Discovering you are pregnant is a significant moment. While it is exciting, it is normal to feel a mix of emotions, including ...

For many years, doctors and technicians who performed medical ultrasound procedures viewed bubbles with wary concern. The ...

As these systems evolve, I believe therapeutic ultrasound is poised to become medicine's next general-purpose platform.

A prenatal ultrasound test uses high-frequency sound waves, inaudible to the human ear, that are transmitted through the abdomen via a device called a transducer to look at the inside of the abdomen.

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Ultrasound exams during pregnancy are common. And researchers have now looked at whether a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is more likely among children exposed to this technology in the womb.