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Do HEPA Filters Help With Asthma Symptoms?
Learn how high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters can help improve your indoor air quality, prevent asthma symptoms, and help you breathe better. → Read More
The Unique Link Between Obesity and Asthma Risk
Asthma may be affected by obesity due to changes in respiratory muscles, research suggests. Learn how excess weight can change the progression of asthma. → Read More
Children and Secondhand Smoke Risks Decades After Exposure
Secondhand smoke exposure during childhood is linked to increase risk of death from COPD later-in-life. Learn about the risks of early exposure to smoke. → Read More
Women With Asthma at Risk for COPD: Reducing Overlap Syndrome
Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) may be more common in women with asthma. Learn about ways to reduce risks of developing COPD later in life. → Read More
How Do E-cigarettes Affect Heart-Health?
Heart health risks have been associated with e-cigarettes. Learn how vaping compares to smoking regular cigarettes in terms of cardiovascular health. → Read More
Is There A Link Between Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Dementia?
A study suggests that the consequences of sleep instability, daytime sleepiness, and dementia manifested by amyloid deposition, occur at the same time. → Read More
Dangers of Vaping: What You Need to Know
E-cigarettes, or vaporizers, are increasingly popular with young people. Learn about the dangers of vaping, including exposure to toxic metals and acute respiratory illness. → Read More
What Is Lucid Dreaming?
Some believe that if we can alter the contents of a dream, we can better address our fears. → Read More
Could Your Sleep Disorder Be Contributing to Infertility Issues?
Learn how sleep issues, including sleep apnea, may be linked to problems getting pregnant. → Read More
Questions Patients Ask Doctors About Severe Asthma
A pulmonologist addresses questions that many patients have about how to treat severe asthma regarding inhalers, pets, pregnancy, and more. → Read More
How Is Severe Asthma Diagnosed?
When diagnosing severe asthma, your doctor will examine your medical history, perform an exam, and conduct a series of tests. → Read More
Why Menthol Cigarettes Are More Dangerous
Many smokers believe that menthol cigarettes are safer. But research suggests that their health risks are even greater than regular cigarettes. → Read More
Inconsistent Sleep and Mental Health Risks
Waking up in the middle of the night, or pulling all-nighters frequently? Your mental health is suffering. → Read More
Lung Cancer: Cutting-Edge Technologies for Treatment
Early-stage lung cancer can often be treated with surgery, but there are now many treatment options available. Here's a look at the latest surgical procedures, radiation, and chemotherapies for lung c → Read More
Lung Cancer Treatment Options
Once lung cancer has been diagnosed, typed and classified, your doctor will help you decide the best way to treat it. Here's what you should know about the latest advancements in treatment, known as t → Read More
Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Classification
Learn more about the tests and procedures used to diagnose and classify lung cancer, if a tumor or nodule is discovered in the lungs. → Read More
Lung Cancer: Causes, Screening, and Diagnostics
The first in a four-part series on lung cancer. In this post: causes, screening, and diagnostics. → Read More
A Guide to Sleep Testing
This guide explains the different types of sleep tests, how they help with diagnosing sleep disorders, and which one you should take. → Read More
What Is Somatic Cough Syndrome?
When someone has persistent coughing symptoms without explanation, it’s called somatization which is different from another type of called malingering cough. → Read More
How Good Are Walk-in Health Clinics?
Many retail outlets, like chain pharmacies, now have walk-in health clinics to convince consumers that all of their needs can be handled at one location. → Read More