The iron lung was an invention that helped keep thousands of sufferers alive, by breathing for those who had lost the ability through the degenerative effects of the disease. A small handful of ...

Cite this: Lung Cancer in Women: The Differences in Epidemiology, Biology and Treatment Outcomes - Medscape - Dec 01, 2009. Lung cancer kills more women each year that breast, uterine, and ovarian ...

We do have a database, and I think a lot of centers are looking at what does the exposure to foreign chemicals doing to this very delicate lung tissue.” The oncologist encouraged women to listen ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...