by Carla Conrad | Nov 10, 2021 | Asthma, COPD, The Lungs, Uncategorized
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...
by Carla Conrad | Apr 27, 2021 | COPD, The Lungs, Uncategorized
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...
by Marianne Drevna | Oct 30, 2020 | COPD, Uncategorized
By: Marianne Drevna, BS, LRCP If you have been diagnosed with COPD then you’re very familiar with just how much it can affect your everyday life. If you haven’t been diagnosed or don’t know someone who has then you may be wondering what you actually need to be AWARE...
by BPA-Admin | May 22, 2019 | COPD
Dr. Tiffany DuMont and the Breathe PA team Dr. DuMont is a pulmonologist with Allegheny Health Network and member of the Breathe Pennsylvania Board of Directors. As a pulmonologist, I get a lot of questions from patients. Here are some common questions I hear in the...
by Carla Conrad | Nov 30, 2018 | COPD
November is National COPD Awareness Month, and as the third leading cause of death in the United States – and the fourth worldwide – it’s the public health crisis that nobody is talking about. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a general term that is used...
by Marianne Drevna | Jul 30, 2018 | Asthma, COPD, Managing Lung Disease, The Lungs, Tips & Tricks
I wish I could say that having a chronic lung disease makes you exempt from cleaning your house, but alas, it does not. However, here are some tips that can help you prepare and maybe make it easier to accomplish. Use your controlling bronchodilator before you start....
