Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/ent/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241580.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241580.phpSome people who undergo organ transplants lose their hearing as a side-effect of the antibiotics and immunosuppressive drugs they have to take...Ear, Nose and Throat Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241230.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241230.phpIt is common knowledge that it takes a while for the hearing to become 'normal' again after listening to music that is too loud. The American Tinnitus Association estimates that there are almost 50 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide who suffer from tinnitus, which can range from being intermittent and mildly annoying to chronic, severe and debilitating...Neurology / Neuroscience Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241072.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241072.phpWe all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry - changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears...Hearing / Deafness Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240883.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240883.phpNearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed...Cancer / Oncology Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240908.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240908.phpTransplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...Transplants / Organ Donations Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240842.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240842.phpRoutine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240843.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240843.phpHead and neck cancers respond well to the anti-cancer drug erlotinib when it is administered before surgery and a stronger dose is given to patients who smoke, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240846.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240846.phpOral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240847.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240847.phpA select subgroup of advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy plus the chemotherapy drug cisplatin had more positive outcomes than patients treated with radiation therapy alone and continued to show positive results 10 years post-treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240848.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240848.phpSlight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240849.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240849.phpPatients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer report an increasingly better quality of life post-treatment when compared to patients receiving other forms of radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...Cancer / Oncology Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240685.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240685.phpResearchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis...Cancer / Oncology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240582.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240582.phpFruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities such as finding mates and avoiding danger. UW-Madison researchers have discovered that a gene called distal-less is critical to the fly's ability to receive, process and respond to smells...Genetics Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240372.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240372.phpIndependent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to ...Ear, Nose and Throat Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240378.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240378.phpA revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, an affiliate of the Universite de Montreal, by Dr. Issam Saliba...Ear, Nose and Throat Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240345.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240345.phpScientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to detect and remove these cells before they develop into esophageal cancer...Ear, Nose and Throat Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240346.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240346.phpFrom tracking activities within bacteria to creating images of molecules that make up human hair, several experiments have already demonstrated the unique abilities of the revolutionary imaging technique called multi-isotope imaging mass spectometry, or MIMS, developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)...Medical Devices / Diagnostics Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240361.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240361.php A report published Online First by the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery shows evidence to suggest that children receiving cochlear implants in separate, sequential surgeries, see overall improvements in their quality of life. The study, led by Marloes Sparreboom, M.A...Ear, Nose and Throat Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239951.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239951.php A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates significantly for one in six patients to a level that remains much lower than the average population in the five years after surgery...Ear, Nose and Throat Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239909.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239909.phpAccording to an investigation published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in compari...Ear, Nose and Throat Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239932.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239932.phpA new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates significantly for one in six patients to a level that remains much lower than the average population in the five years after surgery...Ear, Nose and Throat Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239926.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239926.phpA study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage of re-implantation of cochlear implants as result of device failure seems was low...Ear, Nose and Throat Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239803.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239803.phpAccording to an investigation published in Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have discovered that ear discharge and drainage (otorrhea) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after ear tube placement in children is not linked to an increased risk of needing further surgery or other complications, in comparison to a diagnosis of non-MRSA otorrhea...Ear, Nose and Throat Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239760.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239760.phpPerrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Desloratadine tablets (5 mg). Perrigo had been sued for patent infringement based upon its filing of an ANDA containing a Paragraph IV certification and settled the case in 2008...Allergy Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239654.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239654.phpAccording to a new phase 2 trial published Online First in The Lancet Oncology, the combination of the widely used anti-cancer drug bevacizumab with standard chemo-radiation therapy is safe, and could prolong survival in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, without any apparent increased adverse side effects...Cancer / Oncology