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Liver stiffness readings used to judge fatty liver treatment were checked against biopsy for the first time

Guidelines already accept a 30% drop in liver stiffness as evidence a treatment is working. In 160 patients who had both the scan and the biopsy, someone finally tested whether that holds.

Sep 7, 2026

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Reminders raised lung screening follow-up from 47% to 76%; the education arm made it slightly worse

Annual lung cancer screening only works if people come back, and most do not. A trial of 1,837 patients tested two ways to fix that, and the two went in opposite directions.

Sep 7, 2026

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Lung damage found by accident on a scan tracked 54% higher death risk

Health screening scans routinely turn up emphysema in people with no symptoms, and it is usually noted and forgotten. Following 41,000 Korean adults, it predicted death, except in one group where nobody died at all.

Sep 6, 2026