Anatomy
06 May 2007
Pain: An introduction
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.
Bone
02 May 2007
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) like ibuprofin are used to treat pain and inflammation and reduce temperature in fever.
Blood
26 Apr 2007
Childhood Sarcoma Increases Risk Of Blood Clots, Researchers Find
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined that children and young adults with a form of cancer called sarcoma are at increased risk of having a thromboembolic event (TE) in their veins. Thromboembolic events can be a blood clot in a…
Bone
26 Apr 2007
New Method Predicts Hip Joint Decay From Chemotherapy
Investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital say they have found the best way for predicting when patients will need future surgery to repair hip joints that have deteriorated because of paediatric leukaemia or lymphoma treatment. The investigators found that if more than 30 percent of the head of the…
Bone
26 Mar 2007
Children With Cancer Risk Fragile Bones
Physicians caring for children with cancer should be on the lookout for signs of bone fragility caused by disease and treatment, according to a new report. Published in the April 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the review reveals that the combination of…
Blood
21 Mar 2007
Antibiotics (anti-bacterials)
Antibiotics are medications that work to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria and help your body fight the infection. They do not work against…
Cancer
13 Mar 2007
Painkiller Helps Against Child Cancer
Neuroblastoma is a form of cancer that develops in the nervous system and it affects small children more commonly than any other tumour type. Now, however, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden can show that a common painkiller can inhibit the development of neuroblastoma and help make treatment of the…
Blood
09 Mar 2007
A New Line Of Treatment Discovered For Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
A study undertaken by a group of Spanish scientists, amongst which were members of the University Clinic of the University of Navarra and the Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the same university, have recently discovered a new line of treatment for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The conclusions…
Cancer
28 Feb 2007
Breast Conserving Surgery
Breast conserving surgery is a type of surgical treatment for early breast cancer. It refers to the removal of the breast tumour only, leaving the…
