Article: ST. LOUIS, Mo.: Grant Will Help Researcher Seek Causes of ...
Targeted News Service;  August 23, 2007 ;     602 words ... ... causes of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), a rare childhood lung tumor originally identified by Hill's mentor at Washington ... affected by PPB do not survive. The condition leads to formation of lung tumors in the first five years of life and can also cause kidney ...

Article: End-stage lung patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  November 21, 2003 ;     634 words ... ... The 2 men had developed bronchiectasis and end stage lung disease, despite early institution of intravenous ... schedule. One patient has been followed up for 12 mo and the other for 6 mo. Lung function normalized in the first case, and showed ...

Article: Auction to help fight teen's obscure lung disease
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  September 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... attacking and destroying her lungs, Wooldridge said. Consequently ... those in her community, lung specialists at Children ... Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and lung specialists in Denver ... times daily to clear her lungs. She must be hospitalized ...

Relationship of jute dust to interstitial fibrosis in rat lung.
Archives of Environmental Health;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 3, 6, and 12 mo after the last ... decapitation, and the lungs and hilar lymph ... small pieces of lung tissue from the ... sacrificed at 12 mo were rinsed in ... expressed as mg/lung after multiplication ... 3, 6, and 12 mo were weighed ... observed in the lungs of the saline control ...

Article: Loyola University lung transplant program dropped from ...
Transplant News;  July 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... national network of approved lung transplant centers due ... patients who received lung transplants between 1995 ... travel to St. Louis, MO or Wisconsin for lung transplants. Hospital ... waiting times for donor lungs that occurred in the mid ...

Contribution of cadimum in cigarettes to lung cancer: an ...
Archives of Environmental Health;  July 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... actual total smoking-induced lung cancer mortality to assess ... workers employed for at least 6 mo between 1940 and 1969.[4 ... Animals were exposed for 18 mo and followed for an additional 13 mo. Incidence of lung cancer increased with dose ...

Article: Report suggests inhaled butter flavoring source of lung ...
Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...A severe lung disease that ha affected workers in ... microwave-popcorn plant in Jasper, Mo., have developed serious lung ailments after being exposed to artificial ... obliterans, a disabling and permanent lung disorder and at least four workers ...