Openwater, an open-source medical technology company delivering portable, hospital-grade diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Openwater’s device could offer a promising, affordable, and drug-free ...

Scientists have found soundwaves from low-intensity focused ultrasound aimed at a place deep in the brain called the insula can reduce both the perception of pain and other effects of pain, such as ...

Nov. 3 (UPI) --Some adults with epilepsy that does not respond to standard anti-seizure medication may benefit from a treatment that delivers low-intensity ultrasonic waves to the brain, a study ...

MIAMI - Ultrasound is commonly used for prenatal care and screenings; however, the technology and its uses are evolving and could potentially be the future of treating Alzheimer's disease and other ...

There is no FDA-approved medication for Alzheimer’s disease. But there is some hope that if the blood-brain barrier could be more easily penetrated by drug candidates they would prove more effective.

Soundwaves from low-intensity focused ultrasound reduce pain perception and associated cardiovascular effects. The corresponding study was published in Pain. Focused ultrasound delivers a narrow band ...

A new noninvasive procedure is safe and effective for treating patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD), new research suggests. Clinicians monitor a trial patient with AD undergoing low-intensity ...

Doctors have used focused ultrasound to destroy tumors in the body without invasive surgery for some time. However, the therapeutic ultrasound used in clinics today indiscriminately damages cancer and ...

Patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound with ...

Wynn Legon, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, authored a paper in the journal PAIN that is the first to demonstrate low-intensity focused ultrasound can penetrate ...

There is no FDA-approved medication for Alzheimer’s disease. But there is some hope that if the blood-brain barrier could be more easily penetrated by drug candidates they would prove more effective.