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Quitting smoking

… lower your risk of smoking-caused illness, like heart and lung diseases, throat and oral cancer, and emphysema Improve … decreases by half. 10 years after quitting, your risk of lung cancer decreases by half. After 15 years smoke-free, …
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Asbestos in drinking water

… that inhaling asbestos fibres can cause cancers and lung diseases. For information on health risks of inhaling …
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Toxic shock syndrome

… affect several different organs including your liver, lungs and kidneys. Since TSS develops quickly, emergency …
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Necrotizing Fasciitis Flesh-Eating Disease

… or medical treatment Chronic diseases such as heart, lung or liver disease, complications from alcoholism or …
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Facts about chickenpox

… serious. Complications from chickenpox include pneumonia (lung infection), encephalitis (swelling of the brain), and …
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Carbapenemase-producing organisms CPO

… from the gut to other parts of the body such as the blood, lungs, or bladder, the person becomes infected. CPO …
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Hand foot and mouth disease

… or surfaces contaminated with fluid from the blisters, lungs or fecal matter. The virus can stay for up to several …
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Arsenic in drinking water

… your risk of developing certain cancers, including: Skin Lung Kidney Bladder Liver The risk of cancer is the reason …
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA

… Sometimes, SA can cause serious infections in your blood, lungs or other tissues. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus …
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Fifth disease parvovirus infection

… called parvovirus B19. It’s an infection of the airways and lungs. It often appears as a bright red rash on the face, …