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Experts Concerned About Increase In HPV-Related Head And Neck Cancers
The human papillomavirus increasingly is being identified as the cause of head and neck cancers, prompting some physicians to guess that the genesis of the cancers might be oral sex, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. David Brizel, an oncologist at Duke University who specializes in head and neck cancers, said, "A third of head and neck cancers we see nowadays are [related to] HPV...

30th Anniversary Of First Pediatric Cochlear Implant
This July, House Ear Institute (HEI) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the first pediatric cochlear implant. HEI received FDA approval for a clinical trial in July 1980 to implant three patients under the age of 18 with the single-channel cochlear implant. The single-channel device had been developed at HEI by William House, M.D., in the 1960s and successfully implanted in adults...

Study Seeks Volunteers To Measure Safety Of Treatment "Boost" For Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer
The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine announced it is seeking patients with cancer of the oropharynx (back of the mouth)) to participate in a Phase I clinical trial. Subjects must be newly diagnosed and not have undergone any previous treatment...

Safe Swallowing Is No Choke
That's the message of Drs. Roya Sayadi and Joel Herskowitz. They are a wife-husband team from Natick, Massachusetts, who are spreading the word that swallowing problems are everywhere - and they can be deadly. "Many people these days know about the dangers of falling in the elderly," said Sayadi, a speech-language pathologist with the Natick Visiting Nurse Association...

Toxicity Increases With Combined Chemo/Radiation Treatments For Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Although the standard practice of treating patients with advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma using radiation and chemotherapy may reduce cancer deaths compared to patients treated with radiation alone, non-cancer related deaths and toxicity problems have been shown to increase, according to a recent study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute...

New Research Explores Relief For Xerostomia Cancer Patients
During the 88th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, in Barcelona, Spain, presenting author S. Pradhani, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, presented an abstract titled "Salivary Acinar Cells Regenerate Functional Glandular Structures in Modified Hydrogels...

A First For The West: Robotic-Assisted Surgery For Thyroid Tumor
UC Irvine Healthcare is the first medical center on the West Coast and the only one in California to perform robotic thyroidectomies, a procedure that removes the diseased gland without leaving a visible scar on the neck. Dr...

Chronic, Resistant Ear Infections Encouraged By Bacterial Communication
Ear infections caused by more than one species of bacteria could be more persistent and antibiotic-resistant because one pathogen may be communicating with the other, encouraging it to bolster its defenses. Interrupting or removing that communication could be key to curing these infections...

Sepracor Reports Preliminary Results From A Second Phase III Study For OMNARIS(R) HFA Nasal Aerosol In Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Sepracor Inc. announced the preliminary results of a large-scale, 671-patient Phase III study of OMNARIS® (ciclesonide) HFA, an aerosol nasal formulation of ciclesonide, for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) in adult and adolescent patients...

Diagnosis And Management Of Nasal Valve Compromise: AAO-HNS Releases Consensus Statement
The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) announced the release of a consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise (NVC)...

AAO-HNS Releases Consensus Statement: Diagnosis And Management Of Nasal Valve Compromise
The American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) announced the release of a consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise (NVC)...

New Cochlear Implant Could Improve Outcomes For Patients
More electrodes and a thinner, more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants, a team of Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say. Candidates for cochlear implants - an estimated million in the United States alone - include children and adults with profound deafness in both ears...

Christopher Hitchens To Undergo Chemotherapy For Esophagus Cancer
British-born author and journalist, Christopher Hitchens, 61, has announced that he is to undergo chemotherapy for cancer of the esophagus, cancelling any further commitments in his current tour to promote his new book Hitch 22. He made the announcement via Vanity Fair's web site, a publication for which he contributes. Hitchens is well known to be a heavy cigarette smoker...

Ondine To Form Chronic Sinusitis Treatment Subsidiary
Ondine Biopharma Corporation (the "Company" or "Ondine") (TSX:OBP)(AIM:OBP) a medical technology company developing photodisinfection based products, announced its intention to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, "Sinuwave Technologies Corporation", dedicated to the development and commercialization of photodisinfection based products that address the chronic sinusitis market...

Ear Tubes Appear Safe In Children With Cochlear Implants, UAB Researchers Say
Children who are being treated for hearing loss with cochlear implants can safely have ear tubes installed to help clear up infections, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)...