RUSSELL RAMSER WAITS HIS TURN ON THE TREADMILL AT THE BLACK LUNG LABORATORY AT THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA. THE 72-YEAR-OLD MINER WORKED 35 YEARS IN THE MINES AND WAS A SUPERINTENDENT IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS BEFORE RETIRING. HE LIVES IN SHADY SIDE, OHIO, NEAR WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, AND CAME TO DR. DONALD RASMUSSEN'S LAB AFTER BEING TURNED DOWN FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS IN OHIO

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