Ring in the New Year by taking action on Radon
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January 1, 2024
Yards on Fire- Gas Powered Lawn Equipment & Health- with Dr. Krane and Dr. Axelrod
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…
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October 3, 2022
A County vs Big Tobacco- Fighting Flavors & Protecting Kids
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-…
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April 25, 2022
Ashia, Albina and Asthma- an individual story and a neighborhood history
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…
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May 3, 2021
Tree-Lined vs Redlined – Trees, Pollution & Asthma with Dr. Vivek Shandas
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…
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April 5, 2021
True Cost of Smoking- Retirement vs Tobacco
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…
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March 8, 2021
Gabriella Shirtcliffe
A Teen Talks Vaping- A County-Level Look with Gabriella Shirtcliff and Karen Ard
“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…
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February 8, 2021
This bus keeps kids healthy, in school and learning!
Healthy Buses = Healthier + Smarter Kids: the Return on Investment of decreasing diesel exposure with Dr. Sara Adar
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…
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September 14, 2020
Oregon wildfires - Oregonian 2020
Wildfires and sudden cardiac death- a catastrophic cost
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…
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September 8, 2020
Dr. Lewis Ziska- plant physiologist
Science over Politics- Pollen, Climate Change & Integrity with Dr. Lewis Ziska
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…
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August 31, 2020