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I’m sure you have that one person you work with, or maybe a family member or friend, that drenches themselves in some sort of fragrance. More often than not, it...

Sadly, yes, you can die from an asthma attack. Every day in America, 10 people die from asthma. Many of you reading this may have lost a friend or loved...

I have now been blogging since October of 2007. Since then, my first post every year has been about exercise, dieting, and/or getting in shape. After finishing last year’s post...

Sometimes writer's block leads to great experiments. Tonight, staring at a blank Evernote window after scrolling Google News for inspiration, I tweeted the following: Twitter, i’m trying to write a...

Back in 1985, I spent time in an asthma hospital. One day I attended a class about asthma. The attendees were me and about eight other teenage asthmatics. At one...

For those having a difficult time getting pregnant, there are several courses one can take to have children, all thanks to modern medicine. Apart from natural conception, one has the...

Are you wondering what the heck a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA, for short) even is? If so, I had the same thought first time I heard that term. Turns out...

I have been on a recent quest to wrap my head around lung immunity for a couple of reasons. I was so pleased to stumble upon an amazingly quick and...

I have written in the past more times than I can count about how asthma is not a “one-size-fits-all” disease. There are such a wide variety of symptoms and no...

Like all asthma, severe asthma isn't just one "thing." Just as asthma itself can be mild, moderate, severe, allergic, non-allergic, exercise-induced, not exercise-induced--the fancy term for the differences experienced between...

I watched the movie Wonder Woman 1984 with a friend. After watching it, my friend and I discussed it. I said it was nostalgic in a way, with the now...

Weight can be a touchy subject, but it can be an important thing to talk about, especially if you have a chronic condition like asthma. There have been several studies...

Those who have asthma can attest that triggers happen at any time of the day, but for many asthmatics, their respiratory condition can be especially challenging at night. Known as...

A few years ago, I wrote “10 Best Asthma Discoveries Of All Time.” Number six on that list was the creation of asthma guidelines. So, what are asthma guidelines? How...

When I was growing up, I was taught to avoid talking about politics and religion. Especially at family dinners. This past year has made that impossible - especially if you...

Sometimes life just feels turbulent--and our asthma journey can feel that way as well. In a recent sit down with my specialist, we looked at the plot/graph of my asthma...

The only houseplant I own is not even a plant, exactly. It’s a cactus, her name is Marge, because when I got her as a birthday present several years ago...

Sometimes, it feels like we are surrounded by technology. Apps, devices, trackers, and gadgets are everywhere! In this digital age, though, everyone has a different level of comfort using technology...

Here I am on what feels like the billionth day of quarantine. Unfortunately for me, even if COVID-19 weren't invading our lives so persistently, right now I think I’d still...

Nitrogen is one of the most abundant gases on the planet, and it can be used for both medical purposes and preserving food. However, in the past few years, liquid...