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- Airlines rely on volunteer doctors to handle common in‑flight medical complaintsPhysicians frequently volunteer to assist on commercial flights after a cabin announcement asks, “Is there a doctor on board?” The author, a hematologist‑oncologist, notes that he responded on thre…
- Last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung dies at 78Martha Lillard, diagnosed with polio at age five, became the last American still dependent on an iron lung. She lived in Oklahoma, attended grade school two hours a day and completed high school u…