Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM): Tests LAM, or lymphangioleiomyomatosis, is a rare lung disease that mostly affects women of childbearing age. In LAM, abnormal, muscle-like…
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Asthma: Treatments is a (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Part of: About Treatments for Asthma is a long-term…
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Asthma: Symptoms is a (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Part of: About Signs and Symptoms of Asthma Common…
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Asthma: Prevention is a (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Part of: Prevention of Asthma You can’t prevent .…
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Asthma: Tests is a (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Part of: About Asthma Diagnosis Your primary care doctor…
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT Deficiency): Symptoms
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT Deficiency): Symptoms Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, or , is a condition that raises your risk for certain types of…
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Some communities across the country are betting on it. One is Camden, N.J., as featured in our recent film Doctor Hotspot. Correspondent Atul Gawande introduces us to Dr. Jeffrey Brenner who uses data to target and care for the city’s sickest and most expensive patients. The above clip tells the story of Derek, a patient […]
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30% Of Prescribed Antibiotics Aren’t Necessary, Study Finds
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016(Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) A little more than a year ago, the White House set an ambitious new goal for the country: Cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics in outpatient settings in half by 2020. There was one problem. Even though health officials have warned for decades about how the overuse of antibiotics […]