While a chest X-ray gives a first look, a CT scan gives a more comprehensive assessment that helps identify the nodule's size, form, and features. To differentiate benign nodules from those that ...

Increased use of chest X-rays leads to earlier lung cancer diagnosis and improved survival rates, suggests a new study.

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SAN ANTONIO — If you aren't a smoker, you may think you are out of the woods when it comes to lung cancer. Not only can non-smokers get it, but a new study says the number of non-smokers getting ...

Research from the University of Sheffield analyzed records from more than 170,000 lung cancer patients in England between 2014 and 2018, combined with chest X-ray rates from 7,400 GP practices.

Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunneling, stone masonry ...

CEBU, Philippines — Health experts are raising awareness about invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a rare but serious bacterial infection that can progress rapidly, sometimes becoming life ...

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Particulate matter or PM is the main pollutant of concern — they’re so small, PM’s can get deep into the lungs and pass into the blood stream. It’s especially dangerous for children.

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis since the 88-year-old pontiff was admitted more than a month ago to hospital for pneumonia in both lungs. The photo shows the ...

“The problem with the blood clot in the veins of the leg is that if it can break off part of it, or all of it, and travel through the body, it can block the blood supply to the lungs ...