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Miners With Pneumoconiosis Breathe Again After Lung Lavage
The most common lung disease among coal miners in Vietnam is known as pneumoconiosis. Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust, often in mines and from agriculture. In 2013 it resulted in 260,000 deaths up from 251,000 deaths in 1990. Fortunately, doctors in Vietnam have started…
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CBCC Offering Free Lung Cancer Screenings In November
The Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center (CBCC) is offering free lung cancer screenings throughout the month of November. This is in recognition of November being lung cancer awareness month. Lung cancer is thought to be the second most common cancer in both genders. Research has shown that lung cancer kills more people than breast and…
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A Patient Will Fight Lung Cancer With CRISPR-Edited Cells
Chinese scientists have injected a person with cells that have been tweaked by the genome-editing technique, CRISPR, for the very first time. The procedure was part of a clinical trial led by oncologist Lu You at the West China Hospital in Chengdu. The procedure involved editing immune cells from a patient with aggressive lung cancer…
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Bike Crash Saves Felix’s Life
A severe bike crash may have saved a man’s life. Ken Felix, 68, suffered a severe bike crash in May 2015 that led doctors to eventually detect then treat his lung cancer. He had not yet presented any symptoms for the disease. The bike accident left the retiree with 12 fractures in eight ribs, a…
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Scientists Developing New Lung Disease Treatment
Scientists in Ireland have been awarded €8.8m as part of an international project to develop a new treatment for lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and asthma. The treatment is expected to be in the form of a dry powder inhaler that will deliver an innovative drug into the lungs. The dry powder inhaler is thought to…
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3 Reasons Why Non-Smokers Get Cancer
November is lung cancer awareness month. This month is all about educating ourselves about one of the most common and deadly forms of cancer. Most often, lung cancer is associated with smoking. However, according to the American Cancer Society, 20 percent or more of the people who die from the disease every year, have never used…
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Air Pollution in Delhi Can Cause Lung Cancer
Doctors in India’s capital, Delhi, have expressed concerns that the city’s worsening air quality could leave people more prone to lung cancer. Air pollution in Delhi has already been reported as very bad, but environmentalists have warned that it is slowly becoming worse. Prof (Dr.) P K Julka, director of Max Oncology Day Care said…
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Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski May Have Punctured Lung
Conflicting reports have emerged about Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski. It was reported by NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport that the tight end sustained a punctured lung and may miss one game. However, ESPN’s Adam Schefter, reported later that Gronkowski did not have a punctured lung, but rather a chest injury that was not considered serious. The injury was…
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November Is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November marks the start of lung cancer awareness month (LCAM). The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) is leading a joint effort among a number of non-profit lung cancer patient advocacy organizations and individuals. This effort is designed to produce a coordinated, harmonized public awareness campaign for LCAM in November 2016. A critical…
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FDA Approves US Trial of Cuban Lung Cancer Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a clinical trial in the US for a lung cancer vaccine developed in Cuba. Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced the approval on October 26 at a press conference at the Roswell ParkCancer Institute in Buffalo, where the trial will be conducted. The vaccine, CimaVax, was…
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