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Adam Frey

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Surviving lung cancer

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posted 04/21/2008, comments (2)

Meet Adam Frey: How I got here, part I

Hello, I hope to share with you all the story that plunged me first into a tree, an emergency room, and then into a fight with cancer. This is a pretty long story and I hope to use these first two posts to bring it up to speed. I hope you all enjoy and that maybe my fight will inspire or help you with yours, or at the least that... Read more Chevron

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David Kaufman, M.D.

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posted 03/31/2008, comment (1)

Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart disease

In general, I think, people are aware that smoking is a major factor in lung disease, causing the overwhelming majority of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, a combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema), worsening asthma, and contributing to heart disease. In fact, smoking has been related to diseases of virtually every part of the... Read more Chevron

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Allison Bush

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posted 03/26/2008, comment (1)

Do you want a cigarette maker funding your cancer research?

The New York Times reported today that a jolting lung cancer study published in the New England Journal of Medicine back in 2006 was financed in part by a small charity called the Foundation for Lung Cancer: Early Detection, Prevention & Treatment. The kicker: a review of tax records of this charity by the Times showed... Read more Chevron

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