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High-intensity focused ultrasound used for cancer treatment during study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], August 24 (ANI): During a new study, researchers developed a treatment for cancer by using acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumours.
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Gleneagles Global Health City becomes the country's first to perform an ul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): Gleneagles Global Health City (GGHC), a leading quaternary care multi-specialty centre in Chennai, becomes the first hospital in the country to use real-time ultrasound guidance to remove a prolapsed disc through an endoscopic spine proce
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Researchers develop tech to predict chemotherapy effectiveness
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Combining data from tumor biomarkers, ultrasound, and ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography (DOT) after a patient's first cycle of pre-surgical neoadjuvant chemotherapy provided a highly accurate prediction of how the tumor was responding to the treatmen
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Novel tool to activate deep brain neurons by combining ultrasound, genetic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): During a recent study, a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that is able to turn on and off specific types of neurons in the brain. It can even precisely control moto
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Researchers develop tool to activate deep brain neurons by combining ultra
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): During a recent study, a multidisciplinary team at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that is able to turn on and off specific types of neurons in the brain. It can even precisely control moto
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Study finds zapping nerves with ultrasound, lowers drug-resistant blood pr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney produced a clinically meaningful drop in blood pressure in people whose hypertension did not respond to a triple cocktail of medications, as per a new study.
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Study finds COVID-19 can cause atypical thyroid inflammation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Some patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease seem to experience inflammation of the thyroid gland that is different from thyroid inflammation caused by other viruses, according to a study.
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Study: Following a vegan diet may lead to poorer bone health
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): A clinical study led by scientists of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) claimed that following a full vegan diet may lower ultrasound value, leading to poor bone health.
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Rela Hospital launching EBUS to diagnose lung diseases
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Rela Hospital, a Multi Speciality Quaternary Care Hospital at Chromepet, Chennai, has launched EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound) Bronchoscopy service. Rela Hospital is one of the very few in the city to have this technology.
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Ultrasound in the treatment of brain diseases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vienna [Austria], February 5 (ANI): Ultrasound is not only used as an imaging technique but targeted pulses of ultrasound can be used as a highly accurate treatment for a range of brain diseases, for which there were previously only limited treatment options.
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Study reveals ultrasound technique offers more precise, quantified assessm
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Researchers have developed a technique that uses ultrasound to provide non-invasive assessments of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary edema. The technique has been shown to both quantify lung scarring and detect lung fluid in rats. A study on pulmonary edema
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Scientists invent AI-based robotic phlebotomist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): A team of engineers has created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs.
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