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915 documents for black lung symptoms

- Next Stop On the Drug Highway
Dubuque County narcotic investigations and charges July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010 July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011 Drug Males Females Males Females % change Marijuana 351 91 307 52 -18.78 Meth 47 19 43 11 -18.18 Cocaine 24 5 12 6 -37.93 Crack 36 17 34 8 -20.75 Heroin 7 1 19 5 +200.00 Source: Dubuque Police, Dubuque County Sheriff, Dubuque County Drug Task Force heroin at a glance Administering options: Injecting, smoking, suppository, snorting, swallowing Color: White, tan, brown or black. Street names: Smack, H, Skag, Junk, Horse, Brown Sugar, Dope, Foo Foo Signs and symptoms: Euphoria, drowsiness, impaired mental functioning, slowed respiration, constricted pupils, nausea Possible side effects: Surge of euphoria followed by alternately wakeful and drowsy states, associate...
- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- August 28, 2011
- Unpublished Disposition Notice: Sixth Circuit Rule 24(C) States that Citation of Unpublished Dispositions is Disfavored Except for Establishing Res Judicata, Estoppel, or the Law of the Case and Requires Service of Copies of Cited Unpublished Dispositions of the Sixth Circuit. David E. Clevenger, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee, 917 F.2d 564 (6th Cir. 1990)
... for evidence of pneumoconiosis, or "black lung" disease. Both specialists discovered "black lung" symptoms, but they concluded that Clevenger's case was mild...
- Federal Circuits
- Byrd Voted for Changes He Wants Undone: ; Senator Says Situation has Changed in Black Lung Program Since 1981
D dailymail.com See a copy of the 1981 Congressional Record Sen. Robert Byrd voted in 1981 for changes in the black lung benefits program that he now wants undone with his amendment to the just-passed health care bill.

... produce clearly recognizable black lung symptoms immediately. These symptoms - coughing, spitting b...
- Charleston Daily Mail
- March 25, 2010

- The effects of food stamps on obesity.
... cohort initially included oversamples of blacks, Hispanics, low-income whites, and military person...Increased incidence of asthma-like symptoms in girls who become overweight or obese during sch...2000. Relation between body mass index and lung cancer risk in men and women never and former smok...
- Southern Economic Journal
- Vol. 77 Nbr. 3, January 2011
- Patients Want Drug Data
People who take prescription medicine want a lot more information than they get. That's the conclusion of a new pharmacy study (Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, July-August 2011). A survey of 600 people picking up prescriptions at pharmacies in Western states found that 90 percent of these volunteers wanted more information when they got a new prescription filled.

... died from amiodarone toxicity of the lungs. He took the medicine for seven months. No one ev...It has a black-box warning about lung toxicity. Every patient who... for amiodarone should be cautioned about symptoms that might indicate lung damage or other complica...
- Buffalo News
- October 04, 2011
- Black Americans Urged to Take Cardiovascular Disease to Heart
Certain heart disease risk factors are more prevalent in Black Americans, but many of these risk factors can be controlled through lifestyle changes," says Dr. Augustine E. Agocha, lead physician at Advanced Heart, Lung and Vascular Care Center in Bordentown, N.J. "It is important for those with any risks for heart disease to be screened extensively and visit their doctors on a regular basis," said Dr. Agocha. "Early detection can be the difference between life and death." Dr. Agocha also stressed that not having any symptoms is not the same as not having heart disease, since symptoms can occur many years later after development of heart disease. * Not smoking "Simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference in the world when it comes to preventing heart disease," explains Dr. Ago...
- Westside Gazette
- August 21, 2009
- Peabody Coal Company and Old Republic Companies, Petitioners, v. Eldon Blankenship and Director, Office of Worker'S Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents., 773 F.2d 173 (7th Cir. 1985)
... of Labor (the "Director") under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 901 et seq. (the... covered by the Longshore Act, black lung symptoms may not surface until several years after a miner ...
- Federal Circuits
- Blacks More Likely to Die From Lung Cancer
... the clinical psychologist said about the symptoms that ultimately led to her being diagnosed with st...
- South Florida Times
- June 03, 2010
- Four L Coal Co v. DOWCP, (4th Cir. 2005)
... benefits on behalf of Jack Lester to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (the Trust Fund).1 For ..., which specifies the conditions and symptoms that were found to be disabling and the expenses h...
- Federal Circuits
- Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers, 538 U.S. 135 (2003)
... risk category for asbestos-related lung cancer, as well as the undisputed testimony of the... of the lungs by asbestos fibers; symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing, and fatigue... claims procedure similar to the Black Lung legislation"). Courts, however, must resist p...
- U.S. Supreme Court