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While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Lung cancer used to have grim outcomes but earlier detection is improving those odds. A new combined procedure with diagnosis ...

Franciscan Health is offering $49 self-pay lung scans on Nov. 11 in honor of National Lung Screening Day. Lung scans are simple, non-invasive computer tomography (CT) screenings that use a minimal ...

That overlap matters because roughly 19 million noncardiac chest CTs are performed each year in the United States. Every one ...

A team of scientists has developed a new method of scanning lungs that is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time, enabling them to see the functioning of transplanted ...

Alex Biese: Hi, my name is Alex Biese. I'm the assistant managing editor of CURE® magazine. In this edition of the Speaking Out® video series, I'm speaking with Dusty Joy of LiveLung and the Lung ...

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Patients in Philadelphia are receiving cutting-edge detection of lung cancer and other health problems, thanks to a new low-dose CT scanning program offered by Temple University Health Systems. The ...