Health Information

Information is presented on various health conditions, treatments and procedures with the goal of empowering patients to take an active role in managing their health with informed decisions about their care. This provides patients with knowledge, skills, and confidence to understand conditions and treatment plans that affect them.

The effort ultimately leads to positive experiences with healthcare providers, to improved health outcomes and a better quality of life.

Pulmonary Disease

Pulmonary conditions may be associated with a number of causes. Patients may be at a higher risk for pulmonary disease if they have been exposed to certain environmental toxins or pollution that can damage the lungs. However, pulmonary disease has also been linked to genetics and other unde...

Pulmonary Medicine

Pulmonary medicine, otherwise known as pulmonology or respiratory medicine, is a subspecialty of internal medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the lungs and respiration, or breathing. Pulmonary medicine encompasses the management of a wide variety of...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) consists of individualized treatment programs designed to improve the health of and enhance quality of life for patients with chronic respiratory problems. Because breathing difficulties almost always result in anxiety, PR focuses on providing both physi...

Respiratory Care

The focus of respiratory care is to provide relief to individuals suffering from chronic lung and airway diseases, as well as for those who have had a stroke, traumatic injury or heart attack that affected respiration. Respiratory care may take place in a hospital setting, a doctor's office ...

Shortness of Breath

Shortness of breath is a symptom with a great many possible causes. When patients experience shortness of breath, they feel as if they cannot take in enough air. This difficulty in breathing may be caused by myriad conditions, some relatively benign and some life-threatening. Serious card...