♦ Oxygen Therapy Might Relieve Migraines

Migraine headaches are severely painful and usually occur with other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and painful sensitivity to light while, cluster headaches cause sharp, burning pain on one side of the head. In a systematic review of nine small studies involving 201 participants, the researchers assessed normobaric oxygen therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.	1 vote

♦ QMR Therapy For Osteoarthritis Developed

It is a pioneering, unique, effective and non-invasive procedure for treatment of Osteoarthritis. QMR TherapyTM for osteoarthritis significantly decreases pain. It has no side effects. It enables natural growth of cartilage and increases its thickness as against placement of foreign substance. It is a cheaper alternative to knee replacement.	1 vote

♦ New Protocol Streamlines Therapy That Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible

ScienceDaily (July 16, 2008) A new therapy developed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center improves transplant rates and outcomes for patients awaiting livingand deceased-donor kidney transplantation, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The therapy may provide an option for many patients "sensitized" to transplant antigens (human leukocyte antigens...	1 vote

♦ Gene therapy increases survival for end-stage head and neck cancer

Jack Roth, M.D., professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. Click here for more information. HOUSTON A gene therapy invented at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is the first to succeed in a U.S. phase III clinical trial for cancer, as announced today at the American Society of Gene Therapy annual meeting in Boston. Introgen Therapeutics...	1 vote

♦ Study: Hormone therapy effects limited in prostate cancer

Hormone-blocking drugs don't help older men survive early-stage prostate cancer, a new study shows. Hormone therapy, which suppress the testosterone that feeds prostate tumors, has grown in popularity partly because of its value in treating aggressive cancers. Studies show adding hormone therapy to surgery or radiation for men with aggressive disease, which is likely to spread...	1 vote

♦ Prostate cancer therapy may impair cognition

Up to 69 percent of men who receive hormone deprivation therapy for prostate cancer will experience some degree of cognitive impairment, such as in the ability to concentrate, a review of published data suggests. Men with recurrent or advanced prostate cancer may be put on hormone therapy to block testosterone production in an effort to halt or slow the growth of the tumor.	1 vote

♦ ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable (Reuters)

A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy...	1 vote

♦ Gene Therapy Increases Survival For End-stage Head And Neck Cancer

ScienceDaily (May 29, 2008) — A gene therapy invented at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is the first to succeed in a U.S. phase III clinical trial for cancer, as announced May 28 at the American Society of Gene Therapy annual meeting in Boston. Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., reported results of its phase III trial of Advexin(r)...	1 vote

♦ Hormone Therapy In Postmenopausal Women Associated With Increased Risk Of Stroke

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2008) — Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a new article. "Many controversies remain regarding the risks and benefits of postmenopausal hormone therapy," according to background information in the article.	1 vote

♦ Radiation Therapy & Breast Cancer

Presently, patients with the rare tumours are treated either with a lumpectomy or mastectomy, with only a small fraction receiving radiation therapy. The adjuvant radiation therapy is recommended for cancer patients with local recurrence risks of 15 percent or greater but the effect have never been studied for phyllodes tumors because they are so rare.	1 vote

♦ QMR Therapy For Osteoarthritis Developed

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis or joint disease and is one of the primary causes of pain and disability in advancing years of life. Osteo arthritis usually affects people over the age of 50.	1 vote

♦ Healing Touch Therapy Put Under The Scanner

In times of sorrow, a gentle hand is more than enough to ease the mind and calm your nerves. Now, a group of researchers are looking at a similar occurrence by pairing a complementary therapy known as Healing Touch with mild sedation to see if the technique truly appeases patients undergoing minor procedures.	1 vote

♦ Radiation helps even when prostate cancer returns

Radiation therapy can help prolong the lives of men with aggressive prostate cancer whose tumors return after surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Radiation therapy given within two years of recurrence cut the risk of dying from prostate cancer by two-thirds, compared with those who got no additional treatment, they said.	1 vote

♦ Bright Light Therapy May Improve Nocturnal Sleep In Mothers

ScienceDaily (Jun. 10, 2008) — Bright light therapy may improve a mother's nocturnal sleep, decrease daytime sleepiness and be beneficial to her well-being, according to a research abstract that will be presented on June 9 at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). The study, authored by Shih-Yu Lee, PhD, of Georgia State University...	1 vote

♦ KCI's V.A.C.(R) Therapy Remains Available for Medicare Patients in the Home

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today announced that V.A.C.(R) Therapy will remain available for Medicare patients in the home as a result of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, which was enacted into law by Congress on July 15...	1 vote

♦ Gene therapy research in developing world raises ethical red flags: experts

Early stage gene therapy clinical trials are recruiting patients from the developing world, providing medically deprived populations access to interventions that show promise but have largely unknown effects in humans. According to commentary by bioethicists at Carnegie Mellon and McGill universities published in this week's issue of The Lancet...	1 vote

♦ Since Introduction Of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Death Rate Has Decreased

A number of studies have reported the dramatic decreases in mortality among individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since the widespread introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in industrialized countries. "It is important to provide up-to-date and robust estimates of expected mortality as anti-HIV drugs and strategies continue to improve.	1 vote

♦ Spending on vets exceeds 1947 high

In this Nov. 8, 2007 photo, wounded soldiers involved in physical therapy wait for President Bush to visit a physical therapy lab for wounded soldiers at the Center For The Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. WASHINGTON — The federal government is spending more money on veterans than at any time in modern history...	1 vote

♦ Drug therapy to bolster immune system cells found effective toward childhood cancer

Click here for more information. CINCINNATI, OH Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a possible approach to therapy that may make cancer cells more sensitive to attack by immune system cells while making the immune system cells more powerful. The combination has the potential to treat different types of childhood cancer, including osteosarcoma...	1 vote

♦ Ultraviolet Light Therapy Is As Beneficial For Darker Skin As Lighter Skin, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (July 8, 2008) — An analysis of more than 100 patients has confirmed for the first time that darker-skinned patients benefit as those with lighter skin when given light therapy for morphea and related diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show. Phototherapy is the use of ultraviolet light to treat skin disorders...	1 vote