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National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association (1968–1973) American Lung Association (since 1973) The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. [1]
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (FOX 2) - Hundreds of people roamed through the Detroit Zoo on Sunday morning for the 11th annual American Lung Association Lung Force Walk. "We try to build community and support ...
Respiratory Health Association is a nonprofit organization located on Chicago's Near West Side. Initially founded as the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, the organization has undergone several name changes since 1906 to incorporate its expanding mission. Today, the association fights lung disease and promotes healthy lungs through research ...
American Thoracic Society. American Sanatorium Association, and changed its name in 1938 to the American Trudeau Society. In 1960, it changed its name again to the American Thoracic Society. Originally the medical section of the American Lung Association, the Society became independently incorporated in 2000 as a 501 (c) (3) organization.
The Lung Association has resources to prevent tobacco use and help youth quit, specifically designed for schools, parents and teens outlined in the American Lung Association’s Comprehensive ...
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2023, there will be about 238,000 cases of lung cancer, and about 127,000 people will die from lung cancer. Smoking is the number one risk factor for ...
Lawrence Francis Flick (1856–1938) was an American physician who pioneered research and treatment of tuberculosis. He was influential as an author, lecturer, and historian. He is a co-founder of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis (American Lung Association) and was the first to advocate its formation as ...
The American Lung Association says lung cancer cases in women have risen a whopping 96% in the past 45 years. It's dropped 36% for men over the same time. “Couple that with recent trends in ...