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Health & Wellness News tagged with lungs

Canadian Researchers Pioneer Gene Therapy to Repair Lungs for Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, science, research, genes, lungs, transplant )

Horselove
- 27 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
In pioneering research, Canadian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to repair damaged lungs from deceased donors, making them potentially suitable for life-saving transplantation
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Swine Flu Characteristics Becoming More Evident
Health & Wellness  (tags: swine flu, death, warning, pneumonia, lungs )

Lone
- 40 days ago - washingtonpost.com
As swine flu continues to spread around the globe, a clearer and in some ways more unnerving picture of the most serious cases has started to emerge, indicating that the virus could
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Lung Transplant Needed By Upstate Woman
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, leukemia, cancer, lungs, transplant, disease, illness, prevention, protection, treatment )

Dee
- 166 days ago - capitalnews9.com
When just breathing becomes a struggle, moving forward takes the right motivation. "Really the kids I can't imagine not being there for them," said Cheryl Gauger of Webster.
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Doctors Make Lungs 'Breathe' Outside the Body
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, healthcare, lungs, treatment, Doctors )

Jollygirl
- 392 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Doctors have completed Britain's first lung transplant using a machine to 'breathe' oxygen and blood into the organs before they were implanted in the patient.
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No Ifs, Ands or Butts
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, cigarettes, sports, lungs, illness, warning, disease )


- 513 days ago - nydailynews.com
<p>Just a last word to my friends standing outside against the wall of the building and filling up their lungs with the killer: Cold turkey! The only way to beat it.</p>
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Marijuana Smokers Face Rapid Lung Destruction -- As Much As 20 Years Ahead Of Tobacco Smokers
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, disease, drugs, lungs, marijuana, tobacco, smokers )

Maria
- 669 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A new study finds that the development of bullous lung disease occurs in marijuana smokers approximately 20 years earlier than tobacco smokers.
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Lung Transplants No Help for Cystic Fibrosis
Health & Wellness  (tags: Cystic Fibrosis, lungs, transplants, success rate, operations, severe health cases, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, death rates )

ON VACATI
- 736 days ago - reuters.com
Only five of the 514 U.S. children on the waiting list for a transplant from 1992 through 2002 lived longer as a clear result of the expensive and complicated operation, Transplantation is an accepted treatment for severe cases of the genetic disease.
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Hot Dogs and Bacon Cause Increased Risk for Lung Disease
Health & Wellness  (tags: pulmonary disease, lungs, diet, food, nutrition, health, healthcare, humans, study, risks, prevention )

Rabbit
- 806 days ago - pcrm.org
A new study finds that eating cured meats is associated with an increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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