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Heat Treatments
Healthline — Paraffin, a conductive form of superficial heat, is often used for heating uneven surface of the body such as the hands. It consists of melted paraffin wax and mineral oil. Paraffin placed in a small bath unit becomes solid at room temperature, ...More…
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Antenatal Testing
Healthline — Most obstetricians offer parents a variety of ways to find out if their developing child might have birth defects such as spina bifida and Down Syndrome. An alpha fetoprotein screen can be done through a simple blood test in the doctor's office ...More…
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Ultrasound Unit
Healthline — Ultrasonography also has therapeutic applications, although the frequencies used for therapy are usually in different frequency ranges than those used in diagnostic ultrasound. BODY FLUID SAMPLING. A technique developed at MIT uses ultrasound to ...More…
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Stomach Cancer
Healthline — More than 95% of stomach cancers are caused by adenocarcinomas, malignant cancers that originate in glandular tissues. The remaining 5% of stomach cancers include lymphomas and other types of cancers. It is important that gastric lymphomas be ...More…
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Genetic Counseling
Healthline — An important aspect of the genetic counseling session is the compilation of a family pedigree or medical history. To accurately assess the risk of inherited diseases, information on three generations, including health status and/or cause of ...More…
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Thyroid Ultrasound
Healthline — Thyroid ultrasound is an imaging technique used for diagnosing suspected thyroid disease. It uses harmless, high-frequency sound waves to form an image. The sound waves are reflected by thyroid tissue to form a picture of internal structures. It ...More…
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Scrotal Ultrasound
Healthline — Scrotal ultrasound is an imaging technique used for the diagnosis of suspected abnormalities of the scrotum. It uses harmless, high-frequency sound waves to form an image. The sound waves are reflected by scrotal tissue to form a picture of ...More…
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Prostate Ultrasound
Healthline — A doctor may decide to do a prostate ultrasound following a digital rectal examination (DRE) that reveals any prostate abnormalities such as lumps or an enlarged prostate; or following a blood test that reveals abnormal levels of a substance ...More…
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Pelvic Ultrasound
Healthline — Pelvic ultrasound is a procedure in which high-frequency sound waves are used to create images of the pelvic organs by projecting the sound waves into the pelvis and measuring how the sound waves reflect, or echo, back from the different ...More…
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Breast Ultrasound
Healthline — Breast ultrasound (or sonography) is an imaging technique for diagnosing breast disease, such as cancer. It uses harmless, high-frequency sound waves to form an image (sonogram). The sound waves pass through the breast and bounce back or echo ...More…
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Ultrasound
Healthline — Ultrasound involves the use of high-frequency sound waves to create images of organs and systems within the body. An ultrasound machine creates images that allow various organs in the body to be examined. The machine sends out high-frequency ...More…
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Ultrasonic Encephalography
Healthline — Ultrasonic encephalography, or echoencephalography, is the use of ultrasound to produce a noninvasive diagnostic image of the brain and its structures, including the alignment down the midline, the size of ventricles, and the presence of bleeding ...More…