Tag: LUNG
You’d be Surprised Which of the 4000 Chemicals in…
Hydrogen peroxide. Yep, the same chemical we use to disinfect minor cuts, scrapes, and road rash can, when exposed to lung cells, cause cancer. Hydrogen peroxide, a chemical cousin of water (H2O2), is…
Committee for Medicinal Products – Positive Opini…
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LONDON, Feb. 21, 2008-On 21 February 2008 the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion** to recommend the variation to the terms of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Alimta. The Marketing Authorisation Holder for…
Ketek Side Effects and FDA Under Investigation by…
“A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena former and current Food and Drug Administration investigators to testify about fraudulent clinical data that supported approval of the antibiotic drug Ketek. Ketek was approved in 2004. It is manufactured by Sanofi…
Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study
“Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an “epidemic” of lung cancers linked to cannabis. ADVERTISEMENT click here…
No improvements in health of Soeharto: doctors
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The health of former Indonesian president
Soeharto is showing no signs of improvement as he enters his 19th day
of hospitalisation, his doctors said Tuesday.
Soeharto, 86, has been in hospital since January 4 when he was rushed
in with heart, lung and…
Health of Indonesia`s Suharto improving : doctors
“The ex-president has been in hospital for 17 days with severe heart, lung and kidney problems and suffered multiple organ failure before showing solid signs of recovery in recent days.
“The general condition shows improvement, his level of consciousness is good, Mardjo…
Doctors Find Tooth In Pensioner’s Lung
“A pensioner suffering from breathing problems was found to have a tooth lodged in his lung.
Gordon Billingham, 77, who has worn false teeth for several years, was so short of breath he could barely walk and was…
Kernel-Loving Man Sues Over ‘Popcorn-Lung’ Disease
As we reported in September 2007, Wayne Watson was diagnosed as the first consumer known to have contracted “popcorn-lung,” or bronchiolitis obliterans, due to consuming massive amounts of microwave…
Soeharto`s life expectancy only 50 percent
“Former president Soeharto`s life expectancy is only 50 percent, Head of the Presidential Medical Team, Mardjo Soebiandono, said at Pertamina Hospital here Sunday.Soeharto`s health condition has been deteriorating since Sunday morning as his blood pressure has dropped and the…
Soeharto`s health getting worse
“The health of former president Soeharto who was rushed to Pertamina hospital in South Jakarta for anemia and severe edema last Friday, got worse on Tuesday.Dr Mardjo Soebiandono, head of the presidential medical…
Condition of Indonesia`s Suharto worsens – doctor
“Suharto, 86, was admitted to Jakarta’s Pertamina hospital on Friday suffering from anaemia and low blood pressure due to heart, lung and kidney problems.”Suharto’s condition deteriorated this morning,” Mardjo…
Indiana Rep. Carson Dies of Lung Cancer
We could only hope that we had a congress full of Julia Carsons. She was a true fighter for the people.”Indiana Rep. Carson Dies of Lung Cancer
Associated Press
December 15, 2007 8:23 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS — Rep. Julia Carson, who become the first black and first woman to…
Another study confirms health risks for elective …
“Babies born by elective Caesarean section are much more likely to develop breathing problems, a Danish study examining 34,000 deliveries suggests. Researchers found they were up to four times more likely to have respiratory problems than those born naturally, or by…
Stem Cells Created Without Embryos
If this is true, we’re talking a major, major leap forward in how we can start treating diseases and, well, tons of stuff. Also neatly sidesteps the whole ‘moral issue’ that stem cells seem to have.”Scientists have…
Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, dies
Hilly Kristal, the founder of famous New York rock club CBGB OMFUG (Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers) has died of complications related to lung cancer. He was 75.The excerpted…
