Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and HelloGiggles. Getty A woman was getting her final ...

Samsung Healthcare unveiled a new ultrasound system this week designed to boost diagnostic accuracy and efficiency. The system, named the R20, finally brings the full weight of Samsung Electronics’ AI ...

Patients who received a focused ultrasound treatment to aid drug delivery increased their odds of surviving the deadliest form of brain cancer by nearly 40%, according to a study led by University of ...

For the first time, a team of Inserm researchers from the Physics for Medicine Institute (Inserm/ESPCI Paris-PSL/CNRS) has succeeded in mapping the blood flow of an entire organ in animals (heart, ...

Richard J. Price receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center. Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing ...

The skull is so effective at protecting the brain that it has impeded the progress of neuroscience. In particular: A nice, thick skull poses challenges for imaging the brain in natural environments or ...

May 9 (Reuters) - (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Ultrasound waves can penetrate through thick tissues and print medical implants inside a body, experiments in ...

If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one of ...

After several years of investigating focused ultrasound as a tool in treating Alzheimer's, the field took a big leap forward this year. Elisa Konofagou, PhD, a biomedical engineer who runs the ...

An ultrasound scan is one of the main tests doctors use to diagnose cholecystitis. On a scan, clinicians may be able to spot the presence of gallstones, which can cause this condition. Cholecystitis ...

Even when you aren’t doing anything, your brain is relentlessly active—daydreaming, ruminating, contemplating the past or future. How this mind wandering functions can significantly shape a person’s ...