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Climate Change and Lung Health

Climate Change and Lung Health

Posted by on Nov 12, 2018 in Blog | 1 comment

In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report, Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C. Invited to provide guidance to the United Nations,  this group of 91 scientists, authors and editors from 40 countries reviewed over six thousand scientific papers. Their many conclusions tell us that we have very little time to act. Many...

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Flu and Vaccinations

Flu and Vaccinations

Posted by on Nov 3, 2018 in Blog | 1 comment

I may be a little late in getting one, but I’m going to get the flu vaccine this year. In the US, it is recommended that you get the flu vaccine in October. That gives you time–two weeks–to build immunity to the flu before the “flu season” hits. One reason to get the vaccine is to help protect other people from influenza. This...

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Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dr. James Allison and “Hope”

Nobel Prize in Medicine, Dr. James Allison  and “Hope”

Posted by on Oct 14, 2018 in Blog |

At a press briefing at the International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference in New York, held October 1 just after receiving notification from the Nobel committee, Dr. James Allison said that the prize “should give patients hope because we’ve got things that we know work. If this didn’t work, there would have been no prize.” This “work”...

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