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Vaginal Brachytherapy Instead of EBRT for Endometrial Cancer

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:31:13 +0000

Endometrial Cancer Women with endometrial cancer of high-intermediate risk, who comprise about 30% of the patient population, can be safely treated with vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) after surgery instead of undergoing external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Both approaches offer similar control of recurrences and have a similar impact on survival, but VBT is associated with “significantly better” [...]

Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:26:26 +0000

Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS) Exposure to a very high concentration of gas, smoke, fume, or vapor that had irritant qualities. Symptoms consistent with asthma: cough, wheeze, dyspnea. Onset of symptoms within 24 hours after the acute exposure and persistence of symptoms for at least 3 months. Possibly airflow limitation on pulmonary function tests. Airway hyperresponsiveness on methacholine challenge. Documented absence [...]

ASTHMA INFO

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:23:01 +0000

PPROVED DOCTOR’S GUIDANCE 10 ASTHMA : Asthma is a chronic condition characterised by inflammation within the airways. Symptoms are usually episodic and include cough, wheezing, chest tightness and breathlessness. Episodes may last from a few minutes to several weeks and vary in severity from trivial to fatal. Episodes may be provoked by various factors that include [...]

ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND IMMUNOLOGY

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:17:07 +0000

ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND IMMUNOLOGY The Primary Care Physician should: 1.Perform a history and PE on the potentially allergic patient. Make use of appropriate environmental control measures. 2.Differentiate various forms of rhinitis and rhinoconjunctivitis, including seasonal and perennial forms. Treat with appropriate environmental control measures, antihistamines, decongestants, nasal steroids, and nasal anticholinergics. Occasional short bursts of [...]

Elevated FeNO Levels Useful in Diagnosing, Assessing Asthma Severity in Children

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:12:35 +0000

Elevated fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) levels can help assess asthma severity, daytime symptoms, airflow limitation, and β-agonist responsiveness in children and adolescents, according to a retrospective study presented here at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2010 Annual Meeting. “It was very clear,” Summer Monforte, MD, pediatric resident at Children’s Hospital in [...]

Screening for ovarian cancer in 2010- what should be done?

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:03:43 +0000

Screening for ovarian cancer in 2010- what should be done? Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease. It is frequently diagnosed late when it has a high mortality rate. Early detection of this disease by screening is attractive as when the disease is diagnosed early, the prognosis is better. Two very large trials of different approaches to [...]

MODEST AND REAL OFFERS FOR MESOTHELIOMA

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:45:03 +0000

MODEST AND REAL OFFERS FOR MESOTHELIOMA Physicians presenting clinical information at the Malignant Mesothelioma Conference, taken by the University of Chicago, echoed one and other with a recurring theme–while the past has offered little in the way of advancements in surgical, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, new active drugs and insights into the biology of mesothelioma are showing [...]

Other Issues Associated with Obesity

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:07:19 +0000

Other Issues Associated with Obesity Heart disease, diabetes and cancer are often talked about as complications of obesity. Unfortunately the list does not stop there. There are many other conditions associated with obesity such as: strokes, gallstones, bone and joint problems, gout, breathing problems, complications of pregnancy, irregular menstrual cycles, infertility and depression. One of [...]

Obesity and depression or anxiety

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:03:22 +0000

Obesity and depression or anxiety Clinicians should be aware that the association can occur in both directions Obesity and common mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression, independently account for a substantial proportion of the global burden of disease and its associated economic costs, so it is important to determine the interaction between the two conditions. In [...]

Bidirectional Link Between Depression and Obesity Confirmed

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:59:18 +0000

Depression and Obesity Obesity and depression are closely linked in that each raises the risk for the other, a new meta-analysis confirms. The study found that obese people have a 55% increased risk of developing depression, and those with depression have a 58% increased risk of becoming overweight over time. These results should spur medical [...]