Some doctors recommend yearly chest X-rays for all patients who smoke tobacco. “X-ray screening is the minimal test we should do in smokers or ex-smokers,” Schachter says. That’s because ...

THE parents of a teenager with scoliosis are pleading for help after his condition deteriorated so much he requires help to breathe. Mikey Henry Benson, from Co Mayo, suffers from a rare ...

Benson, 17, has been fighting for scoliosis surgery for nearly three years but has not been able to get surgery through ...