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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: ultrasound

ultrasound stories: 2 news summaries

(AP) - An Oklahoma judge overturned a state law yesterday that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject. She did not rule on... More »

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abortion • Oklahoma • ultrasound • court ruling

 Ultrasound May Help 
 Counter Brain Disease 

Low frequency ultrasound shown to release neurotransmitters

Jan 10, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Bombarding the brain with sound waves may not seem like the most logical way to repair damage, but a new study shows that ultrasound may have therapeutic uses, reports the Economist. While ultrasound technology has long been used to take images of human interiors, such as fetuses in the... More »

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Parkinson's disease • brain • neurons • Alzheimer's Disease • brain chemistry • ultrasound

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