News tagged with ultrasound evaluation

Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal

The American Thyroid Association has released new, revised Management Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. The new guidelines are published in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journa ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Dyeing easier : New potential for dyeing polyester with chitosan

Najua Tulos and co-researchers of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, studied the potential of chitosan to dye polyester fabric. Produced commercially by removing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening for breast cancer without X-rays: Lasers and sound merge in promising diagnostic technique

X-ray mammography is an important diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, but it has certain drawbacks that limit its effectiveness. For example, it can give in false positive and negative results; ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lab helps engineers improve wind power

A laser in Iowa State University's Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory scanned layer after layer of the flexible fiberglass fabric used to make wind turbine blades.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Lab focuses on new technology to prevent icing on planes, helicopters

A little rain or fog may seem like an insignificant threat to a helicopter or airplane. But minor clouds and precipitation can be the cause of canceled flights -- or fatalities.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lightning-fast materials testing using ultrasound

For years, ultrasound has proven to be a valuable tool in non-destructive materials testing. However, the demands of modern production conditions are increasing all the time. Researchers at Fraunhofer have ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Annual sonograms are needed to verify correct IUD position, obstetricians say

A retrospective study of women who became pregnant while using intrauterine devices shows that more than half of the IUDs were malpositioned.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher develops medical technology to detect and treat disease

Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. These are also the deadly diseases that Victor Yang's research team aims to alleviate.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential new treatment to reduce the burden of atherosclerosis in acute coronary syndrome patients

The Montreal Heart Institute today announced the start of the Phase 2 CHI-SQUARE (Can HDL Infusions Significantly QUicken Atherosclerosis REgression?) study of CER-001 in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), in co ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quality of life significantly increases after uterine fibroid treatment

Women who received one of three treatments for uterine fibroids at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said their symptoms diminished and their quality of life significantly increased, according to a new study published ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Fatty liver may herald impending type 2 diabetes

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that individuals with fatty liver were five times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than t ...

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