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Ultrasound 'may stop kidney injury' from surgery (BBC)
Ultrasound treatments could be used to prevent a common kidney complication than can arise after major surgery, researchers suggest.
The work, published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, was carried out on mice.
But the researchers said there could be a "rapid translation" to human studies because the treatment for acute kidney injury (AKI) was simple and routine.
Experts said the study suggested potential for new therapies.
AKI is the sudden loss of kidney function, which can easily develop in any sick person through infection such as pneumonia, diarrhoea or a heart attack.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23530165