<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Respiratory Ailments</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/lung?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><description>Respiratory Ailments</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Merck to Discount Drugs for Uninsured]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Drug manufacturer Merck &#38; Co. will provide uninsured Americans steep discounts for many of its prescription medicines, joining other pharmaceutical firms in slashing some prices during debate over importing drugs from Canada.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into Thick Air]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45313-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45313-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Growing numbers of people with allergies and asthma are coughing up hefty sums for heavily marketed indoor air cleaners they hope will provide purer air to breathe.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lung Cancer Puzzle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45100-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45100-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Though headlines more frequently focus on cancers of the breast, prostate or colon, last week's announcement that ABC News anchor Peter Jennings has lung cancer is a reminder that this form remains the most deadly of all malignancies.]]></description><author> Gregory Mott</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra Care, Extra Money]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26542-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26542-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Let's say an asthma attack sends you to the hospital. You get treatment to aid your breathing and you go home.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mechanical School Nurse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55835-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55835-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Keeping asthma in check is the job of    TeleCoach , a two-way audio-video monitor and computer in the school nurse's office at Hunt-Mapp Middle School in Portsmouth, Va. The stylishly coifed machine is equipped with a stethoscope, blood pressure cuff and a peak flow meter (to measure lung function). Above, Chantel Miles, 13, has her weekly visit with a nurse who is located 12 miles away, but whose face appears on the machine's monitor.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paramedics Mistakenly Thought Va. Woman Dead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48184-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48184-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cegurna L. Thomas listed her ailments yesterday as if she were reciting a grocery list.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Surgery: Sooner Is Better]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35063-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35063-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A preventative heart operation to correct a condition affecting tens of thousands would increase survival odds even for symptom-free patients, a new study says.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supplemental Care]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35337-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35337-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Recent surveys suggest that 28 to 40 percent of children are given herbal supplements and extracts for asthma, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, insomnia, colds and other conditions, despite scant evidence of these products' safety and efficacy. A new study says there is not enough evidence to prove the value of giving garlic, cranberry juice and echinacea to kids, and it says there have been too few peer-reviewed studies on chamomile, feverfew, ginger and ginkgo to draw conclusions.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leaves Hospital as Faithful Cheer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31017-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31017-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, March 13  --  To cries of "Long live the pope!" John Paul II left the hospital and returned to the Vatican on Sunday, 2 1/2 weeks after undergoing throat surgery to ease his breathing.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Co-Worker With a Gift]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21888-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21888-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nancy Nearing gave her boss Art Helms a kidney, a rare gift to a colleague who was suffering. But sometimes the most generous gifts aren't enough.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outsmarting Asthma]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42623-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42623-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Asthma drugs don't produce a uniform response in young patients. This can make it hard for doctors to know what to prescribe to control the condition, which is marked by chronic airway inflammation and constriction. But by combining a simple blood test with a pulmonary function test, as described in the February Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, doctors may be able to tailor therapies to specific patients more accurately. The tests use biomarkers to predict children's response to two popular asthma drugs -- Flovent, an inhaled steroid, and Singulair, one of a newer category of drugs called leukotriene receptor antagonists, which is taken orally.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pneumonic Plague Seen in Congo Outbreak]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36428-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36428-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb. 18 -- At least 61 miners in eastern Congo have died and hundreds have become ill from what appears to be the largest outbreak in 80 years of a highly virulent, airborne version of plague, international health officials reported Friday.]]></description><author> Craig Timberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Region's Air Tough on Asthma Sufferers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27346-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27346-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's no easy breathing around the metro area, which a survey identifies as one of the top five "most challenging" places in the country for people with asthma to live.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity Turned to Poison in Mining Town]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6243-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6243-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Midwest town of fewer than 3,000 amounts to the biggest environmental disaster site in terms of human health that the Environmental Protection Agency has ever faced.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson  and Dina ElBoghdady</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope's Condition Stabilizes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56303-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56303-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope John Paul II said Mass with associates and received dignitaries at his hospital bed Wednesday, as Vatican officials reported that his respiratory illness had stabilized.]]></description><author> Sarah Delaney</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Montgomery Students Have TB]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52624-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52624-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Montgomery County officials have identified two cases of tuberculosis, at an elementary and middle school in Silver Spring, prompting administrators to send warning letters to parents.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Funhaler]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52754-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52754-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Part toy, part medical device, the    Funhaler , pictured above, uses a hooting whistle and spinning disks to try to make a sometimes-onerous daily drug regimen something a child with asthma might look forward to. Thirty to 70 percent of children with asthma don't take their medication on time, a failing that increases their risk of an emergency.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Promotes Health Savings Accounts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39782-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39782-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush laid out a plan Wednesday for reducing the nation's spiraling health care costs, proposing tax credits to encourage expansion of health savings accounts and calling for allowing small businesses to pool together for health coverage across state lines.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Weighs Standard For Securities Fraud]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5046-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5046-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court considered the proper standard to prove securities fraud Wednesday, a key question as investors seek to recoup billions in damages after the collapse of major companies such as Enron Corp.]]></description><author> Hope Yen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Harder Palate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15118-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15118-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/lung</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   A primary cause of chronic snoring and sleep apnea is a weak soft palate that flutters shut and blocks air passageways. Many people with apnea sleep by breathing through a mask connected to an air hose; others opt for UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty), a surgical procedure that removes obstructive tissue.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>