by Sherian Kington | Sep 30, 2025 | US, Canada
Celebrating the History of Respiratory Care Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP) are an integral part of a healthcare team. RCPs aid in disease prevention through pulmonary disease awareness and education. RCPs specialize in the diagnosis and care of chronic, as well...
by Sherian Kington | May 30, 2025 | Canada, US
Putting a Face to Supplemental Oxygen and the SOAR Act My sister and I have Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and Bronchiectasis. In June of 2013 we were prescribed supplemental oxygen. My sister needed it 24/7 and I needed it for exertion. At that time, my sister had...
by Sherian Kington | Oct 30, 2024 | US, Canada
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...
by Sherian Kington | Jun 26, 2024 | Canada, US
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...
by Eliza Galange | Apr 30, 2024 | US
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...
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