Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
What’s Causing this Severe Winter?
What’s up with this crazy winter weather? The culprit, according to scientists, is climate change. But how can climate change, usually associated with warming temperatures, cause a winter like this? Read More
The Many Ways a CT Scan Can Save Your Life
“I would have never known, there is no other test that would have identified the problem. It saved my life, so I think it is so important to spread the word. If you’re eligible, get a CT scan for lung cancer.” Read More
“Why We Climb, and You Should Too”
Three Fight For Air Climb devoted participants explain they love the event, and keep coming back. Read More
The Importance of Accurate Lung Cancer Staging
Before a patient’s lung cancer treatment begins, clinicians need to determine how to categorize the cancer. Read More
What is Blastomycosis (Gilchrist’s disease)?
This rare fungal disease is becoming more common. Here is what you need to know. Read More
Five Things to Know about Whooping Cough
Since then, pertussis has again become increasingly common due to varied factors including improved diagnostic tests, more spread of the bacteria that causes pertussis, and waning immunity from current vaccines. Read More
Investing in Tomorrow: Meet Three Rising Stars in Lung Research
This year, 129 projects were funded through the Lung Association Research Institute. Let’s take a look at the work of three promising researchers we funded. Read More
How Altitude Sickness Affects Your Lungs
Altitude illness happens when your body struggles to adjust to lower oxygen levels which happen as you climb higher into the atmosphere. Read More
Do I Need (Supplemental) Oxygen?
Being prescribed oxygen can be overwhelming. We met with Dr. Rijive Tandon, pulmonologist at Ascension Medical Group in Chicago, to answer some of the most common questions people have about supplemental oxygen. Read More
Mission Moment January 2024
American Lung Association Celebrates 120 Years of Impact. Read More
