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New TMS clinic offers noninvasive treatment for major depression

November 5, 2009

(CHICAGO) -- Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment.

Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event

November 5, 2009

CHICAGO, November 5, 2009 -- A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to phy

Aiming to avoid damage to neurocognitive areas of the brain during cranial radiation

November 3, 2009

Radiation oncologists at Rush University Medical Center are intent on finding ways to avoid damage to the critically important hippocampus and limbic circuit of the brain when cranial radiation is

AAP supports the IDF guideline on oral health for people with diabetes

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO -- November 3, 2009 -- New clinical guidelines released by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) emphasize the importance of periodontal health for people with diabetes.

ADA releases updated position paper on breastfeeding

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO -- The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on breastfeeding that details health benefits for both infants and mothers and encourages promotion of breastfee

Addressing obesity via the 'energy gap'

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO -- The November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association features a commentary by James O.

Study of concurrent radiotherapy, chemotherapy shows promise in small cell lung cancer

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO - Treating limited stage small cell lung cancer(LSCL) with a combination of accelerated high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy has shown encouraging results, opening the door to larger sca

Adapting space-industry technology to treat breast cancer

November 2, 2009

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used

NASA's Fermi telescope detects gamma-ray from 'star factories' in other galaxies

November 2, 2009

Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

Preventative brain radiation for lung cancer patients: Benefits and risks

November 2, 2009

CHICAGO -- A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the

Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes

November 2, 2009

CHICAGO (November 2, 2009)??Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer pat

Widely used cholesterol-lowering drug may prevent progression

October 29, 2009

(CHICAGO) ?Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further.



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