Kick asthma: foot fungus may bother your breathing
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Clinical research links adult-onset asthma with athlete's foot fungus. Scientists speculate that bits of the fungus in nail clipping or on sheets become airborne and enter the lungs. In particularly bad cases of athlete's foot, the fungus may also directly enter the bloodstream.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1996
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Radical recovery: heart operations may begin with E
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Research indicates that taking Vitamin E before bypass surgery may help the body destroy free radicals generated during the operation before they can damage heart tissue. Vitamin E may also prevent reblockage after angioplasty.
Publication Name: Prevention
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0032-8006
Year: 1995
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