My kids started school last week. Normally, this is the week we would see school buses filling our streets carrying children every morning and afternoon. These are not normal times…
AQI WA and OR September 2020 fires My patients frequently ask me whether they should purchase an air filter, and generally the answer is somewhat nuanced depending on who they…
Fire in Tualatin, OR- from Oregonian Wildfires are raging in the West, fueled by high temperatures and high winds. I am in my living room, an anxious mother hunkered down…
I have written earlier about how much longer the pollen season lasts now, to the sorrow of all of my patients with asthma and allergies. In researching that post, I…
Low end estimate of Return on Investment of Clean AIr Act Like many of you, I have found COVID19 to be a financial wake-up call. Who would have thought that…
How many click-bait headlines are out there for people to get ahead on their investments? People spend thousands of dollars on financial planners, access to exclusive investment deals, the latest…
Many of us are unaware of a silent killer entering our home from below- a silent killer that is responsible for over 20,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the…
Purchase here- OJRC FundraiserI have written blog posts (here and here) previously about my concerns regarding the health effects of teargas. I have now also had physician mother friends who…
E-cig & vape effects on breathing system by Gotts et al Today on the podcast, I am joined by Dr. Jeffrey Gotts, MD, PhD. Like me, he is a pulmonary…
Today on the podcast, I am joined by Dr. Linda George, PhD of Portland State University. She co-led the study that led to the elaborate air filtration system I can…