States get a sinus tumor, but Johnnie Wilcox was one of the unfortunate few.
Sinus infections may be a factor in toxic shock syndrome in children
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Rhinosinusitis (infection and inflammation in the sinus passages surrounding the nose) appears to be a primary factor in about one-fifth of toxic shock syndrome cases in children, according to a report in the June issue of ...
Combination drug taken early relieves migraine symptoms
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 07, 2008 |
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A combination drug taken within an hour after the start of a migraine is effective in relieving symptoms, according to research published in the July 8, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...
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