It has been shocking to see the clouds of tear gas filling American cities and images of peaceful protestors and bystanders caught up in them. As a mother myself, the…
Right now our country is echoing with protests about the unjust killing of unarmed black people and the general devaluing of black lives. While these severe violent episodes are horrifying…
When I first started to learn more about COVID19, I became extra concerned for my patients who smoke. The fulminant respiratory failure COVID causes is known as Acute Respiratory Distress…
The first AirHealthOurHealth podcast is up! I had the great privilege of interviewing Dr. Matt Drake, who is a pulmonary critical care doctor at OHSU as well as an asthma…
I'm introducing a new part of the website called the "Twitchy Airways Club." I spend a great deal of time with patients trying to determine whether they have airway hyperresponsiveness, and if…
I was enjoying a lovely day off moment with my kiddos playing in the yard and trying to peruse a non-healthcare related magazine when the following ad popped up in…
Downstream Looking Upstream- #PrepareForCare I started AirHealthOurHealth because I spend so much time caring for people suffering from the downstream effects of breathing air filled with particulate matter, whether from…
Hola- Who has two thumbs and starts a clean air blog in the middle of a pandemic while working in the ICU on the frontline? THIS DOC! I have to…