Pulverizing kidney stones with shock waves raises a person's risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, a new study shows. In the early 1980s, getting a kidney stone removed often meant painful open ...

People who suffer from debilitating foot pain have a new treatment option that does not involve knives. The non-invasive treatment is called shock wave therapy, and the FDA approved a new shock wave ...

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transparency Market Research Inc. - The global shock wave therapy devices market was projected to attain US$ 101.3 million in ...

In recent years, the importance of shockwave therapy machines has increased exponentially. This is because more patients are choosing to undergo this treatment as a way to relieve the pain they’re ...

Two common methods for removing kidney stones -- surgery and shock wave treatments -- are effective and safe, and neither is clearly superior to the other, researchers report in a new systematic ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke engineers have devised a way to improve the efficiency of lithotripsy -- the demolition of kidney stones using focused shock waves. After decades of research, all it took was ...

Given the current climate of Thoroughbred racing, it’s no surprise that health, safety, and medications were the primary topics of discussion at a meeting of the Association of Racing Commissioners ...