ABUS: Cancer Screening for Dense Breasts
LOS ANGELES. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Mammograms are the gold standard in detecting breast cancer, but they can miss tumors in women with dense breasts. The automated whole breast ultrasound, or ABUS has been finding some of those lesions in just fifteen minutes. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saving Bad Hips with 3D Technology
CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 2.5 million Americans are living with an artificial hip. For those with a failed hip replacement, many are either too afraid to have a revision or don’t know what can be done and instead live with the pain and disability. But there is hope. Now, 3D technology is helping surgeons plan and perform the surgery better than ever before. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CAD CAM: Making New Teeth
LOS ANGELES. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It’s the stuff of science fiction showing up in dental offices. Dentists and prosthodontists are using computers to make teeth, implants, and dentures. It’s a process called computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, or CAD CAM. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Safe Conversations
DALLAS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It’s still not great; four out of 10 American couples still wind up getting divorced, but that percentage is starting to drop. Harville Hendrix frequently brought relationship advice to The Oprah Winfrey Show years ago, and today, he and his wife are bringing relationship education to couples around the world. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tapping out Stress: Aging Backwards
TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Mental health challenges affect 63 million Americans every year. Treatment ranges from medication to meditation to counseling. But there’s an alternative form of healing that let’s your fingers do the walking. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Metastatic Breast Cancer Discovery: Medicine’s Next Big Thing?
SEATTLE. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The only thing worse than finding out you have breast cancer, is learning it has spread to other parts of your body. Now researchers in Seattle have made a discovery that could help all cancer patients someday. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Depression Screening Can Make a Difference
DALLAS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Depression affects about 16 million Americans, and contributes to more than 41,000 suicides each year. It also costs nearly $210 billion a year in treatment and lost productivity. Now, a federal task force recommends that everybody get screened for depression. Here’s more on how a pioneering study is making a difference. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Early Diagnosis for Autism
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- April is national autism awareness month, and there’s good news in the fight to cope with it. An encouraging new study shows that children are being identified younger than ever before. And, as a result, critical therapy begins very early. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zika Virus Warnings
TULSA, Okla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could a trip out of the country compromise the health of your baby? A young mom takes the pros and cons of traveling in the days of the Zika virus into consideration. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Girls & Concussions
DALLAS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you take football out of the picture, girls suffer more concussions among high Submitschool and college athletes than boys. But the head injury doesn’t discriminate. One concussion is unlikely to do permanent damage, but multiple concussions can be devastating. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Herpes Virus Fights Cancer? -- Doctor's In-depth Interview
Robert Andtbacka, M.D., C.M., a Surgical Oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute talks about a virus doctors are using to fight cancer. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CPR Minus Mouth-to-Mouth
TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The statistic is stark: if you have a cardiac arrest and you’re not at a hospital, nine out of 10 people will die. But CPR can more than double those survival chances. And, anyone can do CPR Submitnow. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rooster Injections: Something to Crow About?
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Knee and joint pain affects one hundred million Americans. Now patients can choose from many different treatment options. Here are details on how fluid from a rooster can get Submitthe joints moving again. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Relief for Pelvic Pain
ATLANTA. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As many as one in four women in the U.S. suffer from chronic pelvic pain. A lot of times medication, steroid injections or physical therapy will help, but for women whose pelvic pain comes from the Submitpudendal nerve, the pain goes much deeper. Now, an Atlanta doctor is trying a procedure that may be the non-invasive cure millions of women are looking for. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Treating Liver Cancer with Tiny Beads
ATLANTA. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Treating cancer that began in the liver or has spread to the liver can often involve months of chemotherapy and painful radiation treatments. But now there’s a new procedure that takes tiny beads that carry a high dose of radiation and sends them straight to the cancer. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
