Nuclear medicine imaging monitors effectiveness of therapy for melanoma patients — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Nuclear medicine imaging with PET/CT can monitor the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma and predict outcome. In this way, a patient’s therapy can be more effectively tailored to his or her personal response. Metastatic melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, so determination of a treatment’s effectiveness is essential but can…

Experts urge early cochlear implantation of deaf infants as a public policy priority — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months of age learn to more rapidly understand spoken language and are more likely to develop spoken language as their exclusive form of communication. In their study,…

Integrated therapy treating obesity and depression is effective — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and depression improved weight loss and depressive symptoms compared with routine physician care, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Obesity and depression commonly occur together. Approximately 43 percent…

A new technology developed to detect and analyze colorless and transparent biomaterials — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] DGIST announced on Wednesday, February 20 that Professor Jae Eun Jang’s team in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed a biosensor that expresses biomaterials’ colors using nano structure and applies a new image signal processing technique. Active R&D has been underway on clarifying relationship with a certain disease and outbreak mechanism through…