The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm, a broad structure of muscle and fibrous tissue that is responsible for most of the effort of normal breathing.

Thoracic trauma/chest ... an X-ray. Its presence on physical exam will be subtle, if it’s even there at all. Likewise for hyperresonance to percussion — you have to percuss a lot of normal ...

A new study in England shows a strong link between higher rates of chest x-ray referrals in general practice patients with symptoms, such as persistent cough, and earlier lung cancer diagnoses, along ...

Pope Francis' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as a chest X-ray confirmed improvement, two days after doctors declared he is no longer in imminent danger of death. The latest ...

Pope Francis’ clinical condition “remains stable” within “the complexity of his overall situation,” and the chest X-ray carried out yesterday “confirmed the improvements that had been ...

In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

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A chest X-ray has confirmed that Pope Francis’s condition is improving as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia. The latest medical bulletin, released by the Vatican, showed he ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. Pope Francis' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday, with a chest X-ray confirming improvement, just two days after doctors ruled out any imminent ...

“The question about the war chest and what it’s being used for is a very big conversation that’s occurring,” one source familiar with the matter told The Hill. Trump has maintained strong ...

The UK has been “supine” to US President Donald Trump and should be “firm” and “find some way to retaliate”, Lord Rose has said. The businessman and former boss of M&S and Asda told ...