Which screening tests would you recommend for a patient exposed to asbestos? Does the approach to screening change if there are abnormalities on chest x-ray? "Asbestos" is a general term for ...

or lived close to an asbestos mine, see your doctor if you have trouble breathing or believe it's affected your health. They can do a chest X-ray or a pulmonary function test to see how much air ...

James Lockey, MD, senior research investigator, says the study indicates that this particular asbestos-like mineral contained in the Libby vermiculite ore can cause chest X-ray changes at ...

Despite never coming into contact with asbestos personally ... breathless during a holiday to Rhodes she went for a chest X-ray which revealed a third of her lung had collapsed.

DALLAS — More than 500 current and former residents of a West Dallas neighborhood that was home to a vermiculite plant showed up for asbestos screening ... state grant to X-ray up to 300 people.

"Everyone who served on there was exposed to asbestos," Friesen said Tuesday ... Friesen urged veterans to get screened. "Get a chest X-ray on a yearly basis to make sure if you have cancer ...

An East Lancashire woman has been diagnosed with terminal cancer due to historic exposure to asbestos at a Blackburn ... she was referred for a chest X-ray, which revealed fluid on her left ...

But in 2005 he had an X-ray for another, unrelated, health problem. "The doctor said there's something in your lungs. It might be asbestos." Specialists at a chest clinic in Aberdeen confirmed he ...