In general, people operate as if we are at the mercy of weather and environmental factors; that these factors have little if any consequential impact on our health, wellness, and comfort; and, that we don’t have the capacity to prevent the negative health outcomes associated with their causal effects. This is not true, but we’veContinue reading “Respiratory Attacks, the Weather, and the Environment”
Monthly Archives: May 2020
A Mission Uncovered, A Passion Discovered: Preventing Asthma Tragedies
DailyBreath was an aspirational business idea generated by a lightbulb moment when my sister, suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), said to me, casually, “Eric, you should develop a mobile app that would inform me of when my RA is going to flare-up based on weather changes.” From this inspirational moment, I researched the impact ofContinue reading “A Mission Uncovered, A Passion Discovered: Preventing Asthma Tragedies”
Preventable Tragedies: It’s Time to Tackle Needless Suffering
In my daily review of Google search findings under allergy and asthma over the last several years, in July 2017, I came across a story about a tragedy that was the result of an asthma attack. A young girl, 15, on vacation with her family, suffered a severe attack after a fun day at an amusementContinue reading “Preventable Tragedies: It’s Time to Tackle Needless Suffering”