“Using IMRT, we are able to dramatically reduce the painful side effects of radiation, thereby improving the patient's quality of life,” said Jean-Philippe…
Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the findings represent the first and largest population-based study to look at cancer…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could become a valuable tool for predicting the risk of muscle injury during and following radiation therapy, according to…
Only about 2,000 to 3,000 cases of acoustic schwannomas occur annually in the United States. Because it's a slow-growing tumor that develops in the vestibular…
“Ionizing radiation can be extremely damaging to cells, tissues, organs and organ systems,” said Joel S. Greenberger, M.D., professor and chairman department…
Preclinical studies in mice by Ekatarina Dadachova and colleagues (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) published in the international open-access journal PLoS…
Scientists understand little of what goes wrong in a psychotic person’s brain, but hope that brain imaging and systematic characterization of genetic activity…
Because malaria is so common in Africa, children may have an incidental malaria infection whilst actually having another life-threatening illness. This can…
Only those women that experienced hot flashes and night-time sweating reported beneficial effects. These results were obtained from the Estonian Postmenopausal…
That's according to scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University who observed that active pensioners may not be getting enough calories to cope with…
People who considered their lives to be stressful at the start of the 1970s today suffer more often from chronic fatigue than others. The study was carried out…
A new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center finds that higher doses of 74 to 82 Gray (Gy) greatly reduce the risk that the cancer will spread later–even 8-10…
Oestrogens are normally thought of as a female hormone, but recently scientists have found that oestrogens have vital roles to play in men’s health; without…
The six-year study – which asked children and parents for their views – discovered that most of the under 18s created their own ventilator-dependent lifestyles…
Benzophenone-3 provides effective protection against both UVA and UVB radiation. The substance has been available since the 1980s. “There has been a certain…
“Our study shows it is possible to increase lifespan in mice by modest but prolonged lowering of core body temperature,” said Bruno Conti, an associate…
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