Health Insight
Lung Health 2024
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Ready to Quit Smoking? Take the 30-Day No Smoke November Challenge
Take the No Smoke November Challenge and commit to a smoke-free 30 days with support from NICORETTE®. We’ve come a long way since the 1960s, when roughly 50 percent of Canadians smoked — and yet smoking remains the leading preventable cause of illness and death in Canada.i “The latest Canadian Community Health Survey shows that...
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Providing Hope to Lung Cancer Patients with the ALK Subtype
Perceived as a smoker’s disease, lung cancer is increasing among non-smokers with a specific gene mutation. New targeted therapies are improving outcomes. In early 2019, Gerald Green, 58, of Stellarton, N.S., visited his doctor for a cough that wouldn’t go away. Suspecting pneumonia, his doctor ordered a chest X-ray. However, the results revealed something quite...
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Choosing a Smoke Free Life
The will to quit: sharing one personal quitting journey to inspire others with similar goals. Those who’ve gone through it are the first to say that quitting smoking is difficult. However, with the right tools and a good dose of motivation, anything is possible. Caroline Bonin is well aware of this, having taken on the...
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Using a Puffer? You May Need a Spacer
If you’re familiar with the experience of wheezing, chest tightness, or shortness of breath, you’re not alone. According to the Lung Health Foundation (LHF), there are over 4.6 million people living with asthma in Canada. “Every year an estimated 250 Canadians lose their lives to the disease,” says Lung Health Foundation President and CEO Jessica...
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Protecting yourself and your community from this year’s seasonal illness ‘tripledemic’
As respiratory virus season approaches, it is essential we keep the ‘tripledemic’ at bay by getting immunized against influenza, RSV and COVID-19. Each of these vaccines plays a vital part in preventing severe respiratory illnesses, especially among vulnerable populations. To be sure a product is right for you, always remember to read and follow the...
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Your Easy Guide to Keeping Your Vaccinations Against Respiratory Infections Up to Date
Getting your recommended vaccines — including for COVID-19, flu, pneumonia, and RSV — is an important part of safeguarding your health this season. It’s respiratory infection season, and you have every intention of getting the vaccinations you need to keep you safe. But, between updated COVID-19 vaccines, flu shots, the pneumonia vaccine, and now a...
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Live Long and Prosper – Remembering Leonard Nimoy and Raising Awareness for COPD
Leonard Nimoy’s role as Spock in the hit series Star Trek is known globally, but many are unaware of his battle with lung disease and the story he wished to tell before his passing in 2015. Mediaplanet spoke with Nimoy’s son-in-law David Knight, about how his advocacy journey started and why it was important to...
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Ways That a Respiratory Therapist Can Help Patients Manage Breathing
Seeking support and expertise from an RRT helps those with respiratory illnesses to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. Canada’s in the middle of respiratory disease season. While many people can get through an illness without seeking medical attention, some become seriously ill and require significant levels of care. Registered respiratory therapists (RRTs) can play an integral...
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The Important role of Certified Respiratory Educators
John was first diagnosed with asthma as a child and had struggled for many years to keep his asthma under control. Two or three times a year, he would end up in a hospital emergency room, struggling to breathe and being sent home with prednisone, a steroid drug that is very effective in treating severe...