World first: Nir Lipsman and colleagues have visually demonstrated that a cancer therapy can cross the blood–brain barrier. (Courtesy: Kevin Van Paassen, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) For the ...

High-grade gliomas, especially glioblastoma (GBM) and others, remain among the most aggressive brain cancers, with few effective treatment options after the tumor recurs. Even with maximal surgical ...

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound is a treatment option for patients with essential tremor or tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease who have not benefited from medication or are not willing ...

Focused ultrasound therapy, which focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely into the body, is a procedure that alleviated my Parkinson’s disease-associated tremors and gave me and my family our ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Virginia have performed the first focused ultrasound treatments in the United States for dyskinesia associated with Parkinson's disease.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's medical issues last December put the spotlight on fighting prostate cancer while reducing the risk of side effects and complications. A trial here on a less invasive ...

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center recently added irreversible electroporation (IRE) to its slate of focal therapy offerings and is the only cancer center in the region to offer IRE, high-intensity ...

Insightec, a global healthcare company dedicated to using focused ultrasound to transform patient care, today announced that France has officially published national reimbursement for unilateral ...

TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Arrayus Technologies Inc., a leader in innovative medical technology, is pleased to announce that its MRI-guided focused ultrasound system has been granted ...

Substance use disorder afflicts many Americans — in 2021, 46.3 million people in the United States age 12 or older were addicted to alcohol or drugs such as opioids and stimulants. Now scientists are ...