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,...
View ArticleHey 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...
View ArticleHealth 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...
View ArticleTo 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...
View ArticleSome 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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