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Tyler Colvin Suffers Collapsed Lung From Broken Bat; Season Over [VIDEO]

(Sept. 20) -- In Sunday night's major league game between the Cubs and the Marlins, Chicago outfielder Tyler Colvin was impaled with the shard of broken bat as he headed from third base to home plate. The sharp point of the bat punctured Colvin's chest, and he was hospitalized for pneumothorax, an injury that has ended...

US Health Officials Worry About TB in Mexico

CHIAPAS, Mexico (July 7) -- Tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest diseases, has long been forgotten by most Americans, but it is re-emerging in a new, virulent form around the world. U.S. health officials now worry that especially dangerous strains of the airborne pathogen have surfaced in Mexico, thanks to a...

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What's Eating Anse Devil Hatfield? All About Pleurisy

If you've been following the History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys miniseries about the famous Civil War-era feud between the Hatfield and McCoy clans of West Virginia and Kentucky, you may have noticed something unfamiliar in Anse Devil Hatfield last night: pleurisy.

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Kolleen Bouchane: Access to Technology Saves Lives

The BBC reported this week on the ongoing investigation into the death of 15-year-old Alina Sarag, a teenager from Birmingham, UK.

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Padge Windslowe's Illegal Butt Injections Caused Lung Damage, Exotic Dancer Claims

A Philadelphia woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on allegations she administered illegal buttock-injections, procedures that authorities say caused serious medical problems in at least one case.

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Woman's âLung Cancer' Mistaken For A Seed She Ate 28 Years Ago

A woman from Florida was wrongly diagnosed with life-threatening lung cancer after doctors failed to spot the real reason behind her breathing problems â a giant fruit seed she had swallowed 28 years ago.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

New Photograph Shows George Zimmerman's Bloodied Head

A new photograph released by ABC News shows a bloodied George Zimmerman with injuries on the back of his head.

Pulmonology News From the Web

06/01/12 Sir Elton John: 'I had pneumonia' Source: ABC - KNXV-TV 15.com - Phoenix AZ Veteran singer SIR ELTON JOHN has opened up about his recent health battle, revealing he was suffering from potentially deadly lung condition pneumonia.
06/01/12 Inexpensive paper-based device warns about unhealthy... Source: News-Medical.Net Scientists are reporting development of a new paper-based device that can warn workers that they are being exposed to potentially unhealthy levels of airborne metals almost immediately, instead of the weeks required with current technology.
06/01/12 Trident adopts new lung cancer screening Source: Goose Creek Gazette - Goose Creek SC It looks like a big cloudy spot in the lungs.
06/01/12 Police Hospital Under Expansion Source: AllAfrica Health Rwanda will no longer have to carry out DNA tests and other forensic medical services elsewhere upon completion of the expansion works on Kacyiru Police Hospital.
06/01/12 A real life miracle: The story of Abbey Metty Source: NBC - WDIV Local 4 - Detroit MI At sixteen weeks gestation, Abbey Metty was diagnosed with a "Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia."

Background on Pulmonology

Pulmonology is the medical specialty dealing with disease involving the respiratory tract. The term is derived from the Latin word pulmonarius ("of the lungs") and from the Greek krīnō ("to separate") and , .

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