Lungs
The lungs are vital organs located in the chest (thoracic) cavity of the human body. They function in gas exchange by obtaining oxygen from the air to provide energy for cells throughout the bod...
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Federal researchers believe coal miners in some Appalachian counties are getting black lung at a younger age and higher rate than other mining regions, despite the government's measures to con...
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ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. claimed Tuesday that the drug Erbitux improved the survival rate of patients with the most common type of lung cancer in a late-stage study. ImClon...
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Microwave popcorn fans worried about the potential for lung disease from butter flavoring fumes should know this: The sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker involves a man who po...
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Microwave popcorn fans worried about the potential for lung disease from butter flavoring fumes should know this: The sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker involves a man who po...
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A vaccine to prevent a dangerous infection that often strikes cystic fibrosis patients is feasible, but needs more development, German researchers report.Cystic fibrosis is an inherited illness in ...
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Workers in food factories nationwide need immediate government protection from a flavoring chemical blamed for a debilitating lung disease and used in products from microwave popcorn to dog fo...
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Wayne Watson loved microwave popcorn so much he would eat at least two bags each night, breathing in the steam from the just-opened package, until doctors told him it may have made him sick.Watson,...
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A week or two of radiation to the head helped keep a very deadly form of lung cancer from spreading to the brain, improving survival for some people who have had little hope of successful treatment...
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A patient whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying donor organs crashed into Lake Michigan has received a second set of lungs, doctors announced Friday.The 50-year-...
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Lungs
Group Identifies Black Lung 'Hot Spots'
