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...either by having a higher quality of life, or by being alive at all—has not, while her cohorts in less draconian countries have been living better and longer. Every time the FDA approves a new drug, as it just did for Symbicort, a new asthma medication, and touts the drug’s benefits, it ignores that its delay in approving the drug has deprived Americans of those benefits for as long as it spent in the pipeline...
...which began administering the flu shots in October to high-risk individuals, has already given 2,000 shots. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone who is over the age of 65, pregnant, or has chronic asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, or cancer is at a high risk of contracting...
...fact, Mayer’s scriptwriting ability was informed not so much by writing experience as it was by childhood experiences of illness. “When I was about five or six, I had severe asthma attacks,” he says. Despite his “near-fatal” condition—Mayer lost part of his lung during that period—he looks at his childhood of hospital visits and medical tests in a positive light, saying that it has spurred his interest in a medical career, possibly as a pulmonologist...
...asthma also provided ample creative material for Mayer. His experience of illness and storytelling ability collide in “Mistakes, Inc,” which centers around a fictional company that provides a mistake-erasing service to its customers. When a high school journalist begins to investigate the eccentric owner of Mistakes, Inc., the ensuing drama questions the necessity of erasing one’s mistakes and suggests the value of imperfection...
SCORSESE: I have compressed air on a set because of the smoke. I've been wearing it for years because of asthma. It's just compressed air, but it ties you to a tank. It's a pain when you want to talk to the actors...