The Real Face of Lung Cancer: One Woman's Quest to Educate and Inspire
- Lung Disease
- May 7, 2014
The official number of people who have died after suffering from lung injuries linked to the use of vape pens and e-cigarettes has risen to 64. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the deaths have been confirmed in 28 states and the District of Columbia as of Feb. 4. Four of those
READ MOREWalgreens and Kroger are taking e-cigarettes off the shelves amid a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses and more than a dozen deaths linked to the habit. In a statement on Monday, Walgreens said it will cease selling the products at its locations across the country as health officials continue to investigate the crisis. The company
READ MORENew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is taking emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in the state amid a national investigation by health officials into hundreds of cases of lung illness and six deaths that may be related to vaping. “New York is confronting this crisis head-on and today we are
READ MOREThe federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the sudden emergence of severe lung disease linked to vaping in 14 states. Ninety-four possible cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping were reported from the end of June to Aug. 15, the CDC reported on Saturday. Thirty of those cases were in Wisconsin
READ MOREChildren freak me out. Now, I don’t mean they freak me out in general. They freak me out for very specific reasons. Those reasons have to do with my husband, who had a Double Lung Transplant almost two years ago. (Lung Transplant, An Unexpected Journey!) The journey has been long, and we thought after the
READ MORESusan Warmerdam is a guest contributor for Harold Wimmer, National President and CEO of the American Lung Association, on The Huffington Post. In February 2012, Susan was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, having never smoked a day in her life. After getting past the initial shock of her diagnosis, she has turned her attention
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