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Q and A: Acid Reflux and Your Lungs
By Todd Eisner , Health ExpertWhat effect does acid reflux have on the lungs? Acid reflux can cause pulmonary... Read more »
Pulmonary function tests and lung age: Do you know yours?
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...health care professionals to make the diagnosis of lung disease and to judge how severe it is.... Read more »
How old are your lungs?
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...discover if people who learned the relative age of their lungs after years of smoking were more... Read more »
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Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
...the heart. In most instances, blood circulation and breathing functions will be taken over by a heart-lung machine. The cardiac surgeon uses a piece of vein or artery to form a bypass to enable... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms
...The heart works as a muscular pump with blood vessels leading in and out. The blood flows from your lungs, where it picks up oxygen, into the pump (your heart) and is pumped out to the rest of the... Read more »Pneumonia: Surgery
...surgery for pneumonia. It requires general anesthesia and an incision to open the chest and view the lungs.This procedure allowsthe surgeon to remove dead or damaged lung tissue. Insevere cases,... Read more »Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Radiation Treatments
...radiation generally depend on the target site in the body. They include:Dental problemsInflammation in the lungs -- with carefully conducted therapy, the risks for lung complications are small.... Read more »
Medications
...improves breathing by opening air passages in the lungs. It is used in the treatment of asthma,... Read more »
...(purr-BYOU-turr-ohl)Uses This drug relaxes the smooth muscle in the lungs and dilates airways... Read more »
...Rarely, nilutamide has caused severe (sometimes fatal) lung problems (interstitial pneumonitis).... Read more »
...wheezing and trouble breathing caused by ongoing lung disease (such as asthma, chronic... Read more »
...by reducing the swelling of the airways in the lungs, and decreasing phlegm and other... Read more »
Related News
Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer
October 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The findings of a multi-institution team of researchers give key insight into genetic changes that take place in the most... Read summary »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
July 16, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot... Read summary »
Understanding Lung Cancer
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although it's the deadliest cancer, not all smokers are affected by lung cancer equally. Now, doctors are one step closer to... Read summary »
Artificial Lung Saves Lives
August 20, 2007TORONTO, Canada (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) About 20 percent of people who need a lung transplant will die waiting for one. Unlike damaged kidneys or... Read summary »
Freeways Bad for Kids' Lungs
February 05, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You wouldn't let your kids run out onto the freeway to play. Turns out, it's also not a good idea to let them breath the air... Read summary »
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