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Ear, Nose & Throat Headlines
Injuries With Baby Bottles, Pacifiers And Sippy Cups In The US And Related Treatment Required In An Emergency Department
A new study by researchers in the Center for Biobehavioral Health and the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined pediatric injuries associated with baby bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups. Researchers found that from 1991 to 2010, an estimated 45,398 children younger than three years of age were treated in U.S...
Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
HPV Positive Throat Cancer Responds Well To Just Radiotherapy
New research from Denmark, presented at the 31st Conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO31), revealed that even though the human papilloma virus (HPV) can trigger throat cancer, non-smoking or light smoking HPV-positive patients respond well to radiotherapy treatment alone without requiring harmful chemotherapy in addition...
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Tinnitus Key Cellular Mechanisms Identified
About 10% of the population is affected by hearing loss and tinnitus, a perception of sounds, such as ringing or buzzing in the ear in the absence of corresponding external sound, which typically develops after acoustic over-exposure to loud noises...
Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Identifies Key Cellular Mechanisms Behind The Onset Of Tinnitus
Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery could lead to novel tinnitus treatments, and investigations into potential drugs to prevent tinnitus are currently underway...
Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Establishing A Threshold For Surgery In Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis
A study in the May 2012 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery suggests a threshold for when to choose surgery over medical therapy for recurrent acute rhinosinusitis (RARS) based on the patients' lost productivity in response to RARS and each treatment strategy. The authors compare the burden of surgery and the burden of disease...
Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
How To Overcome Poor Response To Radiotherapy Caused By Low Haemoglobin Levels
Patients with head and neck cancer and a low haemoglobin (Hb) level do not respond well to radiotherapy and therefore both control of their tumour and disease-free survival are compromised...
Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Using Stem Cell Therapy For Neck And Head Cancers Avoids Salivary Gland Damage Caused By Radiotherapy
Approximately 40% of individuals treated for head and neck cancer experience the distressing adverse-effects of dry mouth syndrome. However, researchers in the Netherlands may have found a way to prevent impairing salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment...
Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Radiotherapy Alone Better For HPV-Positive Throat Cancer Patients Than HPV-Negative Patients
New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, even though the human papilloma virus (HPV) can trigger throat cancer, patients who are HPV-positive and are light smokers, or don't smoke at all, have a good response to treatment using radiotherapy alone, without the addition of chemotherapy with its consequent toxic side-effects...
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Salivary Gland Damage In Head And Neck Cancer May Be Avoided By Stem Cell Sparing Radiotherapy
Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer - a discovery that could improve the quality of life of 500,000 patients a year worldwide with the disease...
Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Updated Clinical Indicators Released By The American Academy Of Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has released updated Clinical Indicators for the public and physicians. Clinical indicators for otolaryngology serve as a checklist for practitioners and a quality care review tool for clinical departments. The Clinical Indicators are created by the AAO-HNS and its clinical committees...
Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Where Touch And Hearing Meet
Given that vision and hearing are vital in day-to-day living, an individual generally notices any impairment of these senses right away. Regardless of the fact that various known genetic mutations can result in hereditary vision and hearing defects, little knowledge exists about the sense of touch as defects may not be as obvious, and therefore may go unnoticed...
Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Detecting Some Causes Of Hearing Loss, Dizziness, With Cone Beam CT
Cone beam CT is superior to mutidetector CT for detecting superior semicircular canal dehiscence or the so called third window (a small hole in the bony wall of the inner ear bone that can cause dizziness and hearing loss) and it uses half the radiation dose, a new study shows...
Thu, 03 May 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Tiny Microphone May Be Implanted In Middle Ear
Even though cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to about 220,000 deaf people worldwide, they do require the persons wears a microphone and associated electronics behind the ear, which not only creates a social stigma, but it also raises issues in terms of reliability and prevents patients from swimming and some other activities...
Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Prototype Microphone Could Make Cochlear Implants More Convenient
Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from swimming and creating social stigma...
Tue, 01 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Inspiration From The Insect World Leads To Treatment For Vocal Fold Disorders In Humans
A one-inch long grasshopper can leap a distance of about 20 inches. Cicadas can produce sound at about the same frequency as radio waves. Fleas measuring only millimeters can jump an astonishing 100 times their height in microseconds. How do they do it? They make use of a naturally occurring protein called resilin...
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Home Treatment For Vertigo: 2 Exercises Assessed
A CU School of Medicine researcher who suffers from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and had to "fix it" before she could go to work one day was using a maneuver to treat herself that only made her sicker. "So I sat down and thought about it and figured out an alternate way to do it. Then I fixed myself and went in to work" and discovered a new treatment for this type of vertigo...
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Tinnitus Linked To Insomnia
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have found a significant association between the severity of perceived tinnitus symptoms and insomnia. According to the researchers, over 36 million people experience tinnitus - chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears...
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
No Link Between Depression, Nasal Obstruction
While mood disorders like depression or anxiety tend to negatively affect treatment for allergies and chronic rhinosinusitis, the same cannot be said for patients with nasal obstructions such as deviated septum, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. The new study shows mood disorders are not linked to either nasal obstructive symptoms or the failure of nasal obstruction surgery...
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Insomnia Takes Toll On Tinnitus Patients
For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Productivity Losses Relating To Voice Disorder Are Comparable To Those For Chronic Diseases
Patients with voice problems have nearly as many days of short-term disability claim and work productivity losses as those with chronic conditions like asthma, heart disease and depression, according to new findings from Duke University Medical Center researchers. Per claim, voice disorders account for up to 40 lost workdays and about $3,400 in short-term disability payments annually...
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Hypernasal Speech And Nasal Air Escape Associated With Wider Cleft Palate
According to a study published Online First in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, patients with wider cleft palates seem to have an increased risk of developing hyper nasal speech and nasal air escape during speaking (velopharyngeal insufficiency or VPI) after surgery...
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Trials Show Promise Of Human Virus To Treat Head And Neck Cancer Patients
A naturally-occurring harmless human virus may be able to boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs in some cancer patients, according to early stage trial data published in Clinical Cancer Research...
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Association Between Protein Aurora-A And Survival In Head And Neck Cancer
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a protein associated with other cancers appears to also be important in head and neck cancer, and may consequently serve as a good target for new treatments. The findings were reported at the AACR Annual Meeting...
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Head And Neck Cancer Chemotherapy Efficacy Boosted By Human Virus
Preliminary data from a trial published in Clinical Cancer Research shows that a harmless human virus that occurs naturally could potentially boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs in some cancer patients. Oncolytics Biotech Inc. developed a new drug, RT3D that will be marketed under the trade name of Reolysin. The drug is based on a virus, i.e...
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current Used To Damage Cancerous Cells In Mice
Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells...
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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