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Students Win Dyson Award for sKan Melanoma Detector
A team of biomedical engineering students have won the 2017 international James Dyson Award, and the £30,000 ($39,000) prize that goes with it, for their innovative sKan device that uses skin temperature measurements to diagnose skin cancer. The Ja...
Source: Medgadget - November 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Dermatology Source Type: blogs
Targeted Radiotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy Kills 100% of Colorectal Cancer
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and from MIT are reporting the development of a new combination therapy that completely eliminates colon cancer, at least in laboratory mice. The technique is a type of radioimmunotherapy, whic...
Source: Medgadget - November 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Nuclear Medicine Radiation Oncology Source Type: blogs
“ Gut bacteria ‘ boost ’ cancer therapy ”
That’s the title of a very interesting BBC News article I read this morning, thanks to my friend Paul: goo.gl/pkXS1J It’s about two recent studies that examined patients with cancer (1. lung or kidney; 2. melanoma), discovering that those who had a lot of “friendly” gut bacteria responded better to immunotherapy.
Excerpt: Dr Jennifer Wargo, from Texas, told the BBC: “If you disrupt a patient’s microbiome you may impair their ability to respond to cancer treatment.”
Okay, so the patients in the two studies didn’t have myeloma. But I would bet anything that those three types o...
Source: Margaret's Corner - November 4, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll BBC News Clostridium difficile gut bacteria microbiome probiotics SCT Source Type: blogs
A conversation with a Rigvir flack
Over the last two Mondays, I ' ve beenwriting about an unproven cancer therapy that I hadn ' t really heard much about before. The cancer treatment is called Rigvir; it is manufactured in Latvia and marketed primarily through a Latvian entity called the International Virotherapy Center (IVC). To recap, Rigvir is an unmodified Echovirus, specifically ECHO-7, that, according to the IVC, seeks out cancer cells, replicates in them, and thus lyses the cancer cells (causes their membranes to break, spilling out the cancer cells contents, thus killing the cell), hence the term " oncolytic virus. " Somehow, mysteriously Rigvir was...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 9, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs
Health 2.0 Fall Conference Startup Pitch Competition: Meet the Companies
This week, healthcare technology innovators, thought leaders, and business owners convene in Santa Clara, California for Health 2.0’s 11th Annual Fall Conference. While this year’s event runs from October 2-4, Medgadget was able to part...
Source: Medgadget - October 3, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Rigvir: A cancer “ cure ” imported from Latvia that cancer patients should avoid
Recently, the Hope4Cancer Institute, a quack clinic in Mexico has added a treatment known as Rigvir to its other offerings. But what is Rigvir? It turns out that it’s an import from Latvia with a mysterious history. Its proponents claim that it targets cancer specifically. Unfortunately, there is a profound paucity of evidence for its efficacy. The story of Rigvir is the story of an unproven treatment that, because of its origin in a small country, has flown mostly under the radar. Until now, that is.
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 25, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking ECHO-7 Echovirus International Virotherapy Center Latvia melanoma Rigvir Source Type: blogs
Rigvir: A cancer " cure " imported from Latvia that cancer patients should avoid
Recently, the Hope4Cancer Institute, a quack clinic in Mexico has added a treatment known as Rigvir to its other offerings. But what is Rigvir? It turns out that it’s an import from Latvia with a mysterious history. Its proponents claim that it targets cancer specifically. Unfortunately, there is a profound paucity of evidence for its efficacy. The story of Rigvir is the story of an unproven treatment that, because of its origin in a small country, has flown mostly under the radar. Until now, that is.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - September 25, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking ECHO-7 Echovirus International Virotherapy Center Latvia melanoma Rigvir Source Type: blogs
Amazing Technologies Changing The Future of Dermatology
Smart algorithms will soon diagnose skin cancer, dermatologists consult patients online, and 3D printers will print out synthetic skin to fight tissue shortages. There is a lot going on in dermatology, and medical professionals should prepare in time for the technological changes before they start swiping through the specialty. Let’s start by familiarizing with the most amazing technologies changing dermatology!
Your body’s best guard in a hostile world: your skin
Everything is written on your skin. Every wrinkle, spot, and color tells a story, and not only a medical one. This miraculous organ can show you as a litmus ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 7, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Telemedicine 3d printing AI artificial intelligence dermatology digital GC1 Healthcare Innovation nanotechnology Personalized medicine robotics wearables Source Type: blogs
“ Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival ”
A blog reader, thank you!, told me about a study (same title as my post) that was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and that has been picked up by a whole slew of online news sources and blogs, some with ominous titles such as “Alternative medicine kills cancer patients” or “Alternative medicine can kill you.”
So what’s all the fuss about? Should we be concerned?
Here’s the gist: a team of four Yale researchers carried out an observational case control study, comparing 280 cancer patients who had chosen to use ONLY alternative therapies to 560 patients who had in...
Source: Margaret's Corner - August 30, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival cancer deaths Skyler Johnson Source Type: blogs
An Immune Response to Viral Infection can Promote Cancer
Here, researchers find an unrelated mechanism by which an immune response to invading viruses might as a side-effect damage DNA in cells, and thus raise the risk of certain types of cancer. Both bacterial and viral infections of various types have been linked to increased cancer risk. There is no doubt a diverse set of mechanisms yet to be discovered that might explain these correlations. You might recall a recent paper suggesting that some bacteria force a more rapid pace of replication in stem cells, boosting the occurrence of mutational damage as a result, for example. That is very different from the mechanism uncovered...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 25, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
New High Resolution Terahertz Imaging Technique to Help Spot Skin Cancer
Terahertz (THz) imaging, well known to air travelers, promises also to be able to see at a shallow depth into the skin to spot cancer. One benefit of THz is that it is non-ionizing and is therefore probably safe for routine use, while another is that...
Source: Medgadget - August 24, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Dermatology Diagnostics Source Type: blogs
The ‘Tanning Tax’ Is A Public Health Success Story
Among the lesser known provisions in the now-rejected Republican House and Senate health care bills was a plan to eliminate an excise tax on tanning bed use. Tanning first became fashionable when Coco Chanel popularized the practice in the 1920s, making lounging outside in the sun a symbol of leisure, relaxation, and health. In the late 1970s, pioneering businesses began to offer ultraviolet (UV) radiation beds as a shortcut to fashionable tanned skin; by the 1990s, indoor UV tanning services were ubiquitous staples of the American beauty industry.
Despite its popularity, research has shown that exposure to UV radiation is...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 15, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Elisabeth Ryan Tags: Costs and Spending Public Health tanning tax Source Type: blogs
Ultrasound to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Drugs: Interview with Focused Ultrasound Foundation ’s Jessica Foley, PhD
Most people think of ultrasound as an imaging modality. Yet, there are many other clinical uses for the high frequency soundwaves. Focused ultrasound waves can promote the opening of the blood-brain barrier, and they can be used to ablate fibroids, a...
Source: Medgadget - August 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine News Source Type: blogs
Vitamin D: Finding a balance
Over the July 4th weekend, my non-physician husband with a history of skin cancer tried to justify not wearing sunscreen in order to get some vitamin D. My husband, of course, has no idea how much vitamin D he needs or why, and I suspect he is not alone.
Why do we need vitamin D?
The easy answer is for bones. Vitamin D facilitates absorption of calcium and phosphate, which are needed for bone growth. Without sufficient vitamin D, bones become brittle (in children this is called rickets and in adults it is called osteomalacia) and break more easily. Vitamin D is likely beneficial for other parts of the body as well; studies...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily S. Ruiz, MD, MPH Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Prevention Source Type: blogs
6 ways to keep your child safe this summer
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It’s summer — time for vacations, summer camp, outdoor activities, and all sorts of other fun. Some of those fun summer activities, though, can have health and safety risks.
Here are six things you can do to help be sure that everyone’s summer memories are good ones:
Use sunscreen. This sounds obvious, but often we still forget to use it. We remember when we go to the beach or pool, but we don’t always think of it when we go sightseeing, do gardening, go to an outdoor event, or just play outside. If your child is going to be out in the sun, use sunscreen. Use a sunscreen that is wate...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Parenting Safety Source Type: blogs
