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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...
...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...
...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...
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...
...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...