A persistent cough is usually linked to minor problems such as allergies, a common cold, or throat irritation. However, if a cough refuses to subside for weeks and gradually worsens, it could be an early symptom of lung cancer. Lung cancer is a condition in which cells in the lungs …
Last Updated:October 23, 2025, 17:48 IST Your body often gives subtle clues about internal changes long before it become serious. Finger clubbing is a small but potentially vital indicator of lung cancer Approximately 1% of lung cancer patients show clinical signs of clubbing, a lesser-known early symptom which is often …
Dr. Bryant Lin stood before his class at Stanford in September, likely one of the last he would ever teach. Just 50 years old and a nonsmoker, he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer four months earlier. The illness is terminal, and Dr. Lin estimated that he had …
More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are dying of some cancers at rates two to three times higher than those among …
Radon gas is colourless and odourless and emitted from the breakdown of radioactive material naturally occurring underground that then seeps through building foundations. The gas can silently linger and accumulate in people’s lungs and homes, and cannot be detected unless tested. Data indicates that about 15-20 per cent of newly …