November 28, 2016 Man with lung disease finishes marathon towing oxygen tank A man with a terminal lung disease has completed the Seattle Marathon while towing his oxygen tank.
November 28, 2016 Australian asthma storm claims sixth victim A sixth person has died in the Australian city of Melbourne after a storm triggered thousands of pollen allergy asthma attacks, the Victorian state government said on Sunday.
November 27, 2016 Death toll from Australia's thunderstorm asthma reaches 6 Six people have died and five remained on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city, officials said on Sunday.
November 25, 2016 Patient characteristics influence readmissions after colorectal surgery - When patients wind up back in the hospital in the months following surgery, it may reflect more than just the quality of the hospital, a recent study suggests.
November 24, 2016 Your office has a microbiome, and it might make you sick Our modern energy-efficient buildings might be driving beneficial bacteria out of our lives.
November 23, 2016 E-cigarette explodes in man's pants at NYC's Grand Central Officials say a man shopping in New York's Grand Central Terminal suffered leg and hand burns when an e-cigarette exploded in his pants pocket.
November 23, 2016 Bought Marlboros in Alabama? Part of $45M might be yours Anybody who bought Marlboro Lights or Ultra Lights in Arkansas over a 40-year period qualifies for a share of a $45 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit, and more than 11,000 have applied.
November 23, 2016 Mouse allergen in schools tied to worse asthma for kids - Mouse allergens in school buildings may be an important environmental factor aggravating kids' asthma, a U.S. study suggests.
November 23, 2016 South Korea raises bird flu alert as three more cases found at poultry farms South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain after the first cases were confirmed last week.
November 23, 2016 Animal-rights groups fund diphtheria study to advance medicine, spare horses A consortium of animal-welfare groups has funded research to develop a product it says could lead to more effective treatment of infectious diphtheria in humans while sparing thousands of horses now being bled to produce antitoxins.