Your life? Yes, 5 crumpled Andy Jacksons can save your life, as was reported earlier this year in a front page article in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s only daily newspaper. University Hospitals is ...

DALLAS, April 5 – The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today’s ...

A special type of CT scan can detect lung cancer early enough to save some lives, the National Cancer Institute announced Thursday - the first evidence that a screening test may help fight the top U.S ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death — the first clear evidence that a screening test ...

editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. • Nov. 4: National Lung Screening Trial announcement The report describes the tests and its preliminary findings, including that 20 percent fewer ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have shown that screening high-risk people with a type of X-ray called a spiral CT scan can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent. [ID:nN04272868] Sign ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have shown that screening high-risk people with a type of X-ray called a spiral CT scan can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20 percent. But experts caution that ...