Tall, thin women at risk for rare lung infection

[theHandpuppet]

Tall, thin women at risk for rare infection

Talk about a model patient. Tall, thin women are at greater risk for a new type of bacterial lung infection, called Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, according to a study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care....

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http://news.cincinnati.com/VideoNetwork/2658157932001/Tall-thin-women-at-risk-for-rare-infection&odyssey=mod%7Cvideo

[Brickbat]

1. That first sentence has got to go.

Jesus Christ.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Yeah, I know

I don't think that was the place to make jokes, either. Pretty tacky.

[MADem]

4. To be honest, I was surprised they were so restrained.

I expected some comment about "supermodel syndrome" or something vapid on those lines.

[etherealtruth]

3. What is a tall thin woman

"two inches taller" ... "35 lbs lighter" ... than whom?

Am I tall at 5'8"? Though menopause took care of the "thin" part for me ... I am still likely 35 lbs less than the the average 50 something year old my height ...?

Answers, answers ... I want answers

My response is somewhat tongue in cheek, if I were truly concerned ... search engines and I have a rather intimate relationship.

[pnwmom]

5. The disease itself causes weight loss, so I wonder if one of the reason they're markedly thin

is that they've had this condition for a while before it's diagnosed.

So it's something a doctor should wonder about when s/he is diagnosing a tall, thin woman with a lung infection.