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... Alexian Brothers Lung Scan Saving Lives Alexian Brothers Lung Scan Saving Lives - Free Scan Incentive Announced - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., March 14 /PRNewswire/ - Linda, a suburban Chicago mother of three, began smoking when she was 16 years old.

Now 42, she recently quit, and was concerned about how much damage she might have done to her lungs by smoking for the last 25 years.

Her doctor referred her to Alexian Brothers Hospital Network's new Alexian Lung Scan program, which uses state- of-the art CT imaging technology to help detect lung cancer at an early stage when it is most treatable.

Linda's scan revealed a "highly suspicious" early stage lesion that was "small in size and potentially curable," says Edward Diamond, M.D., an Alexian Brothers Hospital Network pulmonologist.

Her decision to undergo the scan "could be life-saving," he says.

Linda was among the first people referred to Alexian Brothers for lung scans, which the Arlington Heights, Illinois-based hospital network began offering late last year as part of an overarching strategy to make the latest disease scanning technology available to the 1.5 million residents of Chicago's northwest suburbs.

Linda's story is just one of many that has thrust women's lung cancer risks into the national spotlight - taking more lives than breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and uterine cancer combined.

Between 1960 and 1990, the number of women diagnosed with lung cancer jumped 400 perc...

... HiddenWires - Action Mesothelioma - Highlighting the dangers of asbestos in the home Visit our advertisers the UK & European home automation networking and entertainment resource Please register Subscribe to ezine Bookmark this site Quick navigation - select one - home ezine subscribe products directory services directory showcases business cards news articles case studies events books glossary partners about us advertising link to us newsfeed contact us disclaimer Visit our partners News Action Mesothelioma - Highlighting the dangers of asbestos in the home (14/3/2006) A coalition led by the British Lung Foundation this week launched a year long campaign to inform the British public about the unseen dangers of asbestos in their homes and how exposure to the substance can lead to a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer called mesothelioma.

According to new research* by the British Lung Foundation, only 6% of people in the UK know what the disease is yet the deadly cancer kills one person every five hours in the UK and this figure is set to peak over the next decade.

The rising number of deaths from the condition is linked to the use of asbestos in the building industry up until the mid 1980Õs.

The time between exposure to asbestos and developing mesothelioma can range from 15 to 60 years, with death coming within two years of diagnosis.

Additionally, whilst a surprising 20% of people surveyed claimed to know someone who...

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