Reflections from 2024

Reflections from 2024

Reflections from 2024 November is the ideal month to highlight and center our focus on what we are grateful for in our lives. Gratitude is the “state of being grateful: thankfulness.”  Research on gratitude supports that expressing and feeling grateful is healing and...
COPD & Emphysema

COPD & Emphysema

COPD & Emphysema Emphysema is a chronic progressive disease of the airways, specifically the alveoli. Emphysema is the destruction and enlargement of the alveoli. The alveoli are the air sacks located at the ends of the bronchioles (alveolus is the singular or one...
Exercise and Lung Health

Exercise and Lung Health

Exercise and Lung Health I received a video of my grandnephew taking his first steps this week, a significant milestone considering he was one month premature. As he transitions to a toddler, still finding his balance, it is a reminder that our muscles, like his, need...
Asthma Peak Week

Asthma Peak Week

Asthma Peak Week   Summer is rapidly coming to a close. Children, and parents, are preparing to return to school. There is the excitement of shoe shopping, buying supplies, learning who their teacher will be, getting their class schedule and new books. As school...