If you’re planning to have cancer surgery in the near future or recently had surgery, your thoughts undoubtedly move to how you can minimize the trauma and scarring associated with treatment and speed the healing process. Healing wounds whether from accidental injury or surgical intervention requires a delicate interplay of multiple cell types, nutritional factors, […]
Researchers at Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany have developed a new way to focus tumor killing heat treatment on the prostate gland. Using futuristic techniques, doctors inject metallic nanoparticles into the prostate gland. A magnetic field then excites the particles causing them to heat the surrounding tissue to temperatures as high as 113 degrees F and […]
Are you finding that you can’t read those street signs so well anymore or that fine print has gotten smaller? Well, you’re not alone. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment in mature North Americans. There is no cure for AMD, and treatment does not usually restore vision but […]