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Dealing With Lifelong Disease

Life-threatening, lifelong chronic diseases from infancy are at the top of the list of medical challenges. A woman who has dealt with cystic fibrosis her entire life discusses how mindset is often the biggest factor in living a full life with such a disease, …
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Advances Against Lung Cancer

More people die of lung cancer than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. A decade ago, a lung cancer diagnosis was often a death sentence. But now treatments are being developed that mean it can often be treated, especially if screening detects it …
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Stem Cells and COPD

Currently, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a group of lung diseases that decrease the performance of the lungs and make it hard to breathe, is the third leading cause of death in the United States, yet many people who suffer from it go …
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Air Pollution and Lung Health

Air pollution is blamed for one of every eight deaths worldwide, including 200,000 in the U.S. each year. A noted lung physician discusses some of the diseases smog can cause and ways to keep your lungs safe. Hosted by Nancy Benson. Guest Information: Dr. …
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Lung Cancer, No Smoking

Lung cancer is the world’s #1 cancer killer, but its association with smoking has created a stigma that often stuns patients who never smoked and results in much less research money for lung cancer than for other less lethal diseases. Still, new …
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