Most infections of the lung, or pneumonias, regardless of their cause, have the same symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, and fever. In some lung infections, the cough is productive—that is, the cough produces sputum; in other lung infections, the cough is dry. Cough and shortness of breath may be accompanied by chest pain. The person [...]
A CAT scan is a tubelike X ray that attempts to define the three-dimensional aspects of the bone. At one time, these machines were loud, clumsy, and uncomfortable, with the patient slowly moving through a long tube. With the new technologies, these machines are quieter and more comfortable, with the patient simply lying on the [...]
The fetus is then placed at even greater risk. According to Sandra Steingraber, biologist and author of Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood, “More profoundly, chemicals don’t even have to cross the placenta to cause harm. Some lodge in the placenta and create injury there. I For example, nicotine damages the placenta’s amino acid [...]