Indoor air quality influences respiratory health. One study found that being in buildings with mold or high humidity increased the risk of asthma and other respiratory symptoms. (1)Another study showed that adults living in social housing that is energy efficient are at higher risk for asthma. (2) Energy efficient building looks to reduce heat or […]
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Altra Service Professionals is proud to announce that they are certified to repair additional Respironics machines. Several of our technicians took part in a training to repair SimplyGo and SimplyFlo portable oxygen concentrators. As a Respironics Factory Authorized Service Center, Altra Service professionals have also completed Factory Authorized Service Training on EverFlo, EverGo, and Milennium oxygen concentrator, […]
People make New Year’s resolutions. If you didn’t make any for your health, it is not too late. Anytime is a good time to change your behavior for a healthier you. Our office staff ran in a 5K in December in an effort to get more exercise. It can be more fun to exercise with […]
This is the third post in a three post series to promote the health of people with sleep apnea. One of the top causes of car accidents is due to fatigue. It is estimated that 56,000 accidents a year are caused be fatigued drivers. (1) People with undiagnosed or untreated sleep apnea are at increased […]
This is the second of a three blog post series to promote the health of people who suffer from sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder affecting a person’s breathing. The gold-standard in treatment is the use of a CPAP or BPAP machine at night. The previous post in this series covered the reasons why sleep apnea […]
This is the first of a three blog post series to promote the health of people who suffer from sleep apnea. This first post will discuss the issue of patients’ adherence to sleep apnea therapy. The second in the series will focus on what can happen if sleep apnea patients do not adhere to prescribed […]
Research studies have found that having chronic bronchitis (CB) can increase the chance of death. (1) People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to become ill with CB, making it even more difficult to breathe. (2) (3) CB has been found in many research studies to worsen the symptoms of COPD quicker than in […]
As we get into the summer months, patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other respiratory diseases are at risk. Added complications of their disease and also possible death are more likely in extreme heat. On the news, we have heard about the increase of deaths during heat waves. But it is not only […]
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are often warned by doctors to stay indoors when there are high pollution or ozone levels. This is because these things in the air make it harder to breathe for anyone. Breathing polluted air can actually send patients with COPD to the emergency room! But what about other […]
A couple months ago, you may remember a post where we found a dead mouse in a CPAP machine. Our new experience this month is an oxygen concentrator that has been shot. That’s right, our repair technician found that a concentrator had a bullet hole. Upon opening the machine, he found what damage had been […]