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« on: December 28, 2010, 02:58:14 PM »
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/inside-the-hospital-that-saves-swine-flu-sufferers-lives-2165495.html

I have not heard of this before.  Patients in the UK who are severely affected by swine flu are undergoing what is close to dialysis, but for the lungs.  This is quite amazing.
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