Ultrasound Tests
Ultrasound (or sonogram) technology allows doctors to "see" inside a patient without resorting to surgery. A transmitter sends high-frequency sound waves into the body, where they bou...
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Ultrasonics
Ultrasonic waves are sound waves too high-pitched for human ears to detect. Their frequencies range from 20,000 hertz to about 10 trillion hertz (the maximum that modern ultrasonic generat...
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A state Senate panel on Thursday dropped a measure from an abortion bill that would have made South Carolina the only state to require women to review an ultrasound image of the fetus before termin...
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Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. But researchers say the findings, in mice, should not discourage pregnant women from having ultrasound scans fo...
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Requiring doctors to show women seeking an abortion an ultrasound image of their fetus could be declared unconstitutional if it is interpreted as forcing an unwilling patient, the state attorney ge...
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When doctors in a remote African town warned a 20-something pregnant woman she was well past her due date, the Liberian patient agreed to have labor induced.But Dr. Simon Kotlyar wanted to confirm ...
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An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not _ without...
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A woman charged with killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb had altered ultrasound pictures of developing fetuses and received e-mails threatening to expose her lies about bein...
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A state Senate panel on Thursday dropped a measure from an abortion bill that would have made South Carolina the only state to require women to review an ultrasound images of the fetus before termi...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using ultrasound images may
be a better way than blood tests to determine whether a woman's
ovarian tumor is benign or malignant, European researchers said
Tuesday. Higher l...
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For more than three decades, clinicians have routinely conducted prenatal ultrasound screenings to detect congenital anomalies, multiple-gestation pregnancies, fetal growth disorders, placental abn...
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A panel on Thursday dropped a measure from an abortion bill that would have made South Carolina the only U.S. state to require women to review an ultrasound images of the fetus or embryo before ter...
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