Emphysema
Emphysema Patients Sought For Lung Study, USA
Henry Ford Hospital is seeking patients for a new treatment option that shows promise for regrowing lung tissue in emphysema patients.Emphysema, a debilitating lung disease caused in large part by years of smoking, is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
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Less lung provides more air
It doesn't seem logical that shrinking or removing part of the lung would help someone with emphysema breathe better.
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Humans Aren't Designed To Be Alone
The Marlboro Man never offers a cigarette to a companion. He's out there all by himself getting hypertension, emphysema and lung cancer.
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Versatile British actor, member of Royal Shakespeare Company
(AP) -- Donald Burton, a British actor and husband of Carroll Baker, has died. He was 73. Burton died Dec. 8 of emphysema at his home in this desert town south of Palm Springs, said his widow, who starred in Baby Doll and The Carpetbaggers.
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Smoking belies milder disease but worse prognosis for IPF patients
Smokers and ex-smokers with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an untreatable progressive lung disease that usually leads to death within a few years of diagnosis, have a worse prognosis than non-smokers, according to research from London.
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Firefighters respond to two city house fires
ROANOKE RAPIDS - One house fire in Roanoke Rapids was turned over to police for investigation and another sent an elderly woman to the hospital for observation Friday.
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Couple suing tobacco outfits
A Manatee County couple is suing several tobacco companies, claiming cigarettes they sold were defective and known to be dangerous.
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Kamada Announces Successful Completion of Phase I Studies With Aerosolized AAT for the Treatment of Lung Diseases
Kamada (TASE:KMDA), a biopharmaceutical company (www.kamada.com) developing, producing and marketing specialty life-saving therapeutics, has successfully concluded Phase I clinical studies designed to test the safety and tolerability of the aerosolized version of its flagship product, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) using an optimized eFlow(R) Electronic Nebulizer (PARI Pharma GmbH) to treat various ...
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Potential Diagnosis And Treatment For LAM Lung Disease
Newly published studies provide clues into the treatment and diagnosis of LAM, or lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a progressive and deadly lung disease that affects women in their childbearing years. There currently are no treatments for LAM and scientists estimate as many as 250,000 women may be going misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.
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The Almanac -- weekly
Today is Monday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2008 with 345 to follow.This is observed in the United States as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include soldier and Vermont folk hero Ethan Allen in 1738; explorer and ...
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Fruit Flies All Aglow Light The Way To Cancer Prevention
A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer. The glow lets researchers know when powerful cancer-prevention signals similar to those spurred by protective chemicals in broccoli, cabbage, and other foods, have been turned on in the organism.
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Hope for emphysema sufferers
Doctors are working on a new technique that may help emphysema patients breathe better.
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Miners losing out on financial compensation for complaints - new report published
The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, has today published (Tuesday, 15 January 2008) a Special Report critical of the Legal Complaints Service's (LCS) handling of Coal Health Compensation complaints.
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Fruit flies all aglow light the way to cancer prevention
A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer.
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Proposed idling-reduction regulation aims to reduce pollution, conserve fuel
HARRISBURG , Pa. — The Environmental Quality Board has scheduled three public hearings and will accept comments on a proposed statewide idling reduction regulation that is expected to improve air quality and save millions of gallons of diesel fuel.
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Weaning off ventilator has various methods
This week's expert: Steve Burks is a registered respiratory therapist and manager of ancillary services at the Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon. Q. Under what types of circumstances are patients attached to a ventilator? How long, on average, do patients remain dependent on ventilators?
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Mother-of-four drops six stone to save her health
TWO years ago Judith Price went on a family holiday with her daughters and their grandchildren. At nearly 17 stone, she was unable to join in most of the fun and was left sitting on the sidelines while everyone else enjoyed themselves.
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Columbus home based on renowned architect’s concepts
BILLINGS — Passers-by would be lucky to catch a glimpse of Bob Pond’s house, tucked into the hills west of Columbus. But visitors who make it up his driveway are rewarded with an aesthetic treat.
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Actor founded theatre school
STRATFORD, Ont.–Actor and director Joseph Shaw, who was associated with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for 24 seasons, has died, the festival said yesterday. Shaw, who had suffered from emphysema, was 87.
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New prescription
WORCESTER - Carmine G. Conti used to worry about his wife, Virginia, when she was alone in their Gardner home.
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subcutaneous emphysema
Undiagnosed COPD Has A Major Impact On Health Care Costs, USA
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which includes the smoking-related lung diseases emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and the prevalence of COPD is growing, especially among women.
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Public can comment on idling bill
The public will have the opportunity to weigh in on a proposed statewide idling reduction regulation designed to improve air quality and save gallons of diesel fuel.
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Put them in, coach — they're ready to play, today
OLD BRIDGE — It's a crisp, January Saturday and a pick-up team from the New Jersey Senior Softball Association is ready to start their game: Batting practice is over. Bases are in place. Cigars are lit.
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Integrative Way: Arm yourself with information in your battle to stop smoking
Resolve to quit smoking this year! Of all the New Year's resolutions that our patients make, one of our favorites is the goal to quit smoking.
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Ike Turner's costumes, jewelry must be turned over
VISTA -- Costumes, guitars and jewelry owned by music legend Ike Turner, as well as cash and royalties, must be turned over to two men administering his estate while the court begins to sort out what his heirs will receive, a judge ruled Friday.
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Man, 82, On Oxygen Kicked Off Plane
The pilot of a US Airways flight said an 82-year-old man on oxygen didn't have the proper paperwork for the device and kicked him off the plane. Bill Sullivan battles emphysema and congestive heart failure and said he needs his oxygen machine 24 hours day, seven days a week.
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Plucky Jaiden beats odds
WHEN tiny Jaiden Kimber entered the world an amazing 17 weeks early, he joined an exclusive club of medical marvels.
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Hard habit to BREAK: Be resolute in order to stop smoking
It's nearly the third week of January. If your resolution was to quit smoking, you're probably in for a bumpy ride.
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Elderly man with oxygen denied flight
An 82-year-old man with an oxygen machine was kicked off a US Airways flight out of Phoenix for not having required paperwork about needing the device.Bill Sullivan, an oxygen-dependent emphysema patient with congestive heart failure, wasn't allowed to complete his trip when the pilot kicked him off the flight, KPHO-TV reported Thursday.A fella stopped me and asked me if I had a doctor's permit ...
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Elderly man with oxygen denied flight
An 82-year-old man with an oxygen machine was kicked off a US Airways flight out of Phoenix for not having required paperwork about needing the device. Bill Sullivan, an oxygen-dependent emphysema patient with congestive heart failure, wasn't allowed to c...
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