Monthly Archives: April 2009

New Glaucoma Surgery

April 7, 2009 – 7:58 pm

Glaucoma is an eye disease that slowly robs people of their vision, often without them even knowing it. It is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Treatment to stop the progression of glaucoma includes drops for mild cases or surgery when the disease is more advanced. But now doctors at [...]

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Anatomy of Addiction

April 7, 2009 – 7:54 pm

Anyone who’s ever tried to quit smoking can tell you, cigarettes are highly addicting.  But why is it that some people who try cigarettes can put them down and never get addicted while others get hooked right away? The answer lies in how your brain responds to nicotine.

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Virtual GI Biopsy

April 7, 2009 – 7:49 pm

Colon cancer is a deadly disease that, thanks to screening tools, can be prevented and cured if caught early. One of the current ways to look for cancer or pre-cancerous polyps is with colonoscopy. That’s the test during which doctors use a scope to spot and remove polyps which they send to a lab for [...]

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