News tagged with doppler ultrasound


Genetics point to serious pregnancy complication

New research at the University of Adelaide has revealed a genetic link in pregnant mums - and their male partners - to pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening complication during pregnancy.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds that just one high-fat meal can affect your heart health

Eat a breakfast sandwich and your body will be feeling the ill effects well before lunch – now that's fast food!

Cardiology created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Better analgesia from pelvic plexus block in prostate biopsy

(HealthDay) -- Compared with periprostatic nerve block (PNB), pelvic plexus block (PPB), performed under Doppler ultrasound guidance, provides better pain relief for men during office-based transrectal ultrasound-guided ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental stress may be harder on women's hearts

Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than ...

Cardiology created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impaired fasting glucose affects male sexual health

(HealthDay) -- Nearly 20 percent of men with sexual dysfunction have impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and are more likely than men with normal glucose levels to have severe erectile dysfunction (ED), reduced ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast