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While most women over age 50 schedule mammograms for breast cancer, only a minority who are also eligible for low-dose CT scans for lung cancer undergo those potentially lifesaving screenings. A new ...

Kim Sandler, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, and the study’s corresponding author and ...

While the president said he had an M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has reported on heart disease for 30 years as well as the ...

Dec 03, 2025 at 10:19 am by WGNS News Tags: Coordinate A Lung screening with Mammography. Funded by the American Cancer Society Coordinate A Lung screening with Mammography. Funded by the American ...

For a select group of Baton Rouge students, a simple shopping trip turned into a meaningful moment just days before Christmas. A McKinley Middle School teacher has been placed on leave after being ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Around 14 million Americans have diagnosed COPD, but over a million more live without a diagnosis, according to the CDC. Donna Marshall was referred to Dr. Brad Vincent, a ...

Jessie Creel’s cough started in May last year. At the time, a primary care physician diagnosed the mother of three with pneumonia. But the antibiotics didn’t work and her cough persisted. During a ...

Under current screening guidelines, almost two-thirds of Americans with lung cancer would not have qualified for the CT chest scans that could have spotted tumors early and extended their lives, new ...

Lung cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer in the world. In the United States, it remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, even more deadly than breast, colon, and prostate cancer ...

JACKSON – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. One of the reasons why is that it often goes unnoticed until it reaches an advanced stage. When caught in early stages ...