Archive for the ‘Ear, Nose and Throat’ Category
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery approved a policy statement concluding that the use of micropressure for Ménière's disease including the Medtronic Meniett® device is appropriate when other medical treatments fail. In the policy statement both the Equilibrium ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
More than 7,000 attendees are gathering at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, April 2 - 5, for AudiologyNOW! - an experience in knowledge, science, and technology for audiologists. Along with educational sessions, events, and technological innovations of interest to audiologists, this year's AudiologyNOW! also celebrates the 20th Anniversary ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Don't smoke around your kids, it damages their health - That's the message that is buzzing around the media since Dr Steve Ryan, medical director of the UK's Royal Liverpool Alder Hey Hospital for Children said that one third of the children treated at the hospital for respiratory problems ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Antibiotics are not linked to a significant decrease in fluid buildupin the ear when administered to children with middle ear infections.This is the conclusion of a meta-analysis of previous studies releasedon February 18, 2008 in the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head &Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.In infants and ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) would like to remind you that snoring is the number one reason why couples sleep apart-and your Valentine might be best served by some preventive measures to ensure a good night's rest. The noisy ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
A new five-year study at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston confirms the suspected close link between the two most common diseases of young children: colds and ear infections.The study, which appears in the March 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Disease, confirmed the suspected close link between the ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Don't smoke around your kids, it damages their health. That's the message that is buzzing around the media since Dr Steve Ryan, medical director of the UK's Royal Liverpool Alder Hey Hospital for Children said that one third of the children treated at the hospital for respiratory problems ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
There is no cure for tinnitus - but the British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is helping to search for a treatment that will help sufferers. The BTA are currently sponsoring two students studying tinnitus research and treatment. The MSc studentships are part of the BTA research and training programme. MSc students ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Scientists in the US have shown that listening to a cell phone while driving was enough distraction to cause drivers to make the same type of driving errors as they would under the influence of alcohol.The study is the work of neuroscientist Dr Marcel Just and colleagues at the Center ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
If you cook, you know. Chop an onion and you risk crying over your cutting board as a burning sensation overwhelms your eyes and nose. Scientists do not know why certain chemical odors, like onion, ammonia and paint thinner, are so highly irritating, but new research in mice has uncovered ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) would like to remind you that snoring is the number one reason why couples sleep apart-and your Valentine might be best served by some preventive measures to ensure a good night's rest. The noisy ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
A new and increasingly popular type of minimally invasive sinus surgery exposes patients to only "very low" doses of radiation during the procedure, a level considered to be safe, according to a new study published in the February 2008 issue of the journal Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.The study's ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
A new study, led by researchers at The Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) of the MUHC, has revealed that certain over-the-counter earwax softeners can cause severe inflammation and damage to the eardrum and inner ear. The results of the study, recently published in The Laryngoscope, suggest that use of these medications ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was asked by PepsiCo to provide advice, feedback, and comments on a 60-second commercial filmed entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with open captions for hearing viewers. The PepsiCo ad, featuring PepsiCo employees, will be aired on February 3, 2008 during the Super ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
"A salt water nasal spray can help children ward off colds and flu," reported the Daily Express. The paper added that a recent study in 401 six to 10-year-old children with colds or flu compared a nasal spray made from Atlantic seawater with standard treatments (aspirin, antibiotics, or decongestants) and ...
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