In doing research for a story she was recently working on for CNN, Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen stumbled upon her own personal health information online.“There it was,” she says, “in black, white, and hypertext blue. My annual mammograms; the visits to the podiatrist for the splinter in my foot; the kind of birth control... Read more
It was Mary Pierce’s 40th birthday. As she stood in her kitchen that day, her phone rang. It was not a call from a friend to wish her well, but news from her doctor that would change her life. “I was right,” he said. You have this thing called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. It’s... Read more
Imagine traveling by air – spending several hundred dollars on your ticket, then being required to pay an additional fee of $100.00 on each leg of your flight to use something provided by the airline, by mandate – something you already own! Until now, this is what people using oxygen have faced when they fly. But things are about to... Read more
Taken from the story, A Winning Season Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning your Battle Over Shortness of Breath ©Copyright Jane M. Martin. Infinity Publishing, 2003
Jennifer Smith, a college student and award-winning tennis player who has asthma, shared her story at our annual asthma education event. Here is the... Read more
Taken from the story, A Winning Season Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning your Battle Over Shortness of Breath ©Copyright Jane M. Martin. Infinity Publishing, 2003
Read Part II of Jennifer Smith's Story Here
I invited Jennifer Smith, a college student and award-winning tennis player, to share her story at our... Read more
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