WTEN: Breastfeeding and Asthma
#SPHP’s Stephanie Avienu, lactation consultant, sits down with WTEN’s Christina Arangio to discuss the benefits of extended breastfeeding and how it may help prevent asthma in children. […]
#SPHP’s Stephanie Avienu, lactation consultant, sits down with WTEN’s Christina Arangio to discuss the benefits of extended breastfeeding and how it may help prevent asthma in children. […]
Start a new tradition at your family gatherings this holiday season – ask questions and take notes about your family’s medical history. […]
Harold Sokol, M.D., Pulmonary and Critical Care Services, discusses lung health and sleep medicine during an appearance on WAMC’s Medical Monday. […]
Thaofiq Ijaiya, M.D., has joined Pulmonary & Critical Care Services, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. Board-certified in pulmonary medicine, Dr. Ijaiya practices pulmonary and critical care medicine. […]
Aschley Perez, MSN, FNP, has joined Pulmonary and Critical Care Services, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. A family nurse practitioner, Perez practices pulmonary and critical care. […]
Families have been sheltering-in-place all across the country in response to the COVID pandemic, doing their best to reduce their exposure and maintain social distancing. With more time spent at home, be mindful of those hazards of which you might not be aware. […]
Is it allergies or could your breathing troubles be symptoms of COVID-19? Brandi Ewing, director of respiratory services at St. Peter’s Health Partners, spoke to Spectrum News about how to tell the difference between asthma and COVID-19. […]
Spectrum News interviewed Brandi Ewing, director of respiratory services at St. Peter’s Health Partners, for its story on asthma ‘peak week,’ a time in late September that is particularly severe for asthma and allergy sufferers. […]
Understanding how to correctly use the asthma inhaler delivering your medication, so you receive the full benefit, is critical. Here’s a refresher. […]
[This piece was written by Kathy Ristau, RRT, RPFT, AE-C with St. Peter’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Wellness Program.] We all love the thought of spring with the magnolia trees blooming, the smell of grass growing and the sound of bees buzzing. That is, until our first “Aaaachoooo” – the telltale sign that allergy season is upon us. Surely, we can have allergies all year long. But, traditionally, it’s spring that brings out the worst symptoms in the asthmatic. As of 2016, there were 96,173 asthmatics in the Capital Region with 47,400 of them living in Albany and Rensselaer counties. Additionally, 2016 saw 500 hospitalizations and nine deaths in these two counties related to asthma. With May being National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to increase your knowledge about asthma and how best to self-manage the disease. Because an asthmatic’s lungs react to a trigger, the removal or avoidance of the trigger will limit the reaction or perhaps prevent it from happening. And, if a reaction does occur, certain medications can […]
© 2024 St. Peter's Health Partners. All rights reserved.
315 S. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208, 518-525-1111