Early breast and ovarian cancers detected in high-risk women
... who chose surveillance, twice yearly transvaginal ultrasound and a CA-125 blood test were recommended to screen for ovarian cancer. In this group, five ovarian cancers were detected. All of the ovarian cancers were found at an earlier stage than typical for this disease, which tends to be diagnosed after the c...Low-intensity ultrasound therapy and fracture healing
...trails involving humans that studied the effect of ultrasound therapy on fracture healing. The authors found tha...gh more and better trials are needed, self-applied ultrasound treatment holds promise for shortening the healing time of non-operative fractures....Mayo Clinic study shows no adverse heart effect for sildenafil (Viagra)
ROCHESTER, MINN. -- Using ultrasound images of the heart during exercise, Mayo Clinic r...n a reclining exercise bicycle to allow continuous ultrasound imaging of the heart, and it was combined with an electrocardiogram (ECG) to monitor the hearts elec......iciency and safety of using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for prostate cancer. The minimally invasive...ure is painless, bloodless and the energy from the ultrasound waves is non-ionizing and can be applied repeatedly," says Michael Koch, M.D., principal investigato...Study shows no benefit to home uterine monitoring
...using digital and transvaginal ultrasound assessment of the cervix and collection of ...erm," said Iams. Transvaginal ultrasound was the most sensitive and consistent predictor of preterm birth before 35 weeks......ith two superficial clots. Participants underwent ultrasound scans within 24 hours before and after the flights to determine if DVT had occurred. These data suggest that a single dose of enoxaparin is an important consideration for high risk patients prior to a prolonged flight, said researcher Gianni Belcaro,...Blood pressure measures during exercise can indicate unhealthy hearts
...l effort treadmill exercise tests. They also used ultrasound to measure how well the vessels in the subjects' arms would expand in response to stress....Risk of lung damage from ultrasound greater than once thought
...ll. Pumping more energy into a beam of diagnostic ultrasound could produce a better image and therefore a bett...le there has been no evidence that clinical use of ultrasound has had any adverse effects in humans, safety concerns were raised recently when scientists discover...Ultrasonic microprobe may rapidly detect, identify cancer
...as the transducers used in conventional diagnostic ultrasound imaging. Operating at a frequency of 300 MHz, however, the ultrasound image resolution would be comparable to what a pathologist sees when examining tissue under a micros...Sleepyheads, snorers face risk of stroke
...wed by a neurologist or neurosurgeon and underwent ultrasound testing on the carotid artery to determine the arterial narrowing or history of stroke. The frequency of prior stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) was 14 percent among those who reported routinely sleeping eight hours or more a night, wh...NIH awards grant to UCSF and Kaiser to strengthen women's health research
...ses of women, such as mammography and transvaginal ultrasound to evaluate the uterus and ovaries),complementary and alternative medicine, health services research and aging. Scholarships will generally last for two or three years, but scholars can extend this time if they have parental and caregiving responsi...Heart disease begins at a young age
..., before the damage begins." The unique study used ultrasound to look at the arteries of recently-transplanted hearts. By placing a miniature ultrasound device on a tube and guiding it to the heart via an artery in the transplant patient's leg, the rese...New gene therapy shows promise in improving success rate of leg bypass surgeries
...cause they are easier to monitor with non-invasive ultrasound test. The majority of graft blockages could be detected in their earliest stages and patients could receive the necessary treatment for these early graft failures. Dzau and Mann have spent years refining the gene therapy technique. The researchers ...Improving burn diagnosis and insights into perfect pitch at acoustics press conference
...ething that can be picked up byany infant? How can ultrasound pictures of burns potentially speed up the healing...tient. Joie Jones of UC-Irvine will present an ultrasound method--which does not require contact with the skin--for evaluating the depth and severity of b...'HARP MRI' provides faster, clear heart pictures
...malmotion in heart muscles. Typically, doctors use ultrasound equipment to monitorthe heart during a stress test because it provides immediate feedback. But Prince says MRI tagging, in which a computer "marks" locations on the heartmuscles and then tracks their movements, produces a clearer picture. "An MRIprov...MRI breakthroughs could lead to new tests for heart disease
...st as an alternative forpatients unable to have an ultrasound test to image the heart. Ultrasound iscurrently th...t10-20 percent of people, however, cannot have the ultrasound test because theyare obese or have health conditions, such as emphysema, that interfere withgetting ...Doppler ultrasound can reduce hospital stays
...dministration of fluids during procedures, Doppler ultrasound can shortenhospital stays and allow patients to be...meteorologists follow weather patterns, theDoppler ultrasound provides detailed information on how well the heart ispumping and how much blood is circulating thro......t Cancer and Atherosclerosis . Recentadvances in ultrasound are promising to improve medical diagnosis on a nu... ofUC-Irvine ( jpjones@uci.edu ) will discuss an ultrasound method for evaluating thedepth and severity of burns. According to Jones, this technique--which does......University has been a world leaderin using carotid ultrasound to measure the pace of advancing atherosclerosis anddeveloping statistical methods to interpret these data. In the study, the researchers will keep track of all heart attacks andstrokes in the groups as well as recording deaths from all cause...'Revolutionary' treatment for birth defect improves survival of newborns
...n, but it's often diagnosed duringroutine prenatal ultrasound examination. Kays, whose office walls are covered with photos of his young patients who havesurvived diaphragmatic hernia, emphatically preaches the life-saving virtues ofthe improved treatment strategy. He also believes that pregnant women known to...