(CNN) — Jeannie Mai is leaving “Dancing With the Stars” after being hospitalized for a throat condition that affects the lungs. “My doctors discovered a health concern with my throat which requires immediate attention and surgery,” Mai told “Good Morning America.” “I am heartbroken that my DWTS journey has to end here.” She continued: “I have pushed myself to […]
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If you’re smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it’s time to think twice. Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “What happens to your airways when you smoke cannabis is that it causes some degree […]
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(CNN) — A video shows the lungs of a man who had been asymptomatic a few days earlier. Now, the patient has Covid-19 and his lungs are failing to function properly, said Dr. Keith Mortman, the chief of thoracic surgery at George Washington University Hospital. The Washington, D.C., hospital recently released a 3D video of […]
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Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a signature of exposure to asbestos. And she knew that it afflicted mostly men who had […]
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Indio, CA The city of Indio is inspiring organ and tissue donor registrations by proclaiming the month of April as "Donate Life Month." Across the country 122,000 people are waiting for to receive an organ. "We’re talking about people that are on their death beds, that are going to die without that transplant. You can make […]
