Upon reading the title you might be thinking, “Well duh!” But not so. Actually there has been a lot of debate as to what exactly causes asthma and what makes it worse. Sure, there are statistics all over the place showing that people in urban, city areas, where cars, trucks, factories are located, are more [...]
The Breathmobile has a lot of events coming up during this May Asthma Awareness Month. Two big ones are coming up tomorrow: We will have a Breathmobile info table at the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition. Dr. Burns will be there, so make sure to stop by and take a look. Remember our posts and YouTube [...]
On March 30th 2011 Dr. Burns, the executive director of the Breathmobile, was awarded the Regional Hero award at the 15th Annual Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony. The event was in Berkeley. Dr. Anothony B. Iton presented the award to Dr. Burns (he is pictured) and Dr. Stephen M. Shortell, Dean of Dean of the School of [...]
The Northern California Breathmobile rolls into West Contra Costa County and Bayview Hunters Point Mike Tringale, the Vice President of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America said, “There is no such thing as an asthma-free city.” Although this statement seems simple and to the point, it actually points to a sad reality of [...]
We got some great testimonies from our very own Dr. Burns and officials from West Contra Costa County and Bayview Hunters Point. Check out our video and let us know what you think! Watch this video on YouTube. Please help our social media efforts by subscribing to our YouTube channel and making comments on the channel. [...]
BreatheEasy loves to inform its readers about interesting and important asthma studies, especially when it comes to studies that have to do with leading a healthy lifestyle. We are concerned about our population and want our children to develop healthy habits that they will pass on to their children. Although some people may think that having [...]
Its been one busy week for the Breathmobile! In addition to last night’s hugely successful health fair at Cornerstone’s Missionary Baptist Church in Bayview Hunters Point, we are going to be at the health fair at Oakland’s Lafayette Elementary today, right after our scheduled Lafayette student appointments end. We would love to see you there! Let us know if [...]
Our West Contra Costa County new-school visits continued with Lake Elementary today. It was our first ever visit in San Pablo, and the Breathmobile, along with the school officials, were very excited to get the day started. It took a LOT of phone calls and information-spreading to parents, to get us to this day. There are a LOT of kids with [...]
We came upon this 2010 article and thought it was important to share it with our BreatheEasy readers, especially because we are not just an asthma speciality bus, but also an allergy speciality bus, with allergy speciality services and doctors. We have spent many a Facebook, Twitter, and blog post explaining the importance of knowing [...]
Spanish speaking parents and children make up a large percentage of the patients we see. As a matter of fact, almost every parent we saw on our first day at Highland in Richmond was Spanish speaking. The areas in which the Breathmobile operates have large Latino populations, and data shows that Latino children show higher [...]
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