In previous blogs, I’ve discussed to the fact that NF is a highly variable condition that can manifest differently among affected individuals. For example, two people within the same family can have ...

THE great value of x-ray examination of the chest in tuberculosis case-finding programs is beyond a doubt. Bloch and his associates 1 in 1938 stated the strong position of roentgenology: "Failure to ...

A closer examination of the common chest X-ray could reveal osteoporosis in older patients not previously diagnosed with the brittle-bone disease, according to a study. Canadian researchers said they ...

Pneumonia, chest x-ray The CHEST Expert Cough Panel agreed on cough, dyspnea, pleural pain, sweating, shivers, aches, temperature of ≥38°C, tachypnea, and new and localizing chest examination signs as ...

New research reveals that abnormal chest X-ray results strongly predict future TB risk, emphasising the value of early ...

As part of a comprehensive lung exam, a doctor may try to listen for various sounds by tapping your back and chest with their hand, which is a test called percussion. If the percussion produces a drum ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader ...

Eighteen general practitioners (GPs), nine from the Arkhangelsk region and nine from the Murmansk region, from both urban and rural offices, were randomized into intervention and control groups. The ...