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Some lung tumors not lethal, study finds

It’s hard to imagine lung tumors to be non-lethal but according to a new study, one in five detected on a CT scan are so slow-growing, they would not affect a person during his or her lifetime,...

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Hey NYTimes: Are we really “giving ourselves cancer?” Amazing scare piece.

DO fear the radiologist! The NYTimes publishes an op-ed seeming to warn everyone to avoid deadly CT scans at (almost) all costs. Avoid those unnecessary ones, anyway. But who’s to say which ones those...

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Health Wrap: Big news for Hep C, alcohol and stroke risk, & Medicare to cover...

The latest in health news: Breakthrough drug when combined with current Hepatitis C drug eradicates the disease in six weeks, alcohol once again is linked to stroke risk in older age, and Medicare is...

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To CT scan, or not to: that is the question. Smokers need to know

Another apparently-beneficial screening program — lung CT scans for smokers — becomes controversial, when Medicare officials decide it should be covered, contradicting its own coverage advisory...

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Health Wrap: Brain puzzles, weight-loss drug canceled, & when to screen for...

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Some lung nodules on CT scan don’t need immediate surgery

A new study of “non-solid” lung nodules, followed via annual spiral/low-dose CT scans among smokers and ex-smokers, shows that that type of nodule can be safely followed with imaging, avoiding...

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