Like well-known preventive measures such as mammograms and colonoscopies, lung screening has a unique power: it saves lives by detecting disease earlier, when treatment is more effective.

The Temple Healthy Chest Initiative has screened over 10,000 patients in the Philadelphia region in an effort to promote lung health and reduce deaths related to lung disease. Launched in November 2021, the program was created in response to changes in U.S. Preventative Services Task Force guidelines that nearly doubled the number of Americans eligible for lung health screenings covered by insurance.

Under the guidelines, those eligible for screenings include:

Adults who are 50 to 80 years old

Current smokers or those who have quit within the past 15 years

People with a smoking history number of more

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