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New treatment option for advanced prostate cancer

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 08/11/2011 - 22:00

(Lund University) Prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone treatment and that does not respond to radiation or chemotherapy requires new methods of treatment.

By attacking stem cell-like cells in prostate cancer, researchers at Lund University are working on a project to develop a new treatment option.


 

New therapy for childhood neuroblastoma proves feasible and safe

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 06/28/2011 - 22:00

(Society of Nuclear Medicine) A new treatment option may soon be available for children with neuroblastoma according to research published in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.


 

Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work

Health News From Pueblo  Fri, 11/19/2010 - 09:44

Antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses like colds, most sore throats and bronchitis, and some ear infections.

Rest, fluids, and over-the-counter products may be your or your child's best treatment option. Read more...


 

New device zaps airways to help asthmatics breathe

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 05/03/2010 - 11:17

WASHINGTON (AP) -- People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut....


 

Deep Brain Stimulation Stops Seizures

WebMD Health  Wed, 03/17/2010 - 23:04

Deep brain stimulation may offer a new treatment option for fighting epileptic seizures in those who don't respond well to other therapies.


 

Targeted heat therapy offers new standard treatment option for s...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 09/21/2009 - 22:00

(ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation) Patients with soft-tissue sarcomas at high risk of spreading were 30 percent more likely to be alive and cancer free almost three years after starting treatment if their tumors were heated at the time they received chemotherapy.


 

Mayo Clinic researchers say agent provides treatment option for ...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 05/13/2009 - 22:00

(Mayo Clinic) A pill used for nerve pain offers women relief from hot flashes, Mayo Clinic researchers report at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.