Word: pneumonia
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Although junior No. 2 Deepak Abraham and freshman No. 6 Dylan Patterson had returned from injuries, junior Andrew Merrill was sidelined for the entire competition due to a bout with pneumonia...
...William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural speech ever in the bitter cold. A few months later he died of pneumonia, after serving the shortest term in presidential history...
KIDDIE FLU The flu is lousy for everyone, but doctors report that otherwise healthy tots under age 2 who get the bug are a whopping 12 to 25 times as likely as older kids to land in the hospital with complications like pneumonia. The finding may prod health officials to consider adding flu vaccine to the arsenal of inoculations young children already endure. In the meantime, parents can help protect their progeny--at least indirectly--by getting vaccinated...
...edited Let's Go: Middle East, is a more insidious side masled beneath the organization's "glossy facade." Said's history with Let's Go points to the confusion over professional conduct in a student extracurricular. After returning to work after a vacation, during which she had contracted pneumonia, Said was unexpectedly fired. "They made me feel like a leper. I wasn't welcome there," she recalls. "There was whispering. People were told not to talk to me. It was like The Firm. It was like a big conspiracy." Said says the reasons for her termination were never explained...
Most of the time, the best treatment for flu is to dive under the covers and forget the world for a week. Be sure to alert your doctor, however, if you start having trouble breathing, develop a rattle in your chest or your fever persists. You may be developing pneumonia. Only your doctor can determine whether an antiflu drug is right for you. But remember, the most that Relenza or Tamiflu can do for you is cut your downtime by a day or two--and then only if you take it within 48 hours of the first symptoms...