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Quitting smoking may be harder for African Americans. Studies published this week show that black smokers have higher blood levels of cotinine, a chemical indicating tobacco exposure, than do white smokers, possibly making smoking more addictive. Cotinine lingers longer in black smokers' bodies, which could increase risks of lung cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jul. 20, 1998 | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...companies have begun to see the light. After Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Boston initiated a quality-control program for pediatric asthma, hospital admissions for critical asthma episodes plummeted more than 80%. The health plan teamed nurses and doctors to show kids how to use a device that measures lung capacity and lets patients regulate their own dosage. Properly informed and prepared, the children and their parents were able to head off life-threatening asthma crises that would otherwise have required hospitalization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing The HMO Game | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...After taking a deep, deep breath, I blow like crazy into a wide white tube connected to a spirometer that measures my lung capacity. And when there's nothing left to blow, Anne Spellacy, a registered nurse, tells me to keep blowing. The results are good; the volume of air, known as forced vital capacity (FVC), expelled by my lungs measures 5.16 liters per sec., 109% of what is predicted for a man my age, weight and height. Pulmonary capacity goes down with age, which is why older people tend to get out of breath faster than the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diary Of A Mid-Life Checkup | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

Snuff it out already! If the threat of lung cancer and heart disease isn't reason enough, listen to this: less than a pack a day can increase your risk of hearing loss. Smoking may damage the arteries that supply blood to the inner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Jun. 15, 1998 | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

...assistant dean and registrar during 14 years of service at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Marjorie S. Lucker died Aug. 1 of complications from lung cancer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Memoriam | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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