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.
'State of the Air': Most Polluted Cities, Then and Now
For 19 years, the American Lung Association's "State of the Air" report has tracked air quality across America, chronicling our nation's progress in making our air cleaner and healthier. Over the years, the report has celebrated the reduction of harm Read More
Your Aging Lungs
Your lungs are amazing and incredibly hard-working organs. But they are not immune to the passage of time. As you age, so do your lungs, and it's helpful to understand how your lungs change, what's natural, and what could be a signal that you nee Read More
Earth Day Checklist
Thanks to safeguards put in place under the Clean Air Act our country has made progress in cleaning up and limiting harmful air pollution. But there's still much work to do before everyone has healthy air to breathe. Read More
Celebrating Volunteer Excellence: Dr. Amy Chuang
One of our Volunteer Excellence Award winners this year was Amy Chuang, M.D who has a special interest in asthma and how we position ourselves to work through cultural understanding, language and literacy barriers in order to serve all communities. Read More
Sarcoidosis Questions Answered
In early April of 2002, after working at both Ground Zero and the Staten Island Landfill in New York City, I started noticing the first symptoms of sarcoidosis. I began experiencing a lack of sleep, extreme tiredness, skins lesions, difficulty breath Read More
EPA Proposes to Revoke Limit Oil & Gas Pollution Protections
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to revoke clean air protections that limit oil and gas pollution. As they continue to move forward with rollbacks that have damaging consequences for the health of all Americans, it raises t Read More
Why We Need Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Now More Than Ever
Hiking was the first activity that became hard for Jim Hartmann, who had led an active lifestyle traveling, hiking and canoeing. Next, it was climbing stairs at work. He continued struggling for years, thinking his breathlessness was a sign of aging. Read More
Advocacy Day 2018 - Uniting Together to Defeat Lung Cancer
When LUNG FORCE first issued the Women's Lung Health Barometer in 2014, we were startled to learn that only 1 percent of women listed lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of women, as a top-of-mind health concern. Read More
Scientists, Leaders and Mentors: Advancing Women's Careers in Clinical Research
When Anne Dixon, M.D., first started working with the American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) Network in 2001 as a junior investigator, she went to her first steering committee meeting with an idea for a study. Read More
Home Lighting Sources Can Lead to High Levels of Indoor Air Pollution in Rural Uganda
Dr. Peggy Lai learned a very valuable lesson when she began the preliminary work for her study on indoor air pollution in Uganda: listen to the research participants. Read More
