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...
Test Before Diagnosing

Test Before Diagnosing

  262 million people world-wide have asthma. Twenty-five million Americans have asthma. Ten people die each day in the United States from an asthma exacerbation. It is a heterogenous disease that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. There are objective tests...
April is Donate Life Month

April is Donate Life Month

There are currently 103,000 people in the US awaiting life-saving organ transplants. Since about 46,000 organ transplants were completed in the US in 2023, the need for this life-saving treatment far outstrips the supply of organs for transplant. As a result of the...
A Cause for Camp

A Cause for Camp

Julie (Beth) Carney, MS, BSRT, RRT, AE-C For many of us, especially in my generation, our fond memories of youth include camping with family, church, or the experience immortalized in many movies: summer camp. Those of us who participated in these camps remember the...