Word: lungfuls
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...have been using them for less than a decade. If there is indeed a cumulative risk to using a mobile phone, it's possible that users won't be aware of it until it's too late - just as it took doctors decades to connect cigarette-smoking with lung cancer. "We all wish we'd heeded the early warnings about cigarettes," says Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist at EWG and the author of the recent report on cell phones. "We think cell phones are similar...
...such microbe called Mycobacterium avium is similar to the bug that causes tuberculosis (TB) and causes lung infection. It is also found commonly in showers in New York and Colorado, according to a new study led by University of Colorado microbiologist Norman Pace, who studies bacteria found in homes, schools, public buildings and other human environments. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...
...otherwise healthy person, there is no cause for alarm," says Dr. Lynn Connolly, a practicing clinician and assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who has treated patients with M. avium infection. Connolly is quick to add that if you have AIDS, chronic lung disease, cystic fibrosis or an immune system disorder, then there is some cause for concern. In such patients, the bacteria can cause lung diseases, and in some extreme cases infections in other parts of the body as well. (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...often asked about the "last bottle of Coke in the desert" - these disappearing artisanal foods - and artisans. Oftentimes, because of people like myself touting them, foods come back. I think that we need to understand more of what people go through in their daily life, whether it's lung-fishing with the people in Uganda, diving for lobsters in Cuba or getting chased by witch doctors in Ecuador...
...Since his father's diagnosis of lung cancer in May 2007, the younger al-Hakim has been in charge of the party's day-to-day activities. He has worked to create a "strategic alliance between Najaf and Washington." Najaf, about two hours south of Baghdad, is the holiest city for the world's Shi'ites, who make up 60% of Iraq's population...