One of the things I try to focus on with Air Health Our Health is also Our Wealth. People often think that breathing unhealthy air does not cost us as…
“My generation was so so close to being one of the first Tobacco-free generations ever… we almost escaped…. It makes me really angry.” Youth tobacco use had fallen significantly across…
Rapidly progressive ARDS from COVID19 Particulate matter has no politics, as I frequently tell my patients. Recently in Oregon, we were all very concerned about the hazardous PM2.5 levels permeating…
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…
Veterans were targeted by Big Tobacco... now a veteran is taking on tobacco. Big Tobacco has a long history of targeting the military, from including tobacco in basic field rations…
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…
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…