Asthma Beyond High School… A Blueprint For Transition
Your last year of high school is probably a mixture of joy, anticipation, and even a little anxiety for both your parents/caregiver and you. By the end of this final school year, you will have been supported for twelve years, to some degree, on how to manage your...
Snoring: Are You Running From A Bear In Your Sleep?
Chiarina Iregui, DDS, Diplomate-American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine What would happen to your body if you encountered a bear in the middle of the woods? Your heart rate would rise, your stress hormones would increase, and your body would go into fight or flight...
Nut-Free Schools “To-Do or Not-to-Do”
During one of Breathe PA’s School Nurse Trainings, Strategies to Address Allergies’ Impact on Students with Asthma,” a nurse asked the group for their experience, insights, or thoughts on schools going “nut-free.” The discussion began with these questions: Is it...
Kickoff 2022 with Kicking the Habit… For FREE
As we start every “new year” we often have high expectations for a “new me.” In these moments we focus on long term goals when maybe the focus should turn to short term goals and lots of planning. Smoking cessation is hard work and beyond that a daunting task that can...
World Pneumonia Day
World Pneumonia Day is commemorated every year on November 12th to raise awareness of pneumonia, an infectious lung disease. According to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), “Pneumonia is the single biggest infectious killer of adults and children – claiming the...
Vaping, A Teen’s Perspective
Vaping is considered a nationwide epidemic, especially among high school and middle school students. To help combat this epidemic, school districts have started to include anti-vaping messages during school wide anti-drug assemblies. In hopes of shedding light on the...
Vacation… Rest, Relaxation, Asthma and Allergies: Certified Pure®
Jessica Schuman RN BSN AE-C Did you ever notice that as soon as the holidays are over the commercials automatically want you to shift your priorities to booking a vacation? They get me every time; Cancun, Atlantis resort...Disney world. I often get so busy booking and...
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune* neuromuscular** disorder characterized by muscle weakness or muscle fatigue that is caused by a breakdown in the communication between the nerves and muscles. MG can occur at any age but is most commonly found in woman...
Breathe Pennsylvania’s Certified Asthma Educators Top 2 Questions Answered About Children With Asthma
Is It Possible To Reduce The Number Of Asthma Attacks My Child Has? Yes, you can start by creating a partnership of care for children with asthma. Asthma Team members can include the following: you and your child, the asthma/allergy doctor, pharmacist, school nurse,...
New Triple Therapy Treatment Approved for COPD
COPD Triple Therapy Treatment There are many inhalers available today for the treatment of COPD and if you are using two inhalers or more daily to control your symptoms and help prevent exacerbations then this might be good news. While Trelegy has been around for a...