Effects of Cryotherapy on Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy Effects of Cryotherapy on Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy
Wearing frozen flexible gloves and socks during infusion may reduce symptoms of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Journal Article Source Type: news
Tanzania:Regions Supplied With Cervical Cancer Screening Machines
[Daily News] Mwanza -THE Ariel Glasser Pediatric Aids Healthcare Initiative (AGPAHI) has handed over 17 Cryotherapy machines worth 115.6m/- to Mwanza, Geita, Mara, Simiyu, Shinyanga and Tanga regions to facilitate in screening women with cervical cancer symptoms. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kangaroo to Get Cryotherapy Treatment for Arthritis
(NEW YORK) — An aging kangaroo who calls the Bronx Zoo home is receiving cryotherapy treatment for arthritis.
The treatment is a high-tech alternative to ice baths that humans have used for years.
Zoo director Jim Breheny tells the Daily News that the nearly 15-year-old marsupial named Dave is getting up there and his stiff joints are aching.
Breheny says the treatment might sound exotic but that it’s really just one course of healing the 200 medical experts at the zoo in New York City utilize to treat some 7,000 different species.
Dave’s saga with localized cryotherapy treatment will be documented by Ani...
Source: TIME: Science - March 10, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized animals APH healthytime onetime Source Type: news
Only U.S. Cryotherapy Trial for Mesothelioma Finds Success
Thoracic surgeon Dr. Shanda Blackmon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, believes there is a place for cryotherapy in the future multidisciplinary treatment of pleural mesothelioma.
She wants to show it with this groundbreaking clinical trial.
“We think [cryotherapy] could play an important role in treatment,” Blackmon told Asbestos.com. “So far, things look promising, but you can’t say anything specific without more numbers. Right now, it’s a little like telling a story.”
Cryotherapy involves destroying cancer cells, or any abnormal tissues, by freezing them with controlled nitrogen vapors. It is often...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 14, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniel King Tags: ADI-PEG 20 cryoablation cryotherapy intrapleural measles virus Mayo Clinic mesothelioma clinical trial Opdivo pacific mesothelioma center pleural mesothelioma pleuroscopy Shanda Blackmon Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Thera Source Type: news
New Study Finds truFreeze(R) Spray Cryotherapy Less Painful than Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus Related Diseases
LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 6, 2018 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- CSA Medical is pleased to announce that in a multi-center prospective study conducted at three leading academic centers published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology (Liqu... Devices, Gastroenterology CSA Medical, truFreeze, Barrett's Esophagus, cryotherapy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 6, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Foreo's 'UFO' can give you a spa-level face mask in 90 sec
Foreo's bizarre booth at CES promotes a $300 product dubbed the UFO, which combines the techniques of thermo-therapy, cryotherapy, and light stimulation for a spa-level face treatment. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 medtech stories we missed this week: Dec. 8, 2017
[Image from unsplash.com]From Minimus Spine’s European distribution deal to Stimwave receiving FDA clearance, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning.
1. Minimus Spine inks EU distribution deal
Minimus Spine announced in a Dec. 4 press release that it has signed its first European distribution deal with Italian company Moss and has completed its first commercial order. Moss has exclusive distribution rights to distribute in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the U.K.
2. Elanix, Dermacon sign wound management development deal
Elanix Biotechnologies and Dermacon have si...
Source: Mass Device - December 8, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: 510(k) Cardiac Assist Devices Cardiovascular Diagnostics Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Hospital Care Pain Management Regulatory/Compliance Cagent Vascular CSA Medical Inc. Dermacon Elanix Life Spine Inc. MedTech Minimus Spin Source Type: news
Medical News Today: I experienced -80 & deg;C and lived to tell the tale
Whole-body cryotherapy involves standing in a small chamber set to -80 °C. I tried it out so that you don't have to, and this is what it felt like. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
Video: Cryotherapy of the esophagus
Cryotherapy of the esophagus uses liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy abnormal cells in your esophagus. Cryotherapy may be used to treat Barrett's esophagus. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intense Cold Therapy Salons Opening In Boston Area
BOSTON (CBS) – We all know that ice is good for an injury to reduce swelling, but would cooling your whole body work to reduce all of your aches and pains? Those who believe in cryotherapy say yes and the treatment is becoming more available in the Boston area.
Kelly Strickland just opened a new facility in West Roxbury. “Essentially what cryotherapy is, is the extreme use of cold therapy in a confined area to create a reaction in your body to help with pain and inflammation and muscle soreness,” she said.
Inside her salon is a room with a vertical chamber called a cryosauna. It uses liquid nitrogen to create te...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local cryotherapy Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news
Cryotherapy May Prevent Chemo - Induced Neuropathy
Breast cancer patients on paclitaxel had lower incidence of peripheral neuropathy with cryotherapy (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Nursing, Oncology, Journal, Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What are the benefits of cryotherapy?
We look at the benefits of cryotherapy including weight loss, inflammation reduction, and the possibility of it preventing dementia. Learn more here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
Cryotherapy May Help Prevent Neuropathy in Cancer Patients (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Less CIPN in patients wearing ice-cold gloves and socks after taxane therapy (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - October 12, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Frozen Gloves, Socks Reduce CIPN in Patients With Breast Cancer Frozen Gloves, Socks Reduce CIPN in Patients With Breast Cancer
Cryotherapy delivered to the hands and feet during weekly paclitaxel chemotherapy significantly reduces the incidence of peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Study finds cold therapy may be effective at controlling cancer treatment side effects
(Oxford University Press USA) A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that cryotherapy, specifically having chemotherapy patients wear frozen gloves and socks for 90-minute periods, is useful for preventing symptoms of neuropathy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
