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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
People who find it difficult to hear in complex situations with competing noise (such as one conversation among many) are also likely to suffer from mild memory impairment, according to a new study in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Central auditory processing dysfunction is the term that researchers use for this type of hearing disorder.
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Mild memory impairment may be associated with central auditory processing dysfunction, or difficulty hearing in complex situations with competing noise, such as hearing a single conversation amid several other conversations, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology -Head & Neck Surgery.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) applauds the efforts of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to preserve access to quality healthcare for the nation's seniors and veterans by halting cuts to physicians' Medicare payments. By overwhelmingly passing H.R.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Researchers have developed a series of tests that for the first time accurately measure the normality of taste (gustatory function) and smell (olfactory function) in young children, according to a new study published in the July 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Researchers have developed a series of tests that for the first time accurately measure the normality of taste (gustatory function) and smell (olfactory function) in young children, according to a new study published in the July 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs, today announced that it has initiated a Phase II equivalent study of MRX-4, in a nasal aerosol formulation, in 105 patients suffering from allergic rhinitis (AR). The two-arm, randomized, multi-dose, double-blind, placebo-controlled study includes Rhinocort(R) as the steroid comparator...
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GadBall.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
The olfactory bulb in the brain appears to change in size in a way that corresponds to individual alterations in sense of smell, according to a report in the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
New data presented at the XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Barcelona, Spain, demonstrate AERIUS® (desloratadine) significantly reduces allergy symptoms, including nasal congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhea, nasal pruritus and ocular pruritus, in patients with intermittent allergic rhinitis (IAR) who experience symptoms lasting less than four days...
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Using laser light to destroy cancer cells has been found to be safer in treating throat cancers than surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Dr. H. Steven Sims, assistant professor of otolaryngology and director of University of Illinois-Chicago's Chicago Institute for Voice Care, used photodynamic therapy to completely removed the cancer from around the vocal folds of patient Sammie Bush without affecting...
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Using a laser technique that pinpoints cancer cells, Dr. H. Steven Sims, assistant professor of otolaryngology and director of UIC's Chicago Institute for Voice Care, removed cancer from around the vocal folds using a new procedure that uses light to destroy cancer, sparing the voice.
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Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has detailed three studies focusing on tongue cancer, ear infections and hearing implants....
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Three new studies published in the June 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery focus on what role gender plays in the prognosis of oral tongue cancer, chronic ear infections in children, and the success rates of hearing aid implants in the elderly.
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
Three new studies published in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery focus on what role gender plays in the prognosis of oral tongue cancer, chronic ear infections in children, and the success rates of hearing aid implants in the elderly.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Wesley L. Hicks Jr., MD, FACS, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), was honored as one of "America's Leading Doctors" in 2007 - 2008 by Black Enterprise (BE) (May 2008 issue) for his leadership in the field of otolaryngology. In publishing the third annual listing of "American's Leading Doctors," Black Enterprise publisher, Earl Graves, Jr.
