Surgery carries risks—complications from anesthesia, hoarseness, hand numbness, or lifelong thyroid replacement drugs (about ...

I still remember watching the tech do my ultrasound. I was like, oh, is that my nodule? She’s like, no, that’s the lymph node beside it. And so I knew that meant I had thyroid cancer,” Dr. Oltmann ...

Once you have completed the steps of checking thyroid function (TSH levels), having an ultrasound evaluation ... the size and location of the tumor (T), lymph node involvement (N), and whether the ...

Green tea, interestingly, has been associated with a lower risk of thyroid cancer in post-menopausal women, but a higher risk in pre-menopausal women. Bugleweed is believed to act against the ...

So there are multiple avenues to harness ultrasound for Alzheimer’s that are worth investigating further. I’ve heard that a similar approach can also be used for more targeted cancer treatments?

A lump on the side of the neck could be a swollen lymph node caused by a bacterial or viral infection ... because they can also be cancerous (for example, if it is cystic thyroid cancer). For a biopsy ...

If a doctor has declared a nodule benign from tests, they will monitor the person closely with physical exams and an ultrasound ... the risk of thyroid nodules. Thyroid cancer may not cause ...

Adopting the new tool, named micro-ultrasound – or microUS – would ... procedures with MRI ones specifically for prostate cancer. As part of the trial, 677 men underwent biopsy at 19 hospitals ...

Biopsies guided by high resolution ultrasound are as effective as those using MRI in diagnosing prostate cancer, an international clinical trial has shown. The technology, called micro-ultrasound ...

Prostate cancer could be diagnosed faster by using a new “game changing” ultrasound scan instead of a traditional MRI, research has shown. Currently patients must undergo both an MRI scan and ...

Symptoms of thyroid cancer include a lump in the neck that grows rapidly, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness or changes in voice, and swollen lymph nodes ... s done with an ultrasound, which ...