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Paul Alexander, who spent seven decades using iron lung, dies at 78

Paul Alexander, who was stricken with polio as a boy and spent more than 70 years needing an iron lung chamber to help him breathe, obtained a law degree and later gained a social media following as ...
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Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78

Polio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through the illness, using an iron lung for more than 70 ...
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German choir helps singers with lung disease breathe better with song

Singing lifts the spirits and is also good for lung health, which prompted a German medic to start a choir specially for ...