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Nursing Society Educates USF Students about Cystic Fibrosis
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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That baby has cystic fibrosis, and the first thing that shows up on Google is that your baby is going to die. This was the scenario Cathi Connelly, executive director of the Northern California chapter of the Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis, presented
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Blood circulation problem hinders recovery of double-lung recipient Helene Campbell
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Helene Campbell, double-lung transplant recipient smiles during a news conference announcing Facebook would allow users to indicate their donor status in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2012...Campbell wrote in a post earlier this week that doctors suspect the
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Culture minister calls for release of Liu Xiaobo
Shanghai :: China | 7 months ago
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Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai called on Monday for the release of a jailed Chinese Nobel laureate and the return of an exiled Chinese laureate. Speaking to the BBC Monday, Lung said that China has three Nobel laureates, noting
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Black lung rule stalled 2 years after introduction
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 7 months ago
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A federal plan to tackle the resurgence of black lung disease by controlling coal dust in U.S. mines is stalled. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/QpjRCy) says a rule the Mine Safety and Health Administration introduced two years ago this month
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Even healthy lungs hold bacteria communities
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 months ago
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MyHealthNewsDaily Healthy lungs are home to bacterial communities, just as healthy intestines and skin are. That was one finding of new research that also showed that while patients with cystic fibrosis may be hampered by the bacterial communities
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Ask Dr. K: Hiccups cures
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 8 months ago
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PDT Updated: 09/26/2012 12:00:15 AM PDT Dear Dr. K: I've been hiccupping for days...Dear Reader: Most people have hiccups occasionally, and sometimes they can last for days...At the bottom of your lungs, separating your chest from your abdomen,
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Gavin Maitland runs half marathon after lung transplant in 2008.
Denver :: CO :: USA | 8 months ago
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Font Resize Gavin Maitland ran the Rock 'n' Roll Denver half marathon with two transplanted lungs that worked just fine Saturday. His legs left a little to be desired, though. "It's just great to be back, running in a big event with regular folks who
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Disease that claimed Tiger is a grey area in research
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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No large-scale, population-based study has ever been done, say doctors, while acknowledging an anecdotal rise in incidence in the last decade. ILD causes a rapid, progressive infection in the interstitium, the space between the outer wall of alveoli
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Pune woman becomes third in country to get lung transplant
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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Secunderabad-based Yashodha Hospitals has succeeded in performing its first lung transplant, the third such transplant in the country, on a 34-year-old Pune-based woman. The hospital's Chief Cardiothoracic Transplant and Minimal Access Surgeon AGK
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Collapsing lungs helps sea lions diving
London (Reuters). A clever adaptation to sea lions makes masterful divers: your alveoli fall from a depth of around 225 meters, collapsed and prevent any further gas exchange. What would be deadly for humans help the marine mammals alike in two
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