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A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control states that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women - nationally, and in the ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Thoracic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Dr ...

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 ...

Portsmouth Regional Hospital offers cutting-edge technology used to diagnose lung. Here's what to know about it and who ...

Recent findings suggest CT scans could be a major cancer risk, but some critics don’t think the estimates add up.

MARSHFIELD, Wis. -- Walter Szalewski takes a deep breath and holds it for 30 seconds even though his lungs are a wreck. The electric gurney takes him through the scanner, which whrrs and chkks for the ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ...