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Swallowing exercises preserve function in patients receiving radiation

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First analysis of the Universe’s fossil radiation

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Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

Radiation treatment transforms breast cancer cells into cancer stem cells

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BNCT, a new-generation radiation treatment, is effective in advanced head and neck cancer

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Biologically targeted BNCT treatment is based on producing radiation inside a tumour using
boron-10 and thermal neutrons. Boron-10 is introduced into cancer cells with the help of a special carrier substance (phenylalanine), after which the tumour …

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Physics & Mathematics

Tanning bed exposure can be deadly when complicated by medication reactions

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INDIANAPOLIS — Tanning bed exposure can produce more than some tanners may bargain for, especially when they self-diagnose and use the radiation to treat skin eruptions, according to research conducted by the Indiana University School of Medicine …

Categories Blog Entry, Health

BUSM study shows chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery improves survival

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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that patients with node negative T3 and T4 non-small lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy before surgery had more than three times the survival rate than patients who only und…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Feb. 23 NASA mission to tote $28 million CU-Boulder instrument and tiny student satellite

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A $28 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument developed to study changes in the sun’s brightness and its impact on Earth’s climate is one of two primary payloads on NASA’s Glory mission set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Bas…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Space

ASTRO publishes palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases guideline

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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Clinical Affairs and Quality Committee has developed a guideline for the use of radiation therapy in treating bone metastases. The guideline will be published in the International Journal of Radiat…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

UT Southwestern launches clinical trial for treatment of breast cancer using CyberKnife

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DALLAS — Feb. 15, 2011 — Breast-cancer patient Kristin Wiginton is the first to be treated at UT Southwestern Medical Center with high-beam radiation using the Accuray CyberKnife System, which offers improved cosmetic results, less radiation exp…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Voice-saver: Light therapy for early-stage laryngeal cancer

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DETROIT — Light, or photodynamic, therapy can help preserve the voice and vocal cord function for patients with early stage laryngeal (voice box) cancer, according to a study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
“Photodynamic therapy is an effec…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Toronto astronomers among those announcing first scientific results of Planck satellite mission

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University of Toronto astronomers are in Paris this week as part of an international conference announcing the first scientific results of the Plank space telescope mission.
Launched in May 2009, the telescope has nearly completed three of its fou…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Physics & Mathematics, Space, Technology

U-M study: Kids frequently exposed to medical imaging procedures that use radiation

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The rapid growth in use of medical diagnostic imaging, such as CT scans, has led to widespread concern about radiation exposure in adults and the potential for future cancer risk in patients undergoing these tests.
A new s…

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