| 326 cancer patients got wrong radiation dose due to math error
Hundreds of skin cancer patients received the wrong dose of radiation over a three-year period due to a calculation error programmed into one of the radiation units at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre. The 326 patients received a dose of as much as 17 per cent less than the prescribed dose while being treated between November 2004 and November 2007 for basal and squamous cell carcinomas, the Ottawa Hospital said in a news release Monday. Those types of skin cancers typically don't spread and tumours usually can be successfully removed or treated with radiation. Patients with more aggressive melanoma skin cancer were not affected. However, the normal acceptable variation in radiation dose is five to seven per cent, the release said. "We regret what happened and don't want to create a lot of anxiety and worry," said Dr.
Very premature babies benefit from mother's cuddles: study
If mothers cuddle their very premature babies before and during painful medical procedures, it helps them recover from pain, a new study finds. The research results could help very premature babies, who spend their first months in incubators, cope while in intensive care. Skin-to-skin contact between a preemie, born at 28 to 31 weeks, and its mother can lessen the severity of the pain and help the infants recover, McGill University researchers found. Previously, this approach, called kangaroo care, was only used with babies born between 32 to 36 weeks, on the assumption that younger babies wouldn't benefit. The research team tested the babies' reactions — both with their mothers and alone — by pricking their heels' to obtain a blood sample.
New Molecule Shows Promise In Patients With Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
A novel molecule, GDC-0449, shrinks tumors for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma with limited side effects, suggesting a viable new treatment option for patients with the advanced form of this cancer, according to research presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Basal cell carcinoma affects about one million people a year, and a very small fraction of these patients have disease that is not curable with surgery. We currently do not have any treatments that can effectively slow tumor growth in these advanced patients. This finding has enormous implications in this population, said Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., physician in chief at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and chief medical officer for the Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute at Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona.
Beiersdorf honours NMC with prestigious partner of the year award
Beiersdorf Middle East, trade mark owner of leading skin care and beauty brand NIVEA, honoured its UAE distributor NMC Trading with its prestigious 'Partner of the Year Award' at the 23rd annual Middle East conference recently held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .
Charm school: Part three (00:01:23)
Veronica Ehret, Arnold, and Heather MacDonald, Murphys, graduate from Susan Giannini's six-week course, Bella's Charm School. During the course, which meets weekly at Bella's Clothes for Women and Men in Arnold, students learn about skin care, age-appropriate makeup and self-confidence. The next run of Bella's Charm School begins April 17. For more information call 795-9060. .
Perfect chicken — in parts
Roasted chicken. Chef Thomas Keller waxed poetic about it on a recent episode of "Charlie Rose." It has "reference points," he noted. A big browned bird signals the arrival of the holidays, or a relaxed supper after a lazy Sunday. A whole roasted chicken, crisp-skinned and juicy and aromatic, resonates with deliciousness. But even when deconstructed to its humble parts, they too can hit all the same notes. Achieve them with a pan or in the oven, with a few easy techniques — the right ones for the right cut. Chicken breasts are succulent and tender when pounded thin and quickly sautéed until golden brown, then finished in a rustic Basque-style sauce. Braised thighs are first sautéed, then simmered in chicken broth, sherry vinegar and lemon juice, embellished with shallots and punchy capers.
Gordon Brown out of touch, says minister
A senior minister has accused Gordon Brown of being out of touch with the concerns of hard-working Britons and said Labour had "failed dismally" to convince people that the country had improved in the past decade. Have your say: Is Ivan Lewis right?In full: Ivan Lewis's article in ProgressThree Line Whip: Labour's rankers hold the lineIvan Lewis, a health minister, said "the Government is losing touch with what fairness means to the mainstream majority who work hard" and urged ministers to address widespread concerns about rising utility bills, petrol prices and council tax. .
Unwind, the exotic way!
A break that not only prepares you for the roller coaster of a week ahead but also pampers you in a way so luxurious, that you'll feel nothing less than Cleopatra.
So how can an ordinary massage do the trick when the yearning is for something special, something exotic? Simple, just add some exotic ingredients and voila, you are ready for the soak of a lifetime!
Exotic massages are fast becoming a favourite indulgence among many aspiring patrons. With ingredients like caviar, champagne, pearls and aroma oils, massages have found an all-new meaning, making you revel in the joy of rejuvenating and simply sinful luxury.
Indiatimes explores the best of these exotic revitalizers and what makes them so tempting...
It's all in the name!
To begin with, the branding of a treatment matters.
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