Word: pneumonia
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Former Harvard Gurney Professor of History Henry Stuart Hughes, a leader in the field of European intellectual history and a nuclear disarmament activist, died in San Diego of pneumonia on Thursday...
DIED. AKIO MORITA, 78, co-founder of Sony and the man most responsible for making "Made In Japan" a tribute; of pneumonia; in Tokyo (see EULOGY...
Numerous players were either sick or injured during the preseason, and the team never fully healed. From walking pneumonia to broken fingers to a season-long bout with whooping cough, Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith's team couldn't stay healthy, and that proved to be Harvard's downfall...
RESISTANCE REDUX It's happening again. The newest class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, may be losing its punch. A huge study in Canada concludes that 5% of S. pneumoniae bacteria--a common bug responsible for pneumonia and meningitis--may be resistant to fluoroquinolones. Doctors had hoped that because fluoroquinolones, unlike previous antibiotics, are synthetic, bacteria wouldn't be able to outsmart them...
...Alcoholics Anonymous grew, Wilson became its principal symbol. He helped create a governing structure for the program, the General Service Board, and turned over his power. "I have become a pupil of the A.A. movement rather than the teacher," he wrote. A smoker into his 70s, he died of pneumonia and emphysema in Miami, where he went for treatment in 1971. To the end, he clung to the principles and the power of anonymity. He was always Bill W., refusing to take money for counseling and leadership. He turned down many honors, including a degree from Yale. And he declined...