Two doctors, half a dozen nurses, another Respiratory Therapist and myself were huddled around the patient’s bed. Unfortunately, despite our efforts, his condition was continuing...
Two doctors, half a dozen nurses, another Respiratory Therapist and myself were huddled around the patient’s bed. Unfortunately, despite our efforts, his condition was continuing...
We were sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a glass of red wine when I looked over to see my friend’s 5-year-old boy standing rigidly in the middle of the living room floor. His...
habit (hab’it), n. a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behaviour that is acquired through frequent repetition. unconscious (un kon’shus), adj. not perceived at the level of...
If you were to look at my lifestyle now, you would never believe the gluttony I lived in only ten years ago. I was addicted to sugar, drinking a six pack of pop daily. I also consumed...
When you are doing your best not to go shopping, trying to live off of the stores of food you have collected over the summer, it is surprising the joy that arises from finding a bag...
In the hospital, I have always recommended deep breathing and coughing as a technique to keep the lungs inflated and ward off pneumonia. I tell my patients “the antibiotic will kill...
As a Respiratory Therapist, I want to tell you the truth about smoking. It is bad for you. Ten years of working with end stage lung disease caused by smoking has proven that to...
What does it mean to be healthy? The answer is different for everyone, and depends on where you’re starting from. What chronic conditions already plague your body? Are they optimally...
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