Tag: lungs
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Humberto Choi MD Explains There’s No Such Thing As Safe Nicotine Use
While cigarette smoking is probably the most researched form of tobacco use – with links to cardiovascular disease, several types of cancer, and many other medical conditions now well-established, there’s no safe form of tobacco use. And it is never too early or too late to quit, says Humberto Choi, MD – an expert from…
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World TB Day: It’s Time To Act Now, says Dr Yashica Khalawan
On the 24th of March in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB. This discovery opened the way towards diagnosing as well as curing the disease. Almost 140 years later, TB still remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases out there. This year, the theme for World TB…