Asthma is a disease that affects the lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases among children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and a leading cause of disability among children.
Tikva Frymer-Kensky. Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky (1943 â August 31, 2006) was a Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She received her MA and PhD from Yale University.
Edward J. Hoffman, 62; Professor, Co-Inventor of PET Scan Device. Edward J. Hoffman, 62, UCLA professor of nuclear medicine who with Michael E. Phelps invented the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, which helps detect cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses, died July 1 at UCLA Medical Center of liver cancer.