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• What is Emphysema? Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 568
  How our Lungs Work Our lungs are responsible for providing our body with oxygen and expelling the carbon dioxide thats left over once our body has used the oxygen. The lungs do this through a series of clusters of small air sacs called, alveoli. These clusters are separated by a very thin membrane that allows the ...
  17 hours ago

• Potential therapeutic targets for lung diseases discovered

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  London, December 14 (ANI): Scientists have found five genetic variants that are linked to the health of the human lung. A total of 96 scientists from 63 centres in Europe and Australia have been successful in shedding new light on the molecular basis of lung diseases.The significance of the finding lies in the hope it ...
  1 day ago

• Responding to TB, HIV, COPD and tobacco smoking needs coordinated approach

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  By Bobby Ramakant, CNSTobacco smoking, TB, HIV and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are all burgeoning problems in resource poor settings. The evidence of their potentially devastating effects on global public health is increasing and they require a coordinated approach for control. These diseases all ...
  6 days ago

• The year 2010 is declared as Year of the Lung

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  By Bobby Ramakant, CNSThe Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) convening at the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun, Mexico, declared the year 2010 as the Year of the Lung. This was done to recognize that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable ...
  1 week ago

• Experts recommend call for greater caution while prescribing inhaled corticosteroids

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 140
  Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins have recommended a call for following greater caution while prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to people suffering from COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ). The call was made immediately after it was found that some of the most commonly used anti-inflammatory ...
  1 week ago

• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 477
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 144
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where there’s smoke: Apple warranty stance raises troubling questions

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 145
  By Carmi Levy , Betanews I’m the last person who would ever come out in support of smoking. It’s a noxious, nasty habit that according to the US Centers for Disease Control kills 443,000 Americans every year. The CDC says smoking is the root cause of over 30% of all cancer-related deaths, 80% of all lung ...
  3 weeks ago

• John Hopkins experts advise greater caution for COPD sufferers

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 140
  Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins have advocated for greater caution in prescribing inhaled corticosteroids for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) sufferers. This call for caution came after evidence suggested that inhaled corticosteroids , one of the most widely used anti-inflammatory ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lung Flute Uses Sound to Dislodge Mucous

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 771
  People who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have bronchial cilia in their lungs that produce too much mucous. Acoustics engineer Sandy Hawkins has developed a flute that produces a sound that dislodges excess mucous in the lungs. In Popular Science , Corey Binns writes: Hawkins began building an ...
  3 weeks ago

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