A new ultrasound treatment for kidney stones might provide pain-free relief while the patient is awake, researchers say. Kidney stones are often excruciatingly painful. In most cases, patients are ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is superior to contrast magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT), and offers 100% sensitivity and specificity, for finding ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new technology may allow physicians to use ultrasound waves to push kidney stones out of a patient’s body ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is more accurate and reliable than MRI for examining certain liver and kidney nodules, according to two new studies published in the ...

A technique that blasts kidney stones with ultrasound waves may offer a noninvasive treatment option for the painful condition, according to the first human study, published in The Journal of Urology.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture this: a painless, radiation-free scan that can look inside your body in real time. From monitoring pregnancies to ...

A device that uses ultrasound to calm overactive nerves in the kidneys may be able to help some people get their blood pressure under control. A new study led by researchers at Columbia University and ...

Bursts of ultrasound waves could break up kidney stones within 10 minutes, potentially offering a faster and less painful way to pass stones in the urine without surgery. Kidney stones are crystals ...