For many years, doctors and technicians who performed medical ultrasound procedures viewed bubbles with wary concern. The phenomenon of cavitation—the formation and collapse of tiny gas bubbles due to ...

Amid a rise in the use of cosmetic fillers -- commonly injected in the face for anti-aging effects -- Doppler high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) picked up "highly variable" findings in filler-related ...

A multicenter clinical study in Austria has shown that a new, highly precise ultrasound approach can successfully target and treat early prostate cancer while preserving patients' quality of life.

A new ultrasound-guided nanotherapy wipes out liver tumors while training the immune system to keep them from coming back. Study: Sonodynamic biodegradable pseduo-conjugate polymer delivery of ...

Treatment for addiction could be a lifelong journey. Now, doctors in Virginia are experimenting with an incision-free brain procedure that might help. Focused ultrasound was pioneered at UVA Health to ...

A scientist who studies the microstructures of neurons, called microtubules, wants to expand research in treating dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, with short bouts of an extremely ...

Virginians now have access to a new noninvasive liver cancer treatment. UVA Health in Charlottesville is the first hospital in the state to treat liver tumors with histotripsy, an incisionless ...

In this episode of Best in Beauty, I explore Golki Therapy, a Korean facial resizing treatment that offers an alternative to plastic surgery for achieving a smaller V line face shape. I also share my ...

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 ...

After publishing early clinical results of its ultrasound-activated brain tumor therapy this year, Alpheus Medical has raised $52 million in venture capital funding to support a new randomized trial.