Word: lungfuls
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...Deaths expected this year from lung cancer, the deadliest form of the disease...
With that surprising exception, the basic health issues associated with hypertension have not changed. What's new is how deep the pool of at-risk people has become and how serious the danger for them is. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) estimates that of 65 million hypertensive Americans, nearly 20 million are not aware they have the condition. Worse, the 65 million figure is just an estimate of the vulnerable population, and that population is a constantly moving target. Every time the nation's obesity needle ticks upward, the number of hypertensive Americans does...
Asthma, for all the problems it causes, is an eminently controllable condition, provided children take their medications, limit exposure to allergens and visit their doctor regularly. Nonetheless, Asthma Action America--a national education organization composed of 21 health groups, including the American Lung Association and the American College of Emergency Physicians--reported last week that 54% of asthmatic American children had a severe attack in the past year, and 27% had at least one attack so severe they feared they were going...
...some manufacturing and as an ingredient in weapons of war. One well-known dioxin is the active ingredient in Agent Orange, the infamous defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, which was linked to high rates of lymphoma, soft-tissue sarcomas and cancer of the lung and prostate. People poisoned by dioxins released during industrial accidents, such as the 1976 explosion at a chemical plant in Seveso, Italy, developed the skin disease chloracne, which has ravaged Yushchenko's face and also causes severe joint pain and fatigue. The condition can take years to improve. "There...
...accordance with a national shortage of flu vaccines this fall, Massachusetts restricted the vaccine to patients 75 years old and above and high-risk patients, including those suffering from diseases like cystic fibrosis, kidney disease and chronic lung problems...