Set Your Goals and Make It a Great Year! If you haven’t thought about goals to accomplish in 2017, we have a few sugges- tions to make it a great year! In case you hadn’t heard smoking cigarettes causes lung disease, please stop. No excuses, just Review all the medications your phy- sicians have ordered…
The Ryan Report Home Oxygen Guru – The HO2G Pen Welcome to 2017! I hope the holidays treated you all well. This issue we will touch on a couple products I’ve been asked about recently, one new and one old: the new Inogen® One G4 portable concentrator and the old- but-still-available Oxymizer cannula. Let’s start…
Nutrition News A recent study in the journal Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry suggests that supplementing nitrate in the diets of those with COPD may increase their exercise capacity while reducing blood pressure. Beets are rich in the natural chemicals called nitrates. Through a chain reaction, your body changes nitrates into nitric oxide, which helps…
Computing the Cost of Electricity Used by Concentrator 1.Click at the label on your concentrator or other medical device that you are using. It states the number of volts and amps the concentrator uses. If not found on the concentrator, look for it in the manual or ask your oxygen provider. 2.An example, we will…
Tax Deductions for Medical and Oxygen Expenses You may take a portion of the medical expenses that you have paid for last year as tax deductions. First determine whether the allowable expenses you paid during the year (home mortgage interest, property and state income taxes, charitable donations, etc.) exceed the standard deduction for your…
Smoking News E-cigarette use among young people is a major health concern, according to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General. E-cigarettes went from being rare in 2010 to being the most common tobacco product used by our nation’s youth. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, e-cigarette use among high school…
Flu Activity is High and Widespread in the United States The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has warned that flu activity is becoming more widespread across the United States, with Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana reporting the high- est rates of infection. The subtype “H3N2 Influenza A” is accounting for the majority (93.5…
Calling Dr. Bauer … Having recently turned 65, I just received an automated letter from my doctor’s office telling me that I should come in for my pneumococcal vaccine (the “pneumonia shot”). I thought that would be a good opportunity for me to keep you all updated on current vaccine recommendations. Most important of the…
Editor’s Note Our newborn granddaugh Evelyn Marie Prentice is he Our prayers were when she was born healthy and beautiful to my daughter Adrienne and son-in-law Jackson. Happy days await us all and we can’t be more thankful. Starting a new relationship is exciting in itself. The relationship doesn’t have to be with a person.…
Thunderstorms Can Trigger Asthma Flare-ups Ruth H. from Rochester, NY, tells us she has asthma and wanted to warn people of the danger of thunderstorms! While rain can ease asthma symptoms by washing pollen out of the air, more violent thunderstorms can produce larger raindrops that actually make the pollen explode. These exploding particles are…