Do you need a lung cancer screening? See if you qualify
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends a low-dose CT scan of the chest for anyone who is between ages 50 and 80 ...
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Experts: Only 1 In 5 People Who Need This Cancer Screening Actually Get It
This cancer is often attributed to a lifestyle habit, but some experts suggest that association has left out 80% of the ...
Should you be screened for lung cancer? What you need to know
You can learn a lot from an older brother. Tom Hoffner said he picked up the family habit of smoking cigarettes at just 10 ...
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Endobronchial Valve (EBV) Therapy
Patients living with emphysema experience shortness of breath because areas within the lungs are diseased and are holding trapped air (hyperinflation of the lung). This makes it difficult to inhale ...
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Measurement of Ventilatory Function
The spirometer (built-in 1846 by Hutchinson) measures ventilatory function (dynamic lung volumes and maximal flow rates). Miller 1996 [1]) shows a normal spirogram showing the measurements of forced ...