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Have you heard of the Patients Included charter and designation for conferences? Patients Included is a minimum standard for conferences of what should be done to ensure patients are able...

An asthma flare-up is no joke. It takes A LOT out of anyone. When we are struggling to breathe, every inch of our bodies go into overdrive. We literally feel...

Have you ever wondered if just learning to "breathe better" might help with your asthma?  Or if it might at least be an alternative to prescription medications? If so, you're...

I was first introduced to theophylline in 1976. My memory of it was a horrible tasting pink syrup. Mom stored it in the bathroom medicine cabinet. We ventured in their...

I recently spotted a post asking if the "stigma of asthma" still exists, as it did during the poster's childhood in the 50s and 60s. So, I thought it might...

We decided to ask our advocates a series of questions we found popular amongst our community members. One question, in particular, is the question surrounding fatigue. See how our team...

Halfway to the south end of the city, I did a habitual check for an inhaler. Jeans = fake pockets. Hoodie = shallow pockets. I felt the outside of the...

Of the conferences I have been to with Patients Included designation for conferences, there are some that have stood out above others for their true commitment to including patients in...

If you have asthma, it's important to recognize that it could kill you. This is true whether you have mild intermittent asthma like me or severe, poorly-controlled asthma. In fact...

Two years ago I wrote a post titled, “Things not to say to someone with asthma.” That post was well received by this community. Many of you commented. You shared...

In the Loews hotel lobby in Philadelphia, I had a realization. I was surrounded by five other health advocates and a bunch of other random people. The problem with realizations...

Let’s be honest here: having asthma can be stressful. There’s that whole not being able to breathe right thing, which is stressful enough, but then there are the triggers, being...

Life doesn't always go as planned. Especially when you have asthma. Or kids with asthma. As a mom to 3 grown children with asthma (who were hospitalized 12 times when...

We often talk about allergies and asthma in the same breath, but the truth is, they're not always connected. Still, about 60% of the 25 million people in the U.S...

In mid-March I was in Orlando with my parents. We somehow got a hotel room on the seventeenth floor which was lodged between the elevator and the laundry room on...

As asthmatics, we have a lot to keep track of. Our symptoms, flare-ups, triggers, peak flows, medications, rescue inhaler usage and the list goes on and on. I am a...

I don’t have allergic asthma. I have been tested for everything under the sun multiple times. Yet I still have severe asthma. My triggers tend to be more along the...

I’m writing this as I sit in the hospital with Family Member. We got a call that Family Member was not doing well and was in the Emergency Department. So...

So, it’s neat to see all the places people keep their inhalers when they’re out and about. As a guy, I usually keep mine in my work bag or my...

A lot of times people get confused when differentiating between signs and symptoms. There is a difference and I wanted to take some time to explain the difference and how...