News articles tagged with 'therapy'
New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light
— 19 Nov 2009 17:53 | ChemistryIn an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off 'switch' that paralyses animals when... — full story
Pushing the brain to find new pathways
— 18 Nov 2009 11:25 | HealthUntil recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the... — full story
Recovering with 4-legged friends requires less pain medication
— 17 Nov 2009 13:59 | HealthAdults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the... — full story
Early end to key study on benefits of niacin, a B vitamin, in keeping arteries open was premature
— 17 Nov 2009 13:49 | HealthHeart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre and Washington Hospital Centre on the benefits of combining... — full story
New TMS clinic offers noninvasive treatment for major depression
— 6 Nov 2009 12:22 | HealthRush University Medical Centre has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment.... — full story
Gene therapy technique slows brain disease
— 6 Nov 2009 11:30 | HealthA strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found. These findings appear in the... — full story
Inappropriate sepsis therapy leads to fivefold reduction in survival
— 5 Nov 2009 10:52 | HealthPatients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,... — full story
Blood vessels might predict prostate cancer behaviour
— 4 Nov 2009 13:39 | HealthA diagnosis of prostate cancer raises the question for patients and their physicians as to how the tumour will behave. Will it grow quickly and aggressively and require continuous treatment,... — full story
Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes
— 3 Nov 2009 11:32 | HealthFox Chase Cancer Centre researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients... — full story
Early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence
— 3 Nov 2009 10:23 | HealthEarly-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumours one centimetre or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease... — full story