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class=\"kicker\">UKSONO Medical Knowledge Centre<\/span><h1>UKSONO <span>Health Library<\/span><\/h1><p>Clear, clinically informed health articles covering common symptoms, medical conditions, diagnostic tests and the role of ultrasound \u2014 created to help you understand what findings may mean and what the next steps in care may involve.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"hero-visual\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diagnostic ultrasound at UKSONO Healthcare\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fibro.jpeg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"search-wrap\"><div class=\"shell\"><div class=\"search-panel\"><div class=\"search\"><input id=\"q\" placeholder=\"Search an article \u2014 e.g. FibroScan, fertility, gallstones, ectopic pregnancy...\" type=\"search\"\/><\/div><div class=\"filters\" id=\"filters\"><button class=\"active\" data-filter=\"all\">All articles<\/button><button data-filter=\"Liver Health\">Liver Health<\/button><button data-filter=\"Fertility\">Fertility<\/button><button data-filter=\"Pregnancy\">Pregnancy<\/button><button data-filter=\"Diagnostic Ultrasound\">Diagnostic Ultrasound<\/button><button data-filter=\"Small Parts\">Lumps & Small Parts<\/button><button data-filter=\"Preventive Health\">Preventive Health<\/button><button data-filter=\"Cardiovascular Health\">Cardiovascular Health<\/button><button data-filter=\"Abdominal Health\">Abdominal Health<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"featured\"><div class=\"shell\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div><small>Editor\u2019s selection<\/small><h2>Start with our flagship clinical guides<\/h2><\/div><p>Longer-form patient resources bringing together symptoms, clinical context, diagnostic pathways and the role of imaging in one place.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"featured-grid\">\r\n<article class=\"featured-card\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">\r\n<img alt=\"Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD): Symptoms, Causes, Ultrasound, Fibrosis & Treatment\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Copy-of-Blue-and-White-Modern-Ultrasound-Clinic-Instagram-Post-900-x-471-mm.png\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"featured-copy\">\r\n<small>Liver Health \u00b7 Flagship guide<\/small>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD): Symptoms, Causes, Ultrasound, Fibrosis & Treatment<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>A detailed, clinically reviewed guide to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), including causes, risk factors, symptoms, liver blood tests, ultrasound findings, liver-fat quantification, elastography\/FibroScan, fibrosis, treatment, monitoring and prognosis.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">Explore the complete guide \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"featured-card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liver FibroScan\u00ae: Liver Fat, Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Assessment\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Copy-of-Blue-and-White-Modern-Ultrasound-Clinic-Instagram-Post-900-x-471-mm.png\"\/><\/a><div class=\"featured-copy\"><small>Liver Health \u00b7 Featured guide<\/small><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\">Liver FibroScan\u00ae: Liver Fat, Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Assessment<\/a><\/h3><p>A comprehensive guide to liver fat, fibrosis, cirrhosis risk, FibroScan measurements, result interpretation and the role of non-invasive liver assessment.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\">Explore the complete guide \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n<article class=\"featured-card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Understanding Female Fertility: Ultrasound, AMH, Hormones & Fertility Checks\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/women-well-being-scan.png\"\/><\/a><div class=\"featured-copy\"><small>Fertility \u00b7 Featured guide<\/small><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\">Understanding Female Fertility: Ultrasound, AMH, Hormones & Fertility Checks<\/a><\/h3><p>An in-depth guide to conception, age, ovulation, ovarian reserve, pelvic ultrasound, fertility blood tests, male-factor testing and treatment pathways.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\">Explore the complete guide \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"featured-card\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CIMT and Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fibro.jpeg\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"featured-copy\">\r\n<small>Cardiovascular Health \u00b7 Clinical guide<\/small>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">CIMT & Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Understand carotid intima-media thickness, focal carotid plaque, atherosclerosis, Doppler velocities and carotid stenosis \u2014 and how these findings fit into a wider cardiovascular risk assessment.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">Explore the complete guide \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"featured-card\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/thyroid-nodules\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thyroid Nodules: Causes, Ultrasound Features and Next Steps\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/neck-and-thyroid-scan.png\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"featured-copy\">\r\n<small>Thyroid Health \u00b7 Clinical guide<\/small>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/thyroid-nodules\/\">Thyroid Nodules: Causes, Ultrasound Features & Next Steps<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>A detailed guide to thyroid nodules, including common causes, symptoms, ultrasound features, risk stratification, cervical lymph-node assessment, fine-needle aspiration and what may happen next.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/thyroid-nodules\/\">Explore the complete guide \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"articles\" id=\"articles\"><div class=\"shell\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div><small>Latest from UKSONO<\/small><h2>Explore Health Articles<\/h2><\/div><p>Browse UKSONO's growing collection of detailed cardiovascular, thyroid, liver, fertility, pregnancy, diagnostic ultrasound and preventive-health articles, including our new flagship MASLD\/fatty-liver guide.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"grid\" id=\"grid\">\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Cardiovascular Health\" data-search=\"cimt carotid duplex ultrasound cardiovascular risk assessment carotid intima-media thickness plaque atherosclerosis stenosis doppler vascular health stroke heart disease prevention\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CIMT and Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fibro.jpeg\"\/>\r\n<span>Cardiovascular Health<\/span>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"article-body\">\r\n<small>CIMT \u00b7 Carotid plaque \u00b7 Duplex ultrasound<\/small>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">CIMT & Carotid Duplex Ultrasound for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>A detailed, clinically reviewed guide to carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), carotid plaque, atherosclerosis, Doppler blood-flow assessment and how carotid ultrasound may contribute to a broader cardiovascular risk assessment.<\/p>\r\n<a class=\"read-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/cimt-carotid-duplex-ultrasound\/\">Read full article \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Liver Health\" data-search=\"fatty liver disease (masld): symptoms, causes, ultrasound, fibrosis & treatment a detailed, clinically reviewed guide to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (masld), including causes, risk factors, symptoms, liver blood tests, ultrasound findings, liver-fat quantification, elastography\/fibroscan, fibrosis, treatment, monitoring and prognosis. masld \u00b7 ultrasound \u00b7 elastography\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">\r\n<img alt=\"Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD): Symptoms, Causes, Ultrasound, Fibrosis & Treatment\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Copy-of-Blue-and-White-Modern-Ultrasound-Clinic-Instagram-Post-900-x-471-mm.png\"\/>\r\n<span>Liver Health<\/span>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"article-body\">\r\n<small>MASLD \u00b7 Ultrasound \u00b7 Elastography<\/small>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD): Symptoms, Causes, Ultrasound, Fibrosis & Treatment<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>A detailed, clinically reviewed guide to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), including causes, risk factors, symptoms, liver blood tests, ultrasound findings, liver-fat quantification, elastography\/FibroScan, fibrosis, treatment, monitoring and prognosis.<\/p>\r\n<a class=\"read-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/fatty-liver\/\">Read full article \u2192<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Liver Health\" data-search=\"liver fibroscan\u00ae: liver fat, fibrosis & cirrhosis assessment a comprehensive guide to liver fat, fibrosis, cirrhosis risk, fibroscan measurements, result interpretation and the role of non-invasive liver assessment. fibroscan \u00b7 liver ultrasound\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liver FibroScan\u00ae: Liver Fat, Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Assessment\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Copy-of-Blue-and-White-Modern-Ultrasound-Clinic-Instagram-Post-900-x-471-mm.png\"\/><span>Liver Health<\/span><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"article-body\"><small>FibroScan \u00b7 Liver ultrasound<\/small><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\">Liver FibroScan\u00ae: Liver Fat, Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Assessment<\/a><\/h3><p>A comprehensive guide to liver fat, fibrosis, cirrhosis risk, FibroScan measurements, result interpretation and the role of non-invasive liver assessment.<\/p><a class=\"read-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/liver-health\/\">Read full article \u2192<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Fertility\" data-search=\"understanding female fertility: ultrasound, amh, hormones & fertility checks an in-depth guide to conception, age, ovulation, ovarian reserve, pelvic ultrasound, fertility blood tests, male-factor testing and treatment pathways. women\u2019s health \u00b7 fertility\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Understanding Female Fertility: Ultrasound, AMH, Hormones & Fertility Checks\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/women-well-being-scan.png\"\/><span>Fertility<\/span><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"article-body\"><small>Women\u2019s health \u00b7 Fertility<\/small><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\">Understanding Female Fertility: Ultrasound, AMH, Hormones & Fertility Checks<\/a><\/h3><p>An in-depth guide to conception, age, ovulation, ovarian reserve, pelvic ultrasound, fertility blood tests, male-factor testing and treatment pathways.<\/p><a class=\"read-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/female-fertility\/\">Read full article \u2192<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Small Parts\" data-search=\"armpit lump (axillary lump): causes, symptoms, diagnosis & ultrasound learn the common causes of an armpit lump, the features that deserve medical assessment and how ultrasound can help characterise superficial lumps and lymph nodes. lumps \u00b7 lymph nodes\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/armpit-nodule-lump\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Armpit Lump (Axillary Lump): Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Ultrasound\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/neck-and-thyroid-scan.png\"\/><span>Small Parts<\/span><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"article-body\"><small>Lumps \u00b7 Lymph nodes<\/small><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/armpit-nodule-lump\/\">Armpit Lump (Axillary Lump): Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Ultrasound<\/a><\/h3><p>Learn the common causes of an armpit lump, the features that deserve medical assessment and how ultrasound can help characterise superficial lumps and lymph nodes.<\/p><a class=\"read-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/armpit-nodule-lump\/\">Read full article \u2192<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<article class=\"article-card\" data-category=\"Preventive Health\" data-search=\"why a wellbeing check matters a patient-friendly guide to preventive health checks, risk-factor assessment and how targeted investigations may help identify important health concerns earlier. wellbeing \u00b7 early detection\">\r\n<a class=\"article-image\" href=\"https:\/\/uksono.com\/home\/wellbeing-checks\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why a Wellbeing Check Matters\" loading=\"lazy\" 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