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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hacky sack takes over MIAA schools, complete with playoffs and controversy ...

NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Weirton Medical Center is adding to its toolbox when it comes to early detection for lung cancer, through its new Low Dose Lung CT Scanning Program. The program provides early ...

Thoracic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Dr. Samuel Kim joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Bob Sirott, to talk about lung screening for smokers and non-smokers, as well as the typical cure rate for ...

February 15, 2007 — Recent calls for widespread computed-tomography (CT) screening to detect early lung cancer in smokers and other individuals at high risk are premature, say experts in the field: a ...