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Screening
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One in three patients with chest pain and clear arteries had a hidden circulation problem
An angiogram showing open arteries is usually treated as reassurance. Measuring the smaller vessels in 1,003 patients found a third had dysfunction, and it tracked worse outcomes.
Sep 8, 2026
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
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
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