With lung cancer the leading cause of cancer death both in the UK and globally, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has launched a trial of AI lung scan analysis and robot-guided biopsies in an ...

Three medical societies claim recent studies have overestimated the potential harms from lung cancer screening and may be deterring patients. Not everyone agrees.

I didn’t really discover health until I was 50. That was when I swapped pints, bacon sandwiches and cigarettes for kombucha ...

LIMA — Pulmonologist Dr. Katie Capp warns her patients that cigarette smoke is the leading cause of preventable death ...

Introduction Incidental pulmonary nodules (IPNs) are commonly encountered on chest radiographs (CXRs) performed for routine clinical indications and may represent early manifestations of significant ...

Diffuse pulmonary meningiotheliomatosis (DPM) and minute pulmonary menigiothelial-like nodules (MPMNs) are rare pulmonary pathologies often detected incidentally. These lesions are often benign.

Lung ultrasound helps dairy farmers detect hidden pneumonia in calves, leading to earlier treatment and improved health ...

Elastic parametric response mapping (ePRM), a CT-based severity scoring system for regional lung volumes, can monitor COPD progression.

NORFOLK, Va. — For high-risk patients, the most stressful part of a lung scan isn't the test itself—it's the "watch and wait" that comes after. Doctors could see a suspicious lesion on scans but had ...

A pulmonary embolism, often referred to as a PE, is a serious and potentially fatal medical emergency that occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, cutting off blood flow and reducing ...

Lung cancer screening is the best way to find lung cancer early, when it is easier to treat. However, only about 18% of eligible people in the U.S. have ever been screened for lung cancer. While ...

A new study has found that an advanced CT scan method, called photon-counting CT, may be much better than regular CT scans for people with lung cancer. This new method provides clearer images, lowers ...