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Kullervo Hynynen Tuesday, September 6, 2016 

Of sight and sound

Physicist heralded a “visionary” for pioneering work in ultrasound
 
Friday, August 26, 2016 

Scalpel-free brain surgery safe, effective for tremor disorder: researchers

Source: The National Post
 
Essential tremor Wednesday, August 24, 2016 

Scalpel-free surgery for essential tremor is effective & safe

Results of international, multi-site trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine
 
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 

No scalpel, no drill: Medical procedure to treat uncontrollable hand tremor a ‘game changer’

Ontario woman 1 of 40 patients to receive procedure that will 'revolutionize' treatment of brain disease

Source: CBC News
 
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 

Scalpel-free brain surgery can relieve common tremor disorder symptoms: study

Source: CTV News
 
Essential tremor Thursday, July 14, 2016 

Approval for scalpel-free surgery for essential tremor

Sunnybrook is one of the world’s pre-eminent focused ultrasound sites
 
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 

Doctors testing simpler, cheaper uterine fibroids treatment

Source: CTV News
 
Todd Mainprize Sunday, November 8, 2015 

World first: blood-brain barrier opened non-invasively to deliver chemotherapy

Breaching this barrier opens up a new frontier in treating brain disorders
 
Sunday, November 8, 2015 

Sunnybrook doctor first to perform blood-brain barrier procedure using focused ultrasound waves

Source: The Globe and Mail
 
Sunday, November 8, 2015 

Canadian researchers break blood-brain barrier with new ultrasound treatment

Source: CTV News