Oct. 14, 2002 — Ultrasound imaging is not necessary to evaluate a nonpalpable testis, according to a record review published in the October issue of Pediatrics. Urologists are better at palpating hard ...

Ultrasonography cannot reliably localize nonpalpable undescended testes, but a combination of conventional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) should be recommended, according to two recent ...

A single-center study from Wuhan in China presents ultrasound imaging evidence supporting the notion that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause infection of the ...

An ultrasound zap may act as male birth control in the future. Jan. 31,2012— -- Do not try this at home. A new animal study, published in the journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, ...

Doctors recommend that men ages 15-35 do a self-check — most easily done in the shower — for testicular cancer once a month.

The testes hang outside the body for a reason: They need to keep cool to function properly. Intentionally warming them with an ultrasound machine could kill off sperm cells permanently. Contraception ...

Testicular hemodynamics, the study of blood flow within the testes, is fundamental to understanding reproductive health. The testes require a finely tuned vascular supply to maintain optimal ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has put $100,000 behind research into using ultrasound as a temporary contraceptive for men. If successful, it would be a means to provide low-cost, non-hormonal ...

COULD zapping testicles with ultrasound provide a cheap, non-invasive alternative to vasectomy? It’s just one of 78 offbeat ideas that won a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates ...

If they can just get men past the words “a blast of ultrasound to the testes,” researchers at the University of North Carolina may have finally hit on a method of birth control that’s most appealing ...

Condoms aren’t foolproof, and vasectomies may be too much so. Now researchers say they’re working on another contraceptive option for men that offers them more flexibility and control over their ...

Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in ...