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This simple fingernail test could help save you from lung cancer

Human lungs with tuberculosis illustration.

Doctors advise a simple fingernail test that may help detect lung cancer early.

To perform the test, press your index fingers together and look for a small, diamond-shaped gap of light between them.

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