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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News According to Australian scientists help for spine injury victims could be just a sniff away - researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney say stem cells taken from the nose could help spinal injury victims regain movement. |
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News An innovative new medical program in Queensland will use the newest technology to help treat children living in remote Indigenous communities. |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop?The reply may be in a study released online in the journal Human Molecular Genetics. |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Cells from the human nose are showing further promise in remediating spinal cord injury, according to research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Episodes of dizziness tend to become less frequent over time in patients with Ménière's disease, a condition characterized by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News Patients whose nose has been destroyed by a tumor or injury carry a severe psychological and social burden.Esthetic reconstruction ranges among the most challenging tasks in plastic surgery. |
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Researchers at the University of Essex have received a three-year studentship from the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) to investigate the relationship between tinnitus and defects in the internal ear. |
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News CMS has enhanced 1-800-Medicare, a toll-free phone line that beneficiaries can call for info on the prescription drug benefit, but the agency requires to address some serious problems that stay before the succeeding yearly enrollment period begins on Nov. |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News In the newest bungle involving an Australian hospital, a teenage boy in Tasmania has reportedly waited so long for surgery to repair his perforated ear drum that he is almost deaf. |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the U.S. have come up with new guidelines for dealing with earwax. |
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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Medical Condition News The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (normally referred to as earwax) impaction. |
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
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Disease/Infection News The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Medical Research News Pat Phalin educated she had hearing loss at 30, when she volunteered to give hearing tests at her local school. The pupils heard sounds she could not hear. Her husband Larry, a genealogy enthusiast, saw a pattern in his wife's family history. |
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Tuesday plans to hold a hearing that "might turn up the heat on congressional leaders to comprise Medicaid relief for states in a second economic stimulus package," CongressDaily reports. |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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Devices/Technology The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached a settlement with California hearing device manufacturer Advanced Bionics LLC and its president and CEO Jeffrey Greiner over alleged violations of federal rule. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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THURSDAY, June 26 Sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much as 2 years,say Taiwanese researchers. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as 2 years, according to a study reported... |
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
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Healthcare News Republican legislators and representatives of several minority health advocacy groups on Tuesday at a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing raised concerns over several measures within a proposed bill (HR 3014) intended to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in... |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Noting that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are frequently the first group of professionals to recognize that a child has autism and are central to providing treatment, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) sent letters this month to Presidential... |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Z-plasty, a minimally invasive surgical technique to treat inner nasal valve collapse, showed weighty improvement in relieving nasal obstruction with less recovery time compared to more traditional open rhinoplasty, according to a research study by Rush University Medical... |
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
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Healthcare News The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Thursday held a hearing to observe the effects that the "increasingly veiled nature" of nursing home ownership and problems with inspections have had on the quality of care for old and disabled residents, CQ... |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Healthcare News The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday hold the first of at least eight congressional hearings focusing on strategies to reform the U.S. health care system, featuring testimony by former HHS secretaries Tommy Thompson and Donna Shalala, CQ HealthBeat reports. |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is critical to the acute hearing of humans and other mammals. |
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Healthcare News The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Tuesday plans to hold a hearing on a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, CQ HealthBeat reports (Carey, CQ HealthBeat, 5/5). |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Three studies published in the May 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery disclose substantial new findings in several areas of hearing health, including research that indicates that patients with profound hearing loss benefit substantially from having... |
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, examines Senate approval of genetic nondiscrimination legislation, House passage of a measure to block implementation of new Medicaid rules and hearings about FDA's need for increased inspection resources in this week's... |
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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Medical Research News Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea - the snail-shell-shaped organ in the internal ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers - which proves to be surprisingly essential. |
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News FDA does not have adequate resources to inspect foreign companies that manufacture medications or medication ingredients, and recent funding levels for the agency will not address the issue, according to a Government Accountability Office report presented on Tuesday at a hearing... |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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A throat culture is a diagnostic test that's frequently used to diagnose strep throat. While not painful, a throat culture may be uncomfortable and rather frightening for children. |
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
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Choosing a hearing aid can be a long filtering process. With hundreds of different designs, styles and functions, it is not simple to find the perfect one to fit you. But in this article we will try to make it simpler for you to pick one suitable one for yourself. |
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