Impact Cryo names Dr. James Andrews board chair
Impact Cryotherapy has named nationally renowned sports medicine physician Dr. James Andrews chair of its national advisory board.
Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews has repaired damaged elbows for some of Major League Baseball's top pitchers. He is also a senior consultant for the Washington Redskins, orthopedic medical director for the Tampa Bay Rays and medical director of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the Medical and Safety Advisory Committee of USA Baseball and the Board of Little League… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 3, 2015 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
How Good is 5-Fluorouracil to Treat Plantar Warts?
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Veruccae plantaris or plantar warts are caused by Human papillomavirus which causes benign epidermal tumors that often have a cauliflower pattern on the foot that may be elevated or flush with the surrounding skin. Lesions may resemble calluses but the normal footprint pattern is disrupted. The lesions often have pinpoint hemorrhages that appear as black dots. In an immunocompetent individual, the lesions usually have spontaneous resolution within 2 years but the infection may spread to create additional lesions. The lesions may also cause pain or discomfort because of their size or location.
Plantar warts are...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 2, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Cryotherapy, DNA testing: four new wellbeing trends
Still worried that you're too stressed or your muscles ache after exercise? Relax - the latest developments in science and alternative therapies promise to solve (nearly) all your problems (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - February 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wellbeing trends Lucy Fry cryotherapy Rolfing DNA testing Source Type: news
Cryotherapy, DNA testing: four new wellbeing trends
Still worried that you're too stressed or your muscles ache after exercise? Relax - the latest developments in science and alternative therapies promise to solve (nearly) all your problems (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wellbeing trends Lucy Fry cryotherapy Rolfing DNA testing Source Type: news
Cryotherapy and Oral Mucositis in Bone MarrowTransplantationCryotherapy and Oral Mucositis in Bone MarrowTransplantation
What's the effect of cryotherapy on oral mucositis severity in patients receiving myeloablative conditioning followed by BMT? Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing Journal Article Source Type: news
Photodynamic Therapy vs Cryotherapy for Actinic KeratosesPhotodynamic Therapy vs Cryotherapy for Actinic Keratoses
Pooled data suggest that photodynamic therapy (PDT) is somewhat better than cryotherapy at removing actinic keratoses (AKs) from the face or scalp. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - September 3, 2014 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Freeze Treatment Reduces Blindness in Premature Infants
Briefly freezing a portion of the eye’s surface can protect many premature infants against blindness from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease that causes visual loss in 2,600 infantsin the United States annually. In a National Eye Institute-supportedmulticenter clinical trial, cryotherapy (freeze treatment) reduced therisk of severe visual loss by one-half in 172 babies with advancedROP.
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Source: News from NEI - August 29, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: David Source Type: news
Photodynamic therapy vs. cryotherapy for actinic keratoses
(The JAMA Network Journals) Photodynamic therapy (PDT, which uses topical agents and light to kill tissue) appears to better clear actinic keratoses (AKs, a common skin lesion caused by sun damage) at three months after treatment than cryotherapy (which uses liquid nitrogen to freeze lesions). (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - August 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Tuesday Q and A: Several treatments may be needed to eliminate plantar warts
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is the best way to treat plantar warts to ensure they don’t come back? I have them on my feet. At one point, I had them removed with freezing therapy, but they keep returning and even spreading. ANSWER: Freezing therapy, also called cryotherapy, is the most common and usually the most [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 5, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Cures. Treatment options for prostate cancer discussed including surgery, radiation, cryotherapy, brachytherapy, and chemotherapy. (Source: About.com Prostate Cancer)
Source: About.com Prostate Cancer - May 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: health Source Type: news
Cryoablation and nanoparticle-encapsulated anticancer drug combined to destroy cancer stem-like cells
Combining nanodrug-based chemotherapy and cryoablation provides an effective strategy to eliminate cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) the root of cancer resistance and metastasis, which will help to improve the safety and efficacy of treating malignancies that are refractory to conventional therapies.Cryoablation (also called cryosurgery or cryotherapy) is an energy-based, minimally invasive surgical technique that has been investigated to treat a variety of diseases including cancer, which is done by freezing the diseased tissue to subzero temperature to induce irreversible damage. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Cancer stem cells destroyed with cryoablation and nanoparticle-encapsulated anticancer drug
Combining nanodrug-based chemotherapy and cryoablation provides an effective strategy to eliminate cancer stem-like cells -- the root of cancer resistance and metastasis, which will help to improve the safety and efficacy of treating malignancies that are refractory to conventional therapies. Cryoablation (also called cryosurgery or cryotherapy) is an energy-based, minimally invasive surgical technique that has been investigated to treat a variety of diseases including cancer, which is done by freezing the diseased tissue to subzero temperature to induce irreversible damage. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 13, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Tanzania: PSI Hailed for Availing Cervical Cancer Screening Services
[Daily News]Mwanza -WOMEN in Mwanza have hailed the Population Services International (PSI) for its initiatives to introduce cervical cancer and cryotherapy screening services in order to reduce maternal mortality in the region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Abnormal cervix cells linked to risk of getting cancer later in life
This study highlights how important it is to keep an eye on women who've had abnormal cells in their cervix. In the UK, these women have follow-up screening tests and tests for the HPV infections that cause cervical cancer, to reduce the risk of the abnormal cells coming back."Robert Music, chief executive of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said the study highlighted a need to look at the follow-up treatment of women with CIN3.Meanwhile, women over 50 are being urged to have regular smear tests after separate research studies by Cancer Research UK indicated that those who did not attend were six times more likely to develop ce...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Tags: The Guardian Cervical cancer News Health Medical research Society Women UK news Source Type: news
Company Making Spray Cryotherapy System Raises $16M in Series C Financing
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Source: MDDI - January 3, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Arundhati Parmar Tags: Medical Venture Capital Source Type: news
