Point-of-care ultrasound (POC-US) is increasingly used especially in emergency and critical-care medicine. It is focused, quick and does not expose patients to ionizing radiation. It encompasses all ...

Lung cancer screening can detect cancer early when it’s most treatable. See if you qualify for a low-dose CT scan at Fred Hutch.

As part of a comprehensive lung exam, a doctor may try to listen for various sounds by tapping your back and chest with their hand, which is a test called percussion. If the percussion produces a drum ...

Medical conditions affecting the heart or lungs can lead to chest and shoulder pain. It is important that people speak with a doctor if they experience unexpected or severe chest and shoulder pain.

Lung cancer screening programmes using chest X-ray and sputum cytology are routinely performed in Japan; however, the efficacy is insufficient. Screening using low-dose computed tomography (CT) is a ...

We present a case of a female in her late 40s with a 5-year history of well-managed type II diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension and dyslipidaemia presented with acute severe abdominal pain, ...

Registry analysis suggests endoscopic lung volume reduction yields similar physiologic gains across sexes, but women report ...

Digital chest radiographs of a patient with primary adenocarcinoma. Without DCNN software assistance, the three readers interpreted this as a normal chest radiograph. With the DCNN’s suggestion ...

Chest pain is one of the most common types of discomfort one can experience. This is because it can be caused by a number of health problems, including digestive issues, heart diseases, and lung ...

A knock on his left chest was all Diganta Chakraborty could feel while taking his ISC examination on March 11.He kept writing his paper.But once home, the pain and breathlessness almost knocked him ...