Health

Managing Your Asthma When You Have a Cold

No one can guard against sickness 24/7. Eventually, everyone gets hit with a cold or flu and they have to deal with the side effects. Unfortunately, individuals with asthma have twice the side effects and twice the risk. Someone who already has trouble breathing often fears for the day they catch a cold. But there […]

Is That Cough a Sign of COPD?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, isn’t a single disease with a single set of symptoms. COPD is, according to the COPD Foundation, a name that broadly describes several progressive lung diseases, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and refractory (non-reversible) asthma. People with COPD generally have more than one of these diseases at the same time. […]

Tips for Managing Your COPD In the Workplace

COPD can strike any individual at any age — which is why living with this incurable condition can be such a burden. If you’re still years away from retirement, getting diagnosed with COPD seriously impacts your life. However, you can’t stop working; you still have bills to pay and responsibilities to meet. Working with COPD, […]