Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
Five Ways You Might Be Breathing Wrong
Breathing is a natural thing: not much to it, right? Well there actually is a wrong and right way to get oxygen into your system through your lungs. Mark Courtney, a respiratory therapist, gives some tips. Read More
JUUL: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
They look harmless enough - like a flash drive that might contain music or photos. But a JUUL (pronounced like "jewel") contains something more worrisome - highly addictive nicotine - and as the most popular brand of e-cigarette on the market, they h Read More
Does Exposure to Pest and Pet Allergens Reduce Child's Asthma Risk
A recent study that said young children exposed to pet or pest allergens were at a lower risk of developing asthma. But, it might not be that that simple. Read More
An Amazing Journey: How Young Lungs Develop
By the time you take your first breath, your lungs have already undergone a fascinating transformation. From birth through childhood and on to adulthood, your lungs experience an amazing journey, becoming the hard-working, life-sustaining organs that Read More
Sharing Our Lung Cancer Stories, Instilling New Hope
Actor Shantel VanSanten remembers the moment when she decided that lung cancer would not define her or her family. Her grandmother Doris had passed away after being diagnosed with the disease, inspiring Shantel to become an advocate and fight in her Read More
'State of the Air': Most Polluted Cities, Then and Now
For 19 years, the American Lung Association's "State of the Air" report has tracked air quality across America, chronicling our nation's progress in making our air cleaner and healthier. Over the years, the report has celebrated the reduction of harm Read More
Your Aging Lungs
Your lungs are amazing and incredibly hard-working organs. But they are not immune to the passage of time. As you age, so do your lungs, and it's helpful to understand how your lungs change, what's natural, and what could be a signal that you nee Read More
Earth Day Checklist: 5 Ways You Can Help the Planet and Lung Health by Reducing Air Pollution
Thanks to safeguards put in place under the Clean Air Act over the last 49 years, our country has made progress in cleaning up and limiting harmful air pollution. But there's still much work to do before everyone has healthy air to breathe. Read More
Celebrating Volunteer Excellence: Dr. Amy Chuang
One of our Volunteer Excellence Award winners this year was Amy Chuang, M.D who has a special interest in asthma and how we position ourselves to work through cultural understanding, language and literacy barriers in order to serve all communities. Read More
Sarcoidosis Questions Answered
In early April of 2002, after working at both Ground Zero and the Staten Island Landfill in New York City, I started noticing the first symptoms of sarcoidosis. I began experiencing a lack of sleep, extreme tiredness, skins lesions, difficulty breath Read More
