I continue to be isolated, partly because of my polio, which forces me to spend five or six days a week in an iron lung, and partly because of my personality.

我依旧与世隔绝，部分是因为脊髓灰质炎，它迫使我一周五六天都呆在铁肺里，部分也因为我个性。

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Middleton was paralysed in 1949, aged 23, and doctors gave her a slim chance of survival. However, she holds the world record for the longest time spent in an iron lung.

米德尔顿于1949年、23岁时患小儿麻痹症，身体瘫痪，医生原先判断她活不久，但她却缔造了依靠人造肺存活最久的纪录。

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Small amounts of iron and calcium in the diet or in the form of supplements may play an important role in the development of lung cancer, especially among smokers, a study suggests.

一项研究显示，饮食或补品中少量的铁和钙，可能在肺癌形成过程中扮演着重要角色，吸烟者的例子更是明显。

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He has spent 50 years on an artificial ventilator, including seven in an iron lung.

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However, there are still occasions when I need to use an iron lung.

CNN: 'I lived in an iron lung for seven years'

Although no cure was developed, a device called an iron lung was invented to help people with the disease breathe.

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