CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recent report from the American Cancer Society raises new concerns about higher cancer rates in younger people. Local doctors say screening is more critical than ever right now ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - On a recent morning in a Quad Cities procedure room, a nurse leaned over Dave Tressel and teased, “Don’t bite me.” “I ain’t going to bite you — I don’t have my dentures,” ...

Anthony Patterson got lucky — twice. His first stroke of good fortune came in 2011, when a fall led him to the emergency room of a local hospital. While he was there, doctors noticed his heart wasn’t ...

Franciscan Health is offering $49 self-pay lung scans on Nov. 11 in honor of National Lung Screening Day. Lung scans are simple, non-invasive computer tomography (CT) screenings that use a minimal ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Franciscan Health is offering $49 self-pay lung scans in early November. The lung scans will be available on the week of Nov. 4 and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A local initiative aimed at reducing lung cancer complications has reached a significant milestone. Dr. Mike Gieske of Saint Elizabeth Healthcare has long been dedicated to saving ...

Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s interior – to look for pneumonia or another infection. The scan ruled that out, but ...

Three months ago, my husband was diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma that had originated in his lungs and spread throughout his body. He died last month after a brutal battle with this ...

Imagine you go to the healthcare provider because you have a bad cough, or maybe you fell and hurt your ribs.