Throughout human history, the burning of crops has been part of agriculture. However, we live in a world with multiple sources of pollution, have longer lifespans, and as population density…
Those of us who work in healthcare are often confronted with how climate change affects human health. It is also important for us to recognize that healthcare makes up 18%…
Happy holidays! This post is being released shortly after Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. I’m sure, like many of you, the gift-giving…
One of my more striking memories as an ICU doctor was a heat dome that occurred early in June one year where temperatures soared to 116 in the Pacific Northwest,…
I had never heard of burn pits until I was in my pulmonary fellowship at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, but I first learned about them from my patients.…
Like so many other families during the pandemic, we tried to seek refuge in our own yard. This was particularly important for us to be able to visit with my…
Today's podcast episode explores a specific county-level fight over flavored tobacco products. I talk to three people working hard to keep our kids from developing a lifelong addiction to tobacco-…
Asthma is a disease in which the breathing tubes become very inflamed and can become obstructed by mucus and spasm down, narrowing the airways and making it almost impossible to…
The more I practice medicine, the more I see how important air pollution is to my patients’ health. It can be hard to help people understand the impact of pollution…