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Head & Neck Cancer in Transplant Patients: For Better Or Worse?
Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in...
Stanford Researchers Invent Sutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels
Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures — as it was 100 years ago, when the French surgeon Alexis Carrel won a Nobel Prize for advancing the technique. Now, a team of researchers at the Stanford University...
‘Operation of Hope’ to Return to Zimbabwe to Offer Free Surgical Repair of Facial Deformities
A United States-based volunteer surgical team ‘Operation of Hope’ is due to return to Zimbabwe next month to offer free surgical repair to people suffering from facial deformities.
Study Finds Ways to Help End Xerostomia, Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients
For patients suffering from cancer in the mouth or throat, a recent study shows that a treatment called submandibular gland transfer will assist in preventing a radiation-induced condition called xerostomia. Also known as dry mouth, xerostomia occurs...
New Approach for Treating Dry Mouth Presented in Study Published in October 2010 Issue of JADA
A newly published study in the October 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association, conducted at New York University’s College of Dentistry, confirms the safety and efficacy of a new novel method for controlling xerostomia, or dry...
‘Qat’ to Blame for Growing Number of Mouth Cancers in Yemen
The widespread daily ritual of chewing the amphetamine-rich leaf ‘qat’ is to blame for the growing number of mouth cancers in Yemen, according to local NGO National Foundation to Support Cancer Patients.
Pain, Dry Mouth May Play Role in Sleep Quality of Head And Neck Cancer Patients
Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive...
