old wooden lungs were used in the 40's
Remembering the 'wooden lung': A retired respiratory therapist gave an educational presentation in Ishpeming Sunday on the Upper Peninsula polio outbreak of 1940
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
BREATHE ARIZONA! FREEDOM FROM SMOKING!
FREEDOM FROM SMOKING
Did you know:
Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide and smoking-related diseases claim over 393,000 American lives each year?
Smoking cost the United States over $193 billion in 2004, including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct health care expenditures, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker?
If these statistics affect you or your workplace then you need to know more about the American Lung Association’s gold standard program, Freedom From Smoking®. Arizona is now offering Freedom From Smoking® in a variety of formats:
Freedom From Smoking® Online*, or FFS Online, is a program specifically designed for adults who want to quit smoking. It is accessible day or night, seven days a week, and has a series of lessons and modules to follow, many of which also come with an assignment.
Freedom From Smoking® In-Person Clinic* delivered by the American Lung Association provides a trained and certified Freedom From Smoking® facilitator who will implement the eight week course at your location and work with your audience to become smoke free. The facilitator will also coordinate the logistics of the clinics on your behalf.
Freedom From Smoking® Workplace Wellness* is delivered by your organization which allows you to send representatives to the certified facilitator training and become equipped to implement the 8 week course at any time you need it. The facilitator and workplace receive a certification that is good for three years.
UPCOMING FACILITATOR TRAINING*! SIGN UP TODAY!
October 26th & 27th (1 ½ days)
102 W. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Register at 602-429-0009 or smortenson@Lungarizona.org.
Did you know:
Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide and smoking-related diseases claim over 393,000 American lives each year?
Smoking cost the United States over $193 billion in 2004, including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct health care expenditures, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker?
If these statistics affect you or your workplace then you need to know more about the American Lung Association’s gold standard program, Freedom From Smoking®. Arizona is now offering Freedom From Smoking® in a variety of formats:
Freedom From Smoking® Online*, or FFS Online, is a program specifically designed for adults who want to quit smoking. It is accessible day or night, seven days a week, and has a series of lessons and modules to follow, many of which also come with an assignment.
Freedom From Smoking® In-Person Clinic* delivered by the American Lung Association provides a trained and certified Freedom From Smoking® facilitator who will implement the eight week course at your location and work with your audience to become smoke free. The facilitator will also coordinate the logistics of the clinics on your behalf.
Freedom From Smoking® Workplace Wellness* is delivered by your organization which allows you to send representatives to the certified facilitator training and become equipped to implement the 8 week course at any time you need it. The facilitator and workplace receive a certification that is good for three years.
UPCOMING FACILITATOR TRAINING*! SIGN UP TODAY!
October 26th & 27th (1 ½ days)
102 W. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Register at 602-429-0009 or smortenson@Lungarizona.org.
artificial airway implaned
MIT bioengineer to share medical prize
Robert Langer, the prolific MIT bioengineer whose work on tissue engineering and drug delivery has spawned many patents and local companies, will share the $250,000 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, for contributions in biomedical research.
Carpentier successfully implanted an artificial airway to save the lung of a cancer patient.
Langer, who has built blood vessels from scratch and helped create an implantable wafer to deliver chemotherapy in the brain, shares the award with Alain Carpentier, a cardiovascular surgeon at the Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris. Carpentier successfully implanted an artificial airway to save the lung of a cancer patient.
The prize was created by Warren Alpert, a philanthropist dedicated to research that improves human health. Winners are selected by a scientific advisory board, which is chaired by Jeffrey S. Flier, the dean of Harvard Medical School.
It’s just the latest honor for Langer, who earlier this summer won the Priestley Medal, a top honor in chemistry.
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff
click to read the complete article on this transplant
http://www.boston.com/Boston/whitecoatnotes/2011/09/mit-bioengineer-share-medical-prize/OvPCGN5xLSrvKwMEfYBb1J/index.html
Robert Langer, the prolific MIT bioengineer whose work on tissue engineering and drug delivery has spawned many patents and local companies, will share the $250,000 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, for contributions in biomedical research.
Carpentier successfully implanted an artificial airway to save the lung of a cancer patient.
Langer, who has built blood vessels from scratch and helped create an implantable wafer to deliver chemotherapy in the brain, shares the award with Alain Carpentier, a cardiovascular surgeon at the Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris. Carpentier successfully implanted an artificial airway to save the lung of a cancer patient.
The prize was created by Warren Alpert, a philanthropist dedicated to research that improves human health. Winners are selected by a scientific advisory board, which is chaired by Jeffrey S. Flier, the dean of Harvard Medical School.
It’s just the latest honor for Langer, who earlier this summer won the Priestley Medal, a top honor in chemistry.
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff
click to read the complete article on this transplant
http://www.boston.com/Boston/whitecoatnotes/2011/09/mit-bioengineer-share-medical-prize/OvPCGN5xLSrvKwMEfYBb1J/index.html
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