Word: lunged
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...time Pulitzer Prize winner John H. Updike ’54, who showed early signs of his writing prowess while walking the halls of Harvard’s English department, died in late January of lung cancer at the age of 76. Updike authored more than 50 books over the course of his decades-long career and won two Pulitzers for his works “Rabbit is Rich” and “Rabbit at Rest...
...city of 7 million people that is uncomfortably hot most of the year, the appeal of spending one's lunch hour in a private, air-conditioned room is undeniable. Lunchtime lung workouts also make sense in a culture that prizes the family dinner. Chu attributes K Lunch's popularity to its affordability and Hong Kong's cramped living spaces. While in other countries, homes are large enough to accommodate friends, "in Hong Kong, a family of four lives in a 700-sq.-ft. apartment. People like to have their own private area for their amusement...
...After childhood polio paralyzed her from the neck down, North Carolina native Martha Mason, 71, spent more than 60 years living in a 7-ft., 880-lb. iron lung that allowed her to breathe without tubes. Despite her condition, Mason graduated with honors from Wake Forest College (now a university) and published a book...
...virus uses to spread from infected human cells to healthy ones. So while not killing the virus, it helps the body fight off the disease by slowing its spread. This, in turn, may help prevent "acute respiratory distress syndrome" - the sudden worsening of flu that, along with secondary lung infections, is a main cause of death among influenza patients. There is also evidence to suggest that they can be used prophylactically - to prevent rather than treat the disease. "We don't have many tools in our medicine cabinet to fight this disease, but this is one of them," says Howard...
...Lowdown: Any other year, the American Lung Association's report would be top news, but unfortunately, on its 10th anniversary, the State of the Air seems dwarfed by a much more sinister pollutant lingering in our atmosphere: swine flu ... or Mexico flu ... or flu flu - however you slice it, the toxins we breath every day seem ho-hum in the face of a potential pandemic. So despite the fact that some 58% of the U.S. population lives with unhealthful levels of ozone pollution and about 15% in areas with chronic levels of particle pollution, most Americans will not be fazed...