Two leading medical charities have welcomed a new Health Service framework for treating lung illnesses - but they say it needs to be put into action quickly to address worrying numbers of emergency hospital admissions for asthma in some parts of Northern Ireland. New figures show that, compared...
Anti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec. 9-13, 2009. "We found a reduction in lung cancer mortality among women treated with...
Anti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec. 9-13, 2009. "We found a reduction in lung cancer mortality among women treated with...
A simple, inexpensive computer tool that measures volume changes in the size of suspicious nodules in the lungs picked up by a CT scanner can rule out non-cancerous ones with almost perfect accuracy and enable doctors to diagnose true cancers with fewer, less expensive and less invasive tests...
A simple, inexpensive computer tool that measures volume changes in the size of suspicious nodules in the lungs picked up by a CT scanner can rule out non-cancerous ones with almost perfect accuracy and enable doctors to diagnose true cancers with fewer, less expensive and less invasive tests...
I never smoke before but recently I have.
I smoked weed everyday for 6 months, totaling about an ounce of weed in 6 months. So does my lung look black like a heavy smoker's lung, will I get lung cancer? If I quit now would my lung goes back to the normal color if it already is black like a...
I know my grandad has had lung cancer for about a year and a half, he used to have chemo but i don't think he has any treatment anymore. Also i heard them talking about it been spread to his stomach. He gets tired all the time now and doesn't eat much, also hes been going to the hospice for...
My little sister is 16 and has Cystic Fibrosis. She has very low lung function and has had countless infections, she is in need of a double lung transplant and is on the list for it, we could be notified at any time if a pair of lungs become available for her, we don't know when though. She's...
a friend of mine told he that he has semi permanent lung scarring and i don't really know what that is or how one would get this condition so could u guys help me out??
She fell from a stool, she didn't belong up there, so let that be a lesson I learned the hard way. Anyway has anyone had this happen? she's in the ER spending the night. I was wondering what the recovery period will be like and what to look out for. Im sure they'll tell me tomorrow, but I...
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Hi, I am going to USA in August this year. I live in Australia. I want to hike up Mt Shasta. The altitude is over 14,000 feet up there...back home highest I can get to is about 300 feet!
Wanting to know how can I increase my lung fitness to do the hike. I am reasonably fit at the moment. I...
Had TB 2years ago and by the time they worked it out half my lung had collapsed. I was in a real lot of pain, couldnt sneeze, hiccup, burp as shooting pain would occur and my legs would buckle.
After my antibiotic stint my lung was not hurting, now about 6months down the track it is beginning to...