Respiratory Failure
Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing and ultimately results in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks of the lungs and chest are to...
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Hitoshi Ueki, one of Japan's leading comedians in the 1960s who
was a fixture on Japanese TV for decades, died of respiratory failure
at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday, hi...
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China's environmental watchdog ordered factories polluting a scenic lake to stop production Tuesday, following an algae bloom that contaminated the drinking water supply for 2 million people.Foul-s...
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A city in northeastern China has been forced to take emergency measures to deal with an outbreak of blue-green algae in a reservoir that provides water to the city, state media reported Monday.The ...
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Emilio Ruiz del Rio, the award-winning Spanish set decorator and visual and special effects wizard who worked on such films as "Dr. Zhivago," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Pan's Labyrinth," has died, a...
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Bud Selig complained Saturday that Bowie Kuhn was never appreciated for his success as baseball commissioner, saying the changes Kuhn oversaw in his 15 years on the job have helped baseball reach t...
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Neal Shine, who began as a copy boy for Detroit Free Press and worked his way up to become its managing editor and later its publisher, died Tuesday of respiratory failure after a recent illness. H...
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Alice Coltrane, a jazz performer and composer and wife of the late saxophone legend John Coltrane, has died. She was 69.Coltrane died Friday of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital and Medica...
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Martha B. Sosman, one of three Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judges who voted against the landmark decision legalizing gay marriage in the state, has died, the court said Sunday. She was 56....
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Bangkok (dpa) - Test results from a World Health Organization
(WHO) laboratory in Tokyo have confirmed that a 42-year-old woman who
died in Vientiane last week had bird flu,...
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Respiratory Failure
LEAD: Comedian, singer Hitoshi Ueki dies at 80
