BACKGROUND: [corrected] The radiographic characteristics of tuberculous pneumonia in adults are similar to primary tuberculosis that occurs in childhood, and upper lobe cavitary tuberculosis is ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

For decades, poor treatment options and low-quality evidence plagued care for patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. The advent of new drugs to treat tuberculosis and enhanced funding now ...

Whether the large effect size of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for stroke due to large-vessel occlusion applies to stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion is unclear. In a multicenter, prospective ...

If you get pneumonia, it means you have an infection in your lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, and other germs. Learning which type you have will help your doctor suggest a treatment.

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Endovascular treatment (EVT) of stroke with large-vessel occlusion is known to be safe and effective. The effect of EVT for occlusion of medium or distal vessels is unclear. We randomly assigned ...

Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even before symptoms occur.

With an estimated 32,000 Canadians diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024, Merck Canada aims to promote lung health with a new self-assessment tool. Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer ...

The proportion of people who have never smoked being diagnosed with lung cancer is rising, with new research pointing to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world.

Familial HLH is a success story in modern medicine. Initially a disease that was largely unknown and fatal, it is now understood on a molecular level and is curable. Moreover, HLH is an archetype ...

S1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org). Evaluation for an infectious cause was negative, and computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis did ...