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Tennis
Monday, June 27th, 2011

Defending champion Serena Williams was eliminated in the 4th round of Wimbledon on Monday, losing to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli 6-3, 7-6 (6). Serena Williams is a 4-time champion at the All England Club, but she missed nearly a year after foot surgery and subsequent blood clots in her lungs. She returned two weeks ago [...]
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Entertainment
Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday to have her lungs drained. The actress was taken to UCLA Medical Centre yesterday afternoon with symptoms of pneumonia. Her husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt called doctors after Zsa Zsa Gabor started to have difficulty breathing. Her publicist John Blanchette [...]
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Entertainment, Tennis
Friday, March 11th, 2011

Serena Williams appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk about her health and her future. Williams was hospitalized nearly three weeks ago, citing swelling in her leg and difficulty breathing. After doctors failed to find anything in her leg, a CAT scan of her lungs was conducted. There they found several blood clots. [...]
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Health
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that: clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and obstructs the [...]
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Health
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Introduction Mesothelioma is a cancer which affects the tissue which surrounds and protects various organs in the body. This tissue is called the Mesothelium, and Mesothelioma causes it to become abnormal, divide without control, and invade and damage nearby organs. The most common form is pleural mesothelioma which affects the sac that lines the chest [...]