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Unconventional Teen Finds Relief From Severe Asthma

Stanford Childrens

They specialize in the lungs and the upper respiratory system. Around age 10, Christian was diagnosed with eosinophilic asthma, a rare type of asthma that causes severe inflammation in the respiratory system. Candance says that Christian’s immune system was in overdrive, working 10 times harder than normal.

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Sports and Stimulants: A Brief History

The Sporting

I am ready to perform my first operation,” he announces, “transplanting the respiratory system of an eagle into a human. The advanced breathing system of birds is what enables them to make migratory flights of thousands of miles. A human with such a system would be able to run a mile in three minutes.

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