The media world was rocked by Rush Limbaugh’s death on Wednesday at age 70.
His wife Kathryn announced that he died from complications of lung cancer.
Before he died, the famed radio personality told listeners that he began suffering from shortness of breath about a year ago. He went to a doctor, and his grim cancer diagnosis followed just days later.… Read More
The conservative media world was rocked by Rush Limbaugh’s recent announcement that he has advanced lung cancer.
The famed radio personality, 69, told listeners he began suffering shortness of breath on his birthday, Jan. 12. He went to a doctor, and his grim diagnosis followed just days later.
Limbaugh has started medical treatment. But he hasn’t revealed the details.
Limbaugh started smoking cigarettes at age 16.… Read More
Even if you’ve never lit a cigarette in your life, your lungs may be as badly damaged as someone who has smoked a pack a day for 29 years.
That’s the chilling finding of a new study that analyzed the long-term effects of breathing the polluted air of six major U.S. cities.
Researchers looked at more than 7,000 people from 2000 to 2018.… Read More
Certain jobs are notorious for being dangerous.
Coal miners, police officers, convenience store clerks, and roofers, for example, generally know what they are getting into.
But some work risks are less visible, even if they are just as real.
Studies have found that people in several occupations are at far greater risk for cancer than the general population. Here are six jobs that increase your chances of developing the disease:
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Ever since they hit the market, e-cigarettes have been controversial. Some health experts say they help people quit regular cigarettes. But others say they not only don’t help you kick the tobacco habit, but they cause their own set of health problems.
Even the Food and Drug Administration got into the act by issuing a statement that e-cigarettes “may be effective aids to help quit smoking.”… Read More
You reach the peak of your lung power at about age 30. After that, your breathing becomes less efficient.
And when you don’t get as much vital oxygen, your entire body starts to age.
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