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The Invisible Houseguest: Should You Worry About Radon in Your Home?

15 Aug 2025

There may be an uninvited guest in your home. It doesn’t eat your snacks, hog the remote, or leave the toilet seat up—but it might be slowly increasing your risk of lung cancer. Meet radon: a...

Hoping for a Breath of Fresh Air

7 Feb 2024

Twenty-five sextillion is an inconceivably large number. Think 25 followed by 21 zeros. Now take a deep breath! You have just inhaled roughly that many molecules! Quite mind-boggling, but if you...

What about screening for lung cancer?

10 Nov 2023

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

Non-smoker’s lung cancer and the hidden link

31 Dec 2021

The link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer is widely acknowledged. But not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer and not everyone who gets lung cancer is a smoker. How does one contract the...

Lung Cancer Screening Can Save Lives

11 Mar 2020

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

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