American Lung Association “The American Lung Association has been in existence for over 100 years. It is the America’s oldest volunteer health organization founded in 1904‚ as the National Association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis. It operates through a network of about 200 local offices across the United States as well as Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.” (www.answers.com). The American Lung Association’s goals are to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related lung disease
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HEART-LUNG MACHINE eng. Hassanain Ali Lefta Mossa * ‚ HasAli76@yahoo.com During an open-heart surgery (such as valve surgery)‚ an extracorporeal (i.e. outside the body) equipment called the heart-lung machine takes over the functions of the heart and lungs‚ so that the heart can be carefully stopped while the vital organs continue to receive blood and oxygen. The surgeon can then operate in a blood-free surgical field without interference from bleeding or the heart’s pumping motion. The principle
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. “Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the world‚ with more than 1.37 million deaths annually”. (Roth‚ Hong‚ Komaki‚ 2014‚ 176). It has three main types: non-small cell‚ small cell and lung carcinoid. The group of physicians and radiologic technologists are playing an important role to help diagnose this disease. Many different sectors within the field of diagnostic imaging technologies have done research into an
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learn throughout the school day and is often used as a tool to make sure students have fully understood the curriculum at hand. Excessive amounts of homework constantly put pressure on students and cause them to spend outrageous amounts of time taking away from their social lives‚ families‚ friends‚ and extra-curricular activities as well as sports. Excessive amounts of homework can also cause students to stay up till midnight or later. Along with that unhealthy habit‚ it often causes students to lose
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Defending the Lung From Injury Charlotta McMurphy Respiratory Procedures 3 September 12‚ 2011 Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome seem to be more common these days as people have surgery or simply a medical patient in seeing a doctor. As we study and are learning about ALI and ARDS it seems people have a much longer survival rate than years ago. The technology‚ doctors and scientists have improved the outcome for people who have ADRS and ALI. We continue to make advancement
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Lung cancer- Is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or both lungs. It usually starts in the cells that line the air passages. The abnormal cells do not develop into healthy lung tissue‚ they divide rapidly and form tumours. Keyboard finger- Pain occurs if ligaments and tendons in the carpal tunnel get swollen or inflamed‚ pressing on the median nerve‚ which compresses it‚ leading to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). Stomach ulcer- A stomach or gastric ulcer is a break in
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Diagnosis of LUNG CANCER Lung cancer diagnosis is extremely important to follow a proper therapy as there are various lung diseases that result in the almost same sign and symptoms as in case of cancer‚ yet the treatment strategies vary in each case. Lung cancer complete diagnosis can be done by the imaging and biopsy method in addition to the staging of cancer according to the TNM classification. Various imaging techniques are frequently employed to diagnose a particular condition while X ray analysis
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-Malignant neoplasms of the lung: a) Primary lung tumors: Lung cancers are divided into two categories based on predominant cell type: - Non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC): There are three common types of non small cell lung cancer. These are grouped together because they behave in a similar way and respond to treatment in a different way to small cell lung cancer.(58‚ 59) i) Adenocarcinoma: Now the most frequent primary lung cancer. It is usually the type of lung cancer found in non-smokers
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It’s night time now. All the cadets are sitting in the dining hall of the Kanchanjunga Military Academy(KMA). Everybody is there..Naina..Huda..Yudi..Ali Alekh and Pooja. All cadets are tired because of the tough training session today and the serious; so called boring classes by Capt. Rajveer. Suri ji‚ incharge of the kitchen department‚ is serving food to all the tired cadets. Suri ji: O ki hoya mere shero? Aj sab chup-chaap baithe ho. Koi gala-shala nahi kar rahe? O ki gal hai? Mainu das. Ali
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Voyage to the Lungs Trevor Frederick HS 130 Unit #4 – Assignment Kaplan University February 26‚ 2013 Welcome aboard! So glad you are all able to witness this extraordinary endeavor into the amazing human body. What you are about to witness is a feat seldom seen by the average individual. Frantic reports coming in are alarming; a foreign bacterium has invaded the right lung of our subject and is currently causing some severe damage. Shrunken to a mere eight microns in length‚ our state-of-the-art
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