Head and Neck Radiology: Page 19

Quality of life suffers with cranial radiation to prevent lung cancer metastases
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 10 - While prophylactic cranial irradiation can reduce the occurrence of brain metastases and improve survival in patients treated for extensive-disease small cell lung cancer, it may adversely affect quality of life, new research shows.
December 9, 2008
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Obese children risk thyroid damage
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters), Dec 3 - Obese children may be damaging their thyroids, creating a vicious cycle of metabolism and overweight, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday. They evaluated 186 overweight and obese children for about three years, testing thyroid hormone levels and thyroid antibodies and imaging the thyroid gland using ultrasound.
December 2, 2008
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SPECT ties functional brain abnormalities to fibromyalgia
By Wayne Forrest
Using SPECT, researchers in France have detected functional abnormalities in certain regions of the brain in fibromyalgia patients. The findings support the idea that fibromyalgia symptoms are related to a dysfunction in the parts of the brain where pain is processed.
November 6, 2008
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Urinary urgency in elderly may be related to brain function
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 22 - In the nondisabled elderly, severe age-related white-matter changes are associated with urinary urgency, European researchers report. The degree of age-related white-matter changes was graded on MRI as mild, moderate, or severe.
October 21, 2008
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Cerebral perfusion pattern tied to subarachnoid hemorrhage outcome
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 17 - Following treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), increased cerebral perfusion heterogeneity is an independent predictor of poor clinical outcome, Finnish researchers report in the October issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
October 16, 2008
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Atrial fibrillation tied to cognitive impairment in patients without stroke
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 26 - Even in the absence of clinical stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with impaired cognitive function and reduced hippocampal volume, according to findings from a new study.
September 25, 2008
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Attack frequency, disease duration affect brain damage risk in migraine patients
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 26 - Migraine patients who have frequent attacks or a long history of migraines have an increased risk of progressive brain damage as seen on MRI, according to a report from the Netherlands in the July/August issue of Headache.
August 25, 2008
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PET with C-11 PiB can assess beta-amyloid brain deposits
By Erik L. Ridley
PET using carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (C-11 PiB) shows promise for assessing beta-amyloid deposits in the brain and may have a potential role as a diagnostic aid for early Alzheimer's disease, according to research published online in the Archives of Neurology.
August 11, 2008
Eating fish may thwart 'silent' brain damage
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 5 - Older adults who regularly eat fish may have a lower risk of subtle brain damage that contributes to stroke and dementia, researchers report. In a study of 3,660 adults age 65 and older, Finnish researchers found that those who ate more fish were less likely to show certain "silent" brain infarcts on MRI.
August 4, 2008
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Increased carotid distension an independent predictor of coronary events
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 17 - B-mode ultrasonography is a simple, noninvasive way to assess carotid distension, which is an independent predictor of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the elderly, French researchers report.
July 16, 2008
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High-intensity ultrasound destroys esophageal tumors
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 20 - Intraluminal high-intensity ultrasound appears to be an effective treatment for esophageal tumors, which are usually not amenable to curative resection, and can even achieve complete tumor necrosis, according to French researchers.
June 19, 2008
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Sonothrombolysis improves outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 11 - Sonothrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator has a beneficial effect in patients with middle cerebral artery main stem occlusion, according to a report in the May issue of Stroke.
June 10, 2008
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