Posts Tagged ‘ultrasound’
Is ultrasound the future of male contraception?
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Ultrasound equipment commonly used for physical therapy reduces sperm counts in lab rats to levels that would result in infertility in humans. Continue…
Thursday, February 2, 2012 11:16 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Mar 9, 2011 13:00 - 0 Comments
Laughing quiets leg ulcer’s misery
U. LEEDS (UK) — Laughter—which improves circulation of blood through the body—coupled with traditional nursing care works better to ease leg ulcers than ultrasound therapy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 15:00 - 2 Comments
Signs of schizophrenia appear in infancy
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—Researchers have provided the first evidence that brain abnormalities associated with the risk of schizophrenia can be detected in babies only a few weeks old. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 14, 2010 15:41 - 6 Comments
Male contraceptive that comes with a zap!
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—Some might call it the Holy Grail of reproductive science: developing a long-term, inexpensive, completely reversible, and nonhormonal male contraceptive. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 14, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
New way to size up placentas
“In this study, we showed that the equation predicted the actual placental weight with an accuracy of up to 89 percent,” says Harvey Kliman. “The method works best during the second and early third trimesters, just when routine ultrasound screening is done on many women in the U.S.”
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2009 15:46 - 0 Comments
Ditching one-size-fits-all prenatal approach
At UC Irvine Medical Center, Jennifer Bates undergoes an ultrasound 26 weeks into her pregnancy. Such exams will play a key role in UCI’s effort to establish new national standards for fetal growth. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
