asthma

Asthma affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide and about half of all asthmatics suffer from allergic asthma. A new drug for sufferers of allergic asthma is showing early signs of success in testing.

This heat has been brutal.  Temperatures within a hair of 100 degrees and heat indexes of over 100. With much higher humidity and pollution levels it's hard on everybody and is expected to be even a greater threat to sensitive groups of people.  So, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has declared today an Air Quality Action Day.

WZZM 13's news partner, the  Grand Rapids Business Journal, has an article about a cool new way to make sure your kids are taking their meds. Today, in the age of social media,  when it comes to effective reminders - critically important reminders - there may be no better way to remind a kid than via that kid's smart phone...

Thanks to all who have wished me well and improved health as I struggle thru my usual breathing issues.  All I can say is thank you to Spectrum Health for rushing me into treatment early Wednesday morning.      A lot of it has to do with being 100 percent compliant with my asthma meds...

For those who listening to Andy and me each morning on WTRV, you probably know I have a lingering case of laryngitis.  Coaching two hockey teams gives my voice a workout.  Thankfully, I work for a very  understanding company that values volunteerism...