Medical experts report rising lung cancer diagnoses in non-smokers as smoking rates decline, raising questions about ...

In all types of surgical procedures—both reconstructive and aesthetic—an overly aggressive surgical technique or the use of ...

Clinical assessment Establish who needs specialist referral or can be initially managed in general practice with a targeted trial of therapy. ‘Red flags’ should prompt urgent referral in line with ...

Objective To assess the diagnostic accuracy of thermal imaging (TI) in the setting of focal consolidative pneumonia with chest X-ray (CXR) as the gold standard. Setting A large, 973-bed teaching ...

A chest X-ray or CT scan often detects lung nodules—small growths in the lungs—incidentally. While most lung nodules are benign, here’s to finding out if they are cancerous.

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Here, let's discuss some common causes of non-cardiac chest pain. But first, remember that chest discomfort of any kind, whether pain or tightness, pressure, squeezing, or burning, should not be ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic lung disease that occurs due to bacterial infection and is one of the top 10 leading causes of death. Accurate and early detection of TB is very important, otherwise, it ...

Introduction A chest X-ray (CXR) is the most common imaging investigation performed worldwide. Advances in machine learning and computer vision technologies have led to the development of several ...

Normal body parts like bones can obscure tumors on an X-ray and make them hard to see. This is especially true if they are small. Disease processes can also make cancerous growths hard to see.