As your surgeon alluded to, it’s more commonly found in hospitalized ill patients or residents in a long-term care facility ...

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility ...

April 7, 2003 (Dallas) — More nephrologists should begin doing kidney ultrasonography (US) in their own clinics, advised W. Charles O'Neill, MD, here at the annual clinical meeting of the National ...

I had a routine ultrasound to check my kidneys because my father (who is 80) has kidney disease, and his urologist said that it is genetic and that my sister and I should get a baseline screening. I ...

The Break Wave system for extracorporeal lithotripsy via ultrasound showed early efficacy with minimal anesthesia in a pilot trial. In a separate trial, ultrasonic propulsion repositioned and ...

The revolutionary world of medical imaging continues to transform how healthcare professionals protect our most vital organs, and kidney ultrasounds stand at the forefront of this incredible ...

An oncocytoma is a kidney tumour that looks very much like a typical kidney cancer but normally acts like a benign tumour.

A noninvasive ultrasound technique is capable of quickly pulverizing kidney stones, an early study shows -- in what researchers call a first step toward a simpler, anesthesia-free treatment for the ...

In about a third of all patients prescribed medications to lower elevated blood pressure (BP) levels, the drugs do not work or patients fail to take them as directed. “There are a variety of effective ...

A portable ultrasound can help nephrologists better detect fluid in the lungs of patients with end-stage kidney disease, according to a study by physicians at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta ...

Kidney mass detected on ultrasound doubles in size over nine months Imaging was ordered when the patient's clinician could not palpate her ovaries. Ms. M, aged 64 years, was referred to our clinic ...

New results from a clinical trial testing a novel ultrasound therapy for hypertension show the experimental treatment can deliver clinically meaningful reductions in blood pressure. The treatment is ...