MeSH tree: C08.528
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer, most often caused by exposure to asbestos, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mesothelioma develops in the thin tissue surrounding the lungs and ...
Jan 24, 2026
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening tension pneumothorax in the chest cavity. The researchers are presenting the robotic solution at ...
Jun 24, 2025
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A first-of-its-kind generative AI system, developed in-house at Northwestern Medicine, is revolutionizing radiology—boosting productivity, identifying life-threatening conditions in milliseconds and offering a breakthrough ...
Jun 5, 2025
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The ambiguity in medical imaging can present major challenges for clinicians who are trying to identify disease. For instance, in a chest X-ray, pleural effusion, an abnormal buildup of fluid in the lungs, can look very much ...
May 1, 2025
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As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates from Cambridge researchers. Previous estimates had put this risk closer ...
Apr 7, 2025
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In remote conflict zones and disaster-stricken areas, the nearest hospital is often hundreds of miles away. Medical teams face the tough task of providing critical care—with limited resources and while under constant threat—to ...
Feb 14, 2025
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For competitors in high-speed sports, crashes are an inevitable risk, yet many elite athletes say it can be tough to get back on their bikes—or skis—even if their body heals. Some never recover.
Feb 7, 2025
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For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Duke-NUS Quantitative Biology and Medicine Ph.D. candidate Yuan Han has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of AI when it is used to diagnose a collapsed lung, or pneumothorax, by limiting the area of a chest X-ray ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Artificial intelligence models often play a role in medical diagnoses, especially when it comes to analyzing images such as X-rays. However, studies have found that these models don't always perform well across all demographic ...
Jun 28, 2024
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