He underwent a treatment developed by an Australian nun named Sister Elizabeth Kenny that consisted of "hot, steamed, woolen cloth over your body" and physical therapy.
If the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, treatment for a metastatic recurrence usually involves whole body (systemic) therapy rather than local therapy such as surgery or radiation.
Fundamentally, gene therapy supplies the body with healthy genes to compensate for missing, deficient, or defective genes.
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The woman is undergoing a strict regimen of immunosuppression therapy so her body does not reject the donor skin, a problem that has been encountered in other skin transplants, the doctors said.
When localized to one area of the body, HL is treated with radiation therapy or radiation therapy with chemotherapy.
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He also received bone marrow from the deceased donor of his arms, a therapy intended to help his body accept the new limbs with minimal medication.
Dendreon conducted two clinical trials of Provenge in men whose prostate cancer had spread to other parts of the body and was not responding to hormone therapy.
The project which is airing in the run up to Christmas looks at Mass Effect, Silent Hill, Call of Duty and Fable, finding topics diverse as violence, therapy, family arguments, body image and life choices.
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One type of therapy used in the study is body-weight-support treadmill training, in which a patient's weight is supported by a harness over a treadmill while therapists help move his legs.
If this does turn out to be the case, scientists may well have to develop a safer way of delivering new genes into the body, if the enormous promise of gene therapy is ever to become reality.
Its technique involves extracting a patient's own bone-marrow cells, isolating certain stem cells, and delivering the gene therapy before returning the cells to the body.
Gene therapy attempted to transport altered genes into the body to help fight specific diseases.
But research shows that a holistic approach that treats both body and mind through a combination of medication and talking therapy offers the greatest long-term benefits.
The hotel spa offers signature treatments such as Urban Therapy facial and Jet Lag Recovery, a full body exfoliation.
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They must inhabit an alternate reality, where magical forces flow through and around the body, and magical, pseudoscientific treatments like acupuncture, healing touch, magnet therapy, and homeopathy somehow really work.
Antiretroviral therapy, or ART, can reduce the level of virus in the body dramatically.
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