Word: emphysema
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...Emphysema is a Greek word for inflation, but it got attention on Capitol Hill last week for physical rather than fiscal reasons. As now used in medicine, it describes a disabling disease in which the lungs fail to empty properly and remain uselessly overinflated. The result is a condition long familiar in horses, and known as "heaves" or "broken wind...
Alabama's Representative Kenneth A. Roberts drew a quick laugh when he told the House: "There will, no doubt, be some who say that a Congressman couldn't possibly have emphysema since he's so long-winded anyway." Then he added: "Seriously, Mr. Speaker, I invite you and my colleagues to visit the emphysema mobile unit...
Breathe Deeply. The emphysema (pronounced em-fih-see-muh) mobile unit consisted of a truck parked outside the House with an Army tent set up beside it. Mr. Speaker-Massachusetts' John McCormack-was first in line when the unit opened. Within the week, more than 300 Senators and Representatives followed...
...Branscomb, 10,000 volunteers have already taken the emphysema test, and thousands more will do so before the center's five-year research project is finished. One major question to be answered: How prevalent is emphysema? Once it was considered uncommon...
...Branscomb reports, 10% to 15% of men over 40 have emphysema...