Word: lungfuls
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...example, the anti-cancer drug Iressa effectively treats lung adenocarcinoma only in patients harboring specific mutations in one specific receptor...
Steve Mason is ready for death. Since last December, the 65-year-old writer has kept four small bottles of clear liquid Nembutal-- a lethal dose of barbiturates--in his Ashland, Ore., condominium. And at some point in the next few months, when terminal lung cancer has spread to his liver or brain, when his breath is short and he feels too sick to eat or sleep, he will pick a day to gather close friends and family about him. He will give away his belongings and say his goodbyes. "It will be a celebration of life," Mason predicts...
...rare genetic condition that left him with holes in his heart. If his condition deteriorated, doctors wanted to allow Luke to die; last November he did. A similar case is currently going through the British courts involving Charlotte Wyatt, a 17-month-old girl suffering from serious brain, lung and kidney damage. Physicians say the child, who's already been resuscitated three times, should not be revived again; the parents disagreed and have been back to court with evidence that the baby's condition had improved. A ruling is expected in April...
...populations of heavy green tea drinkers. This may be because EGCG blocks an enzyme that is a catalyst to cancer growth; in fact, it has properties similar to those of methotrexate, a drug that has been used for decades in the treatment of cancerous breast, head and neck, and lung tumors. "For the first time we have a scientific explanation of why EGCG inhibits the growth of cancer cells at concentrations which are found in the blood of people who drink two to three cups of green tea a day," says Professor Roger Thorneley, one of the joint research team...
...their 45-day average lifetime, the chickens are overcrowded inside filthy sheds on factory farms where they live amidst their own waste. But the most serious welfare problem for these birds is their selective breeding, which causes them to grow so quickly that they suffer from painful heart and lung ailments and crippling leg disorders. Thirty years ago, researchers reported in the Veternary Report, “We consider that birds might have been bred to grow so fast that they are on the verge of structural collapse.” Thirty years of further selective breeding have only exacerbated...