1.   The wife of a prominent lung surgeon, she knew the links between cancer and smoking, and that the rates for both were rising among women.

2.   A former lung surgeon on trial for three deaths on his operating table was found guilty Thursday of one count of manslaughter.

3.   Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., a former heart and lung transplant surgeon, has attempted for months to settle the dispute between HHS and the network.

4.   Aides have played down suggestions his condition is life-threatening but his lung surgeon admitted on Tuesday that he was being treated as a critical patient.

5.   Aides have played down suggestions his condition is life-threatening but his lung surgeon said on Tuesday that he was being treated as a critical patient.