Xylitol is a 5-carbon sugar alcohol that has been shown to prevent caries when incorporated into chewing gum and reduce the incidence of acute otitis media when incorporated…
Each month we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
Steven G. Kelsen, MD, FACP, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis and their interactions with asthma. References…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is often undiagnosed, and therefore untreated, in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the…
B. Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS reviews FinESS, a novel minimally invasive sinus treatment, which is being used as an alternative to more traditional sinus surgery. References and Resources…
David Rosen, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck at Jefferson Medical College, discusses recent trends using partial or intracapsular tonsillectomy in adult patients with larger tonsils.…
Dr. Edmund Pribitkin, Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, reviews the most common herbal medicines patients take and the side effects that…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercises involving the tongue and soft palate may reduce the severity and symptoms of moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleep specialists report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that the sense of smell is attenuated in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and that the extent of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research confirms that extreme prematurity is a risk factor for permanent hearing loss and goes on to show that the loss is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For carefully selected patients with stage II to IVa laryngeal cancer, platinum-based chemotherapy may be sufficient to provide pathological complete response, results of…
Marc R. Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, describes the relatively new technique of balloon sinuplasty to treat chronic…
