A new study in England shows a strong link between higher rates of chest x-ray referrals in general practice patients with symptoms, such as persistent cough, and earlier lung cancer diagnoses, along ...

High blood pressure, chills, and fatigue accompanied this young man's weight increase, as well as swelling.

The maze procedure allows your heart’s rhythm to remain normal so that blood flows through ... or give you a chest X-ray to make sure you don’t have any infections or problems that may affect ...

Laura Meredith gave birth to son Toby via C-section at Walsall Manor Hospital following a "normal pregnancy" but was shocked ...

Chest pain that is made worse by coughing. Heart beat fast. Feeling tired and weak ... To confirm the diagnosis, the doctor ...

A Dudley six-year-old who had part of his lung removed is now thriving after treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH ...

A Sydney family's worst nightmare came true when toddler, Raphael, was finally diagnosed after years of unexplained breathing ...

THE role of lipids as predictors of coronary heart disease has become of considerable ... a 13-lead electrocardiogram, an x-ray study of the chest and a variety of biochemical determinations ...

Early symptoms of neuroblastoma are similar to other common diseases. However, this disease is not a common disease, but a rare type of cancer that begins to grow while the baby is still in the womb ...

The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm, a broad structure of muscle and fibrous tissue that is responsible for most of the effort of normal breathing.

The patient had no evident morphological abnormalities, blood pressure was 112/68 mm Hg, heart rate 100 bpm ... sounds on auscultation. Chest X-ray confirmed left tension pneumothorax (figure 1).

In some cases, cardiomegaly may be short-lived, with the heart returning to its normal size once the underlying condition ... one or several of the following tests and procedures: Chest X-ray: This ...