If you have HIV, are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, or have a suppressed immune system from autoimmune disease, diabetes or chronic lung disease, you may be at risk for developing chicken pox.
"Once you are in your 70s, 80s or 90s, or if you have chronic disease like heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic lung and kidney disease, a larger body size gives you longevity, " he said.
In Texas, if you get a second offense DWI you have to install and maintain a deep lung air device on the car that requires a breath sample before it will allow you to start your car.
If you are over the age of 50, are pregnant, have asthma, diabetes, chronic lung disease (such as COPD or emphysema), you should get a flu shot.
Jean King said recent research shows that even if you quit at the age of 60 you can reduce your risk of lung cancer.
Your ligaments and tendons become more brittle, making you more prone to injuries, and your lung tissue becomes stiffer and less efficient.
Its important to start slow and gradually in order to prevent injuries and to discuss your workout plan with your doctor, especially if you have coronary artery disease, diabetes or any chronic lung disease.
Both women feature in my report - which you can see by clicking above - about a new donor lung treatment which is being trialled by UK transplant centres.
On the other hand, if you were lying in a smashed up car with a punctured lung, your best hope would be an ambulance from Staffordshire, where all paramedics learn a life-saving technique to keep you breathing, needle decompression.
"I ask that you pay particular attention to the age categories currently used in lung allocation, and review the policy with the intent of identifying any potential improvements to this policy that would make more transplants available to children, " Sebelius said in a letter to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
You can read more about the technique, known as ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) here.
Or, in a title for medicine, you can see interactive charts of, say, a heart or a lung.
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If you have a history of asthma or emphysema, (COPD) or other chronic lung disease, limit your exposure to the cold temperatures.
In the case of lung cancer, studies suggest that beta carotene supplementation may actually increase your risk, even if you don't smoke.
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