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Patients with chronic smoker's bronchitis often suffer from increased pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lung (pulmonary hypertension). The blood pressure increases further during exercise and can lead to severe limitation of physical activity. In patients with other diseases causing pulmonary hypertension, for instance rheumatic or heart conditions, drug therapy has been shown to improve exercise capacity and decrease mortality.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I am 78 years old. When I was 76, I developed a cough and mucus in my throat.

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow.