2010 was year of the lung: Lung health needs attention

The year 2010 was declared as year of the lung recognizing that hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable chronic respiratory diseases. This initiative acknowledged that lung health has long been neglected in public...

The Union's approach to child pneumonia cuts deaths

WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY, 12 November 2010Every 20 seconds pneumonia causes a preventable tragedy somewhere in the world. That's how often a child under five dies of a disease that is preventable, treatable and curable with existing vaccines and antibiotics. World Pneumonia Day,...

Stop The Child From Turning Blue: Fight Pneumonia

[World Pneumonia Day, 12 November 2010]The second World Pneumonia Day is being held on November 12, 2010. World Pneumonia Day was launched in 2009 by a broad coalition of public and non profit organizations, the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia, to mobilize efforts to...

Babies' Remains Found In Coolers

"Babies' Remains Found In CoolersFather Charged After Remains Of Infants Found In Rural HarrisonvilleJanuary 23, 2009HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A Missouri man who authorities said fathered four children with a young female relative has been charged with killing one of the babies...

Hospitalized Patrick Swayze stays strong

Last Friday came with a sudden and alarming news when A&E president Abbe Raven revealed that Patrick Swayze had to be admitted into hospital with pneumonia.This wasn't a good sign for the actor's health who is battling with pancreatic cancer since 2007, but accordingly to...

Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...