BUFFALO, N.Y. – The best time to identify signs of obstructive sleep apnea may not be at night while snoozing in bed but, instead, while sitting in the dentist’s chair. According to a new study led by ...

The best time to identify signs of obstructive sleep apnea may not be at night while snoozing in bed but, instead, while sitting in the dentist’s chair. According to a new study led by UB orthodontic ...

The sizes of the tongue and tonsils can be the reasons why some people are suffering from sleep problems, a new study found. Researchers discovered that having oversized tonsils and indentations on ...

According to a new study led by University at Buffalo orthodontic researcher Thikriat Al-Jewair, dentists are in the unique position as health care professionals to pinpoint signs of obstructive sleep ...

The five-year survival rate for U.S. patients with cancer of the base of the tongue or tonsils doubled between 1980 and 2002, according to a new study in Cancer Causes & Control (January 2012, Vol. 23 ...

May 15 -- WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Tonsil and tongue cancers linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) are most responsive to current chemotherapy and radiation treatments, while those that ...

Researchers have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of the tongue and tonsils. Most notably, they found that cancers linked to HPV, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objective To examine if survival has changed over the last 20 years in patients with base of tongue and tonsil cancers in the United States.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a series of markers that indicate which patients are more likely to survive cancers of the base of ...

PTEN activity could be a predictive marker of trastuzumab efficacy in the treatment of ErbB2-overexpressing breast cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Oversized tonsils and tongues place people at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep due to blocked upper airways, suggests a new ...

Tonsil cancer has increased by 4 percent every year over the last 30 years. Tongue base cancer has increased by 2 percent over the same period. Some women have scoffed that since the science is not ...