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 Jeannie Simms BA, AE-C | Dec 12, 2016 | Asthma, Education, Managing Lung Disease, Tips & Tricks
[Over the last couple of months, we have been outlining asthma management tips and strategies to help early learning practitioners better serve preschool-aged children. This blog is the second in the series. Click here to read the first, here to read the second and...
by Marianne Drevna | Nov 9, 2016 | COPD
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, commonly referred to as Alpha-1, is a genetic condition that can result in serious lung and/or liver disease at any age. People with Alpha-1 have received two abnormal alpha-1 antitrypsis genes, one from mom and one from dad. The...
by Marianne Drevna | Aug 3, 2016 | Asthma, COPD, Education, Managing Lung Disease, The Lungs, Tips & Tricks
Most people with chronic lung diseases know that extremes in temperature, meaning below freezing or above 90 degrees, can trigger exacerbations. Three factors can impact your ability to breathe in the summer—heat, sunlight and humidity. When it’s hot, your body...
by Carla Conrad | Jun 3, 2016 | Asthma
As outdoor spring cleanup begins, your neighbors are starting to clean up yard waste. Sometimes, a well-intending neighbor can become the bane of your existence when they burn their yard waste, triggering your lung disease. This time of year, Breathe Pennsylvania...
