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Mucus plays important role in maintaining a healthy respiratory tract Ask Dr. H Mitchell Hecht

Q: Can you tell me why we need phlegm or mucus? It’s just an annoyance!

UW-Madison researcher’s ‘smart’ inhaler pinpoints where and when attacks occur

MILWAUKEE — By marrying GPS technology with asthma rescue inhalers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher David Van Sickle hopes to better understand the environmental triggers of asthma attacks and improve the way people with asthma control their disease.

Pack a bag to prepare for medical crisis

DALLAS — After several hospital visits over the years, the survivor of seven bypass surgeries was prepared. He had a bag packed and ready to go by his front door with contact phone numbers for his doctors and friends, a list of his medications and other essentials. Experts say that anyone who cares for an elderly friend or family member should prepare for potential emergency-room visits, because simple preparation can save time — and lives.

Flip-flops are bad for your sole

Flip-flops aren’t just hazardous to politicians — they also pose risks for your feet. The floppy footwear, once contained to the beach, can now be spotted year-round.

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Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks - 07/04/2009

As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given. The concept has been enshrined in Europe for generations. Health systems are built so inclusive that even illegal immigrants are entitled to free treatme

Advocates are back with real health care stories - 07/02/2009

When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health care debate.

Federal probe finds problems with chelation study - 07/02/2009

A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death. The study is testing chelation _ infusions of a drug that in this case has been removed from the market for safety

Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people - 07/02/2009

With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is _ so far _ more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division



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