East Texas leads the state in many things, but lung cancer is not one of those things we should be proud of. In this post to HealthConnection.TV, UT HEALTH Northeast cancer expert Dr. Bill Hyman answers questions about lung cancer among East Texans.
What causes lung cancer?(first question)
What are the symptoms of lung cancer? (skip to 0:44)
How is lung cancer diagnosed? (skip to 1:00)
How serious is a diagnosis of lung cancer? (skip to 1:07)
How is lung cancer treated? (skip to 1:43)
Why is the incidence of lung cancer higher in Northeast Texas than in the rest of the state? (skip to 2:31)
Why is lung cancer an even more serious disease among African-American and Hispanics?
When your heart has to work extra hard to pump blood into your lungs, the condition is called pulmonary hypertension. When not treated, it can lead to shortness of breath, dizziness and ultimately heart failure. University of Texas Health Science Center pulmonologist Dr. Julie Philley answers questions about pulmonary hypertension in this post to HealthConnection.TV.
What is pulmonary hypertensionand what causes it?(first question)
How is pulmonary hypertension different from common high blood pressure? (skip to 0:50)
What are the symptoms of pulmonary hypertension? (skip to 1:31)
Are there groups of people who are at higher risk for pulmonary hypertension? (skip to 1:53)
How do you know if you have pulmonary hypertension? How is it diagnosed? (skip to 2:13)
How serious is pulmonary hypertension and can it be cured? (skip to 3:07)
Latent tuberculosis is more common than you might think. As many as one of every 20 people are carrying the TB organism in their bodies without ill effect and without symptoms. But without warning, these latent TB organisms can trigger a full case of tuberculosis. In this post to HealthConnection.TV, U.T. Health Science Center at Tyler pulmonologist Dr. David Griffith answers questions about latent tuberculosis.
What is latent tuberculosis? (first question)
What are the symptoms of latent tuberculosis? (skip to 1:34)
How common is latent tuberculosis? (skip to 2:16)
How do you get latent tuberculosis and is it contagious? (skip to 3:19)
Does having latent tuberculosis mean you will automatically develop symptomatic tuberculosis? (skip to 4:08)
How is latent tuberculosis diagnosed? (skip to 5:15)
How is latent tuberculosis treated? (skip to 6:28)
Are the medications for treating latent tuberculosis generally well-tolerated by patients? (skip to 7:22)
Since latent tuberculosis isn’t contagious, does it even need to be treated? (skip to 7:53)
