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unusual facts about lung disease



Deborah Heart and Lung Center

Located in Browns Mills, New Jersey, Deborah Heart and Lung Center is the only hospital in the region that focuses exclusively on cardiac, vascular, and lung disease using state-of-the-art technology and care.

Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago

Respiratory Health Association's marquee event is Hustle Up the Hancock, a race up 94 floors of the John Hancock Center in Chicago to raise more than $1 million for respiratory disease research and programs.


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Ancient Greek medicine

He is given credit for the first purple description of clubbing of the fingers, an important diagnostic sign in chronic suppurative lung disease, lung cancer and cyanotic heart disease.

Byssinosis

Byssinosis, also called "brown lung disease" or "Monday fever", is an occupational lung disease caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.

Diacetyl

In 2012, Wayne Watson, a regular microwavable popcorn consumer for years, was awarded $7.27 million in damages from a federal jury in Denver, which decided his lung disease was caused by the chemicals in microwave popcorn and that the popcorn's manufacturer, Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, and the grocery store that sold it should have warned him of its dangers.

Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria died of lung disease in 1906 in Davos, leaving her husband with two small children.

Ramiz Alia

Ramiz Alia died on 7 October 2011 in Tiranë from lung disease, shortly before his 86th birthday, according to a spokesman for President Bamir Topi.

Sao Seng Suk

He later became chairman and commander in chief of the Shan State Progress Party, Co-founded Shan State Organization, Co-founded Shan Democratic Union and elected the 1st President of Shan State Constitutional Drafting Commission before becoming involved in the Ethnic Nationalities Council.Prominent Shan leader Sao Seng Suk, or Khun Kyar Nu, died at about 4pm at a hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Monday 13 August 2007 aged 72 following a lengthy battle with lung disease.