#ultrasound-screening tag

2 weeks ago

Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans

"I would like to sincerely apologise to any patients who have been affected and recalled for a scan as I understand receiving such news can be unsettling."

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3 weeks ago

Ultrasound delays putting pregnant women and cancer patients at risk, sonographers say

Pregnant women and cancer patients face ultrasound scan delays due to a staffing shortage, risking health outcomes.

2 weeks ago

AR tech prepares patients for endometriosis surgery

A new augmented reality system helps patients with endometriosis understand their condition and surgical options more clearly.

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3 weeks ago

A healthy pregnancy doesn't depend solely on the woman: why the father's health is crucial for child development

Father's health and behaviors significantly impact pregnancy outcomes and child development, challenging the traditional focus solely on the mother.

fromNews Center

Automated Screening and Education Increases Urinary Incontinence Diagnoses - News Center

Automated urinary incontinence screening and education in primary care significantly increased diagnosis rates and treatment referrals among women.

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

Like knives inside my body': How a new ultrasound simulator could help doctors better diagnose endometriosis

Endometriosis affects 10% of people with uteruses globally, causing severe pain and infertility, with a new ultrasound simulator training device improving clinician diagnosis accessibility.

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'Game-changing' urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS

Home-based urine tests are being developed to detect breast cancer, endometriosis, and PCOS with high accuracy, potentially reducing diagnostic waiting times.

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Newborn baby dies after mum not woken for heart rate check

Hospital failure to perform required observations and delayed emergency Caesarean led to newborn Sonny Taylor suffering severe brain injury and dying three days later.

fromNews Center

First-Of-Its-Kind Probe Monitors Fetal Health in Utero During Surgery - News Center

The soft, flexible, robotic probe could dramatically improve safety during fetal surgeries, procedures in which physicians operate on a fetus before birth. Currently, doctors primarily rely on intermittent measurements of fetal heart rate using ultrasound imaging from outside the pregnant person's body. The new device, on the other hand, can be gently inserted through the same narrow port already used in fetal surgeries.

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Women Are Sharing The Shocking Pregnancy Secrets That No One Talks About, And I Had No Idea

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Public health

What drugs are safe during pregnancy? There's a shocking lack of data

fromBuzzFeed

Parenting

Women Are Sharing The Shocking Pregnancy Secrets That No One Talks About, And I Had No Idea

fromNature

Public health

What drugs are safe during pregnancy? There's a shocking lack of data

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening

Menstrual blood collected on a sanitary pad can detect cervical cancer signs, offering a potentially accurate, less invasive at-home screening alternative to clinician-collected cervical samples.

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Product Spotlight on Healthcare

Healthcare systems must prioritize security and safety across devices, networks, and facilities to protect patients and staff from cyber and physical threats.

Healthcare

fromBusiness Matters

Pulse Radiology Education: Built Around the Working Technologist

Pulse Radiology Education addresses barriers to professional advancement for working radiologic technologists by combining flexible online education with guaranteed clinical placement partnerships.

fromTODAY.com

Hospital Shares Photo of Record-Setting Big Baby

A 13-pound baby boy born at Cayuga Medical Center set a hospital record as the largest baby ever delivered there, while another 4-pound baby was born the same day, demonstrating the wide range of healthy birth sizes.

fromwww.theguardian.com

Menstrual blood test could offer alternative to cervical screening

Menstrual blood collected via a sanitary pad with a blood-strip accurately detects HPV and CIN2/3 with sensitivity comparable to clinician-collected samples, enabling non-invasive home screening.

fromFast Company

How trendy 'whole-body' scans can miss this serious illness

Full-body MRI scans often fail to reliably detect breast cancer despite imaging the entire body, misleading consumers who assume comprehensive screening includes breast cancer detection.

fromAxios

More pregnant Americans are skipping prenatal care, CDC finds

First-trimester prenatal care in the U.S. declined to 75.5% in 2024, with late or no care increasing to 7.3% nationally, affecting all age groups and most racial and ethnic populations.

fromBusiness Matters

Understanding the Role of an Ovulation Tracker in Modern Fertility Care

Digital ovulation trackers detect LH surges to identify brief fertile windows, providing precise, real-time, and personalized fertility monitoring superior to calendar or symptom methods.

fromDaily Mom magazine