A multicenter clinical study in Austria has shown that a new, highly precise ultrasound approach can successfully target and ...

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer have traditionally faced two choices: Do nothing and hope the tumor doesn’t grow between ...

High-intensity-focused ultrasound (HIFU) can treat some men with prostate cancer as an alternative to surgery or radiation therapy. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet. "We believe ...

Columbia University researchers are the first to show that focused ultrasound - a non-invasive technique that uses sound ...

A new ultrasound-based treatment that destroys liver cancer tumours without surgery or radiation will be offered to NHS patients this summer in a European first. The therapy, called histotripsy, is a ...

TORONTO, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A new medical research review released Monday suggests ultrasound therapy can help speed healing fractured bones by more than 60 days on average, contradicting current ...

Ultrasound is simply high frequency sounds waves above the range that we can hear. It is applied to the body from the 'head' of an ultrasound machine. A gel is used to help the waves travel into the ...

A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina have found a novel way to cut sperm counts to levels that would make men infertile. Researchers from the University of North Carolina School of ...

A new study has found that gentle, low-intensity ultrasound waves can help the brain clear away harmful waste after a stroke.