Nursing homes in Cedar Rapids and Newton are facing sanctions for alleged quality-of-care violations tied to resident deaths.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms can vary from day to day, but a sudden or noticeable change in breathing, mucus, or the frequency of inhaler use may be a sign of a flare-up.

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Martha Lillard did not feel uncomfortable in the iron lung, the way other children with polio did, her sister said Martha Lillard was the last polio patient in the US who used an iron lung but her ...

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said ...

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Scientists have identified proteins that could signal increased lung cancer risk, as well as a drug that could reduce the odds of a tumor developing. By Nina Agrawal See more of our coverage in your ...

Baby animals somehow always manage to sound even cuter than we expect, and these tiny bear cubs are no exception. In the heart-melting video, the cubs cuddle close to their mother while making the ...