Word: lunged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...falls short, since it doesn't include such factors as prenatal damage or the effects of secondhand smoke. With those costs included, the price tag could double again. The Coalition on Smoking or Health, which unites the efforts of the American Cancer Society, theAmerican Heart Association and the American Lung Association, argues that the new information furthers the case for a tobacco-tax increase to pay for part of the bill for health-care reform. After all, 43 percent of the $50 billion is paid by federally funded medical programs.parpar
Hilly Bosscher endured 25 years of repeated beatings by an alcoholic husband before the marriage ended in divorce. One of her two sons committed suicide at 20; the other died of lung cancer at the same age. When the 50-year-old former social worker from the Dutch town of Ruinen went to see psychiatrist Boudewijn Chabot, she had but one desire: she wanted to dieand she wanted the doctor to help...
Ensconced in the hospital's cardiothoracic intensive-care unit, the infant recovered quickly from the 5 1/2-hour operation that separated her from her twin. One week later doctors removed the breathing tube that connected her to a respirator. But since her lungs were still weak from surgery and congenital problems, they placed her in a negative-pressure ventilator. The cylindrical device works like an iron lung, enclosing the body from the neck down in a vacuum, so that air flows through the nose and mouth and into the lungs without the effort of inhalation. Over the next months, Angela...
...dangers of secondhand smoke have been hard to pin down. Now a report says women who live with smokers have a 30% higher risk of lung cancer than those who live in smoke-free homes -- a risk that is still nowhere near that of smokers...
...Doctors have a new clue to understanding crib death, the syndrome that causes 5,000 babies a year to suffocate for no apparent reason while sleeping. A study reveals increased numbers of immune cells in the lung tissues of victims. This may be a sign that their immune systems are overresponding to an as-yet-unknown stimulus, generating symptoms analogous to a severe allergic reaction...