HIFU for Prostate Cancer
MIAMI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A treatment that can remove prostate cancer while still preserving a man’s quality of life. It’s now available in the United States for the first time ever. It’s called high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vomiting and Viruses
RALEIGH, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As many as 21 million people a year are sickened by the norovirus. But as contagious as it is, there are still a lot of questions surrounding how it’s transmitted. We know it is shed in fecal matter, but when someone with the norovirus vomits, do they release the virus into the air, and is it able to float around? In order to answer those questions, researchers built a vomiting device. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Herpes Virus Fights Cancer?
SALT LAKE CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The FDA says about 74,000 Americans were diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Last year, nearly 10,000 of them died of it. Now, researchers have a new weapon in their arsenal; one that comes from a genetically-altered herpes virus. Here’s more about the first cancer-killing viral therapy ever approved in the U.S. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Knee Pain: Is It All In Your Hips?
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you think about it, running is a one-legged sport with only one leg pushing off the ground at a time. Where you put it and how loudly and often it lands is the key to one physical therapist’s approach to keeping his running clients out of pain. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A New Way to Banish Panic Attacks -- Doctor's In-depth Interview
Alicia Kaplan, M.D., a psychiatrist specializing in treating anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder at Allegheny Health Network, talks about panic attacks. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tiny Balloon for Bowel Control
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fecal incontinence is a medical condition where people lose control of their bowels. It affects anywhere from two to 20 million women. That number is so broad because it is believed that most women are too embarrassed to come forward and talk about it. Now a new non-surgical treatment for women may be the answer to getting their lives back. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Type 1 Diabetes Cure?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A medication called Verapamil is a common treatment for controlling blood pressure, but researchers have stumbled onto another possible use for it: curing type-one diabetes. A first-of-its-kind trial is now underway, and it could be the cure for what is currently the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Asthma, Allergies or ISS?
PHILADELPHIA. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You can’t catch your breath, and then your doctor treats you for asthma, but it keeps getting worse. It’s a mysterious disease that affects only women, but there’s something simple you can do to change your life. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Foot Fat Transplant
PITTSBURGH. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Imagine feeling excruciating pain every time you take a step. For some cyclists and runners, years of devotion to their sport results in something called fat pad atrophy; fat at the balls of the feet wears away, leaving nothing but bone. Now doctors are studying a new procedure to cushion the feet using a patient’s own cells. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heartbuds: A Remote Stethoscope
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It’s used by almost every doctor who has ever practiced medicine. But after two centuries of use, the stethoscope is finally getting an update that can help in the doctor’s office … or from half-way around the world. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
SBRT for Liver Tumors
PITTSBURGH. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy or SBRT uses high doses of focused radiation at different angles to precisely target cancer cells while leaving other critical tissues unharmed. Doctors have used SBRT to treat a variety of cancers, but a new study shows it may make a huge difference in patients with tough-to-treat liver cancer. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ViaScan for the Heart
DALLAS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 610,000 people die of heart disease every year in the United States and stress tests don’t always pick up the problem. A new body scanner could provide a medical breakthrough in early detection and save lives. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Students Design 3D Wheelchair Device
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A wink, a grin, even a frown. Usually they’re just expressions of how we’re feeling. But thanks to a group of enterprising college students, one of those facial expressions is all it takes now for quadriplegics to steer their wheelchairs. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
D-Rev: Changing Lives One Limb, One Light at a Time
SAN FRANCISCO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many medical companies develop products aimed at middle-class consumers. But one company is making their products for the poorest people in the world. Four billion people live on less than four dollars a day, and a company called Design Revolution – or D-Rev– is developing and delivering high quality medical equipment that people in low-income countries can afford. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Burning Mouth Syndrome
CLEARWATER, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A burning sensation in the mouth that just won’t go away, no matter what someone tries. Sufferers are searching for help and doctors are looking for answers. We have more details on this unusual condition called burning mouth syndrome. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - March 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
