| Recto-urethral Fistula After Combination Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com- There are many choices for the primary local treatment of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. For patients with moderate or high-risk prostate cancer (Gleason score 7 or greater, PSA over 10, and clinical stage greater than T2a) dose escalation of radiation therapy has been employed. This is commonly done by combining external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and radioactive seed implants. This approach is intended to improve local control and disease-free survival. This combined approach, however, can be associated with an increased risk of rectal toxicity compared with either modality alone.
In a recent paper by C. Marguet and colleagues from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, the authors present their experience with 6 patients treated with combined prostate brachytherapy and EBRT who developed rectourethral fistula subsequent to rectal procedures.
LASIK Expert Dr. James Salz Presents Refractec's Near Vision Conductive Keratoplasty Procedure for Adults Over 45 Who ...
Refractec, Inc., the company that developed the NearVision CK procedure, obtained FDA approval of CK for those adults over the age of 45 who now face the gradual reduction of near vision due to presbyopia (aging eyes). Refractec's NearVision CK™ procedure and Visx's monovision procedure are the only two FDA-approved procedure to reduce the need for reading glasses in this group of patients. NearVision CK™ is a non-invasive procedure, with no cutting or removal of tissue, making it one of the safest vision procedures available today. The procedure offers a terrific option for baby boomers who now require reading glasses. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 14, 2007 -- Lasik and refractive expert Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) recently returned from a meeting in Tokyo, Japan where he made a presentation to over 150 Japanese refractive surgeons concerning indications, results and technique of Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) to reduce the need for reading glasses in patients over the age of 45 with normal distance vision and also in patients who have had LASIK when they were younger and now require reading glasses.
Face or body makeover without surgery
TECHNOLOGY has come to the rescue of those who want to have a facelift or a tummy tuck, or whatever else but who are afraid of surgery: there are machines now that make this possible without going under the knife. And it can be done during lunch break, so says Dr. Cecilia R. Bernad.
At her CRB Multi-Specialty Clinic in Perpetual Succour Hospital, she has two machines called Harmony and Accent.
Accent is the machine that gives a non-surgical facelift and body reshaping or thermoshape through the use of heat (laser).
There is no downtime in these procedures, and no downside except for the fact that heat is being applied on ones body or face and therefore, there is some mild discomfort. One goes out of the clinic without a wound or anything that would show what one has been through, except that ones body or face has been tightened and somehow transformed, very subtly.
At least eight die in car bomb attack in Kurdish section of Iraq
BAGHDAD | A car bomb killed eight people Friday in a northern Kurdish area, but Baghdad remained largely calm with a driving ban in effect and Shiite pilgrims headed home. U.S. military officials praised the performance of Iraqi security forces during the pilgrimage Thursday, which saw hundreds of thousands of Shiites march to a northern Baghdad shrine, undisturbed by serious violence. The driving ban and curfew imposed on Baghdad for three days was to lift at dawn today. "We have been in solely a support role, in the background only," said Col. John Castles, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. "And this is something that the Iraqis planned themselves, coordinated and then executed over a span of three or four days." Castles, whose soldiers are responsible for Sadr City, the Shiite slum where many pilgrims began their walk, also said that Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was thought to have returned to Iran.
Cosmetic surgery on the rise
MORE than half of Australians are thinking about going under the knife or having their face injected with chemicals to look better. A survey of 2211 people by NEWS.com.au and research company CoreData found 60.8 per cent of respondents have thought about having plastic surgery while 58.5 per cent have considered non-surgical procedures such as wrinkle treatments and laser hair removal. Special treat Feelings of self-worth and confidence are the biggest drivers of cosmetic surgery and non-surgical treatments, with the majority of respondents doing it to feel better about themselves, followed by looking more attractive for their partner. Improving appearances in a bid to further careers was the least popular reason for both types of procedures. Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons president Dr Howard Webster said a number of studies had shown "appropriate" plastic surgery had long-term positive effects on self esteem, with less than 1 per cent of people becoming addicted to it.
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