http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An Adelaide ultrasound device is set to reduce invasive treatments for women after childbirth, thanks to a collaboration arranged by the Flinders University-based Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-trials-ultrasound-device.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:50:04 EST news250249788 (Medical Xpress) -- Ultrasound, the diagnostic tool first developed at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the 1950s to scan the body, is now being used in its fracture clinic to help heal fractured bones and speed up the recovery time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ultrasound-fractures.html Medical research Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:29:42 EST news237731370 (PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as insightful, two doctors from The Netherlands, working with Italian imaging companies, have devised a means to use ultrasound to measure blood pressure. The technology, more known for peering into the womb to check on babies still growing in utero, should allow physicians to check the blood pressure of patients at literally any point in the body without subjecting them to uncomfortable or invasive procedures. The doctors, Nathalie Binjnens and Frans van de Voss from Eindhoven University of Technology, have published their results in the scientific journal Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-doctors-method-blood-pressure-ultrasound.html Medical research Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:25:19 EST news227431497 A news study finds that the worse a woman's skin wrinkles are during the first few years of menopause, the lower her bone density is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-severity-facial-wrinkles-bone-density.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:00:02 EST news226459290