Letter from the Editor

Our Summer issue of EVERYTHING RESPIRATORY focuses on clean air, sleep, and travel.

The extremes of weather and temperature that we are experiencing this summer reinforce the importance of clean air for the health and well-being of everyone on our planet. We must act NOW to save the earth’s atmosphere.

Dr. Lee-Chiong of National Jewish Medical Center, author of the definitive text on sleep disorders, has provided ER with a comprehensive overview of the subject. This article is complemented by an in-depth look at Positive Constant Air Pressure (CPAP) by The American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and then Ron Luehrs takes us through his adventures finding the proper sleep breathing system.

Ilene Steinkruger, Jon Tiger, Keen Jorgensen, and Maryanne Hinderlider share their experiences traveling with oxygen on land, sea, and in the air.

EVERYTHING RESPIRATORY wants to hear from YOU, our readers. We want to publish your stories and personal experiences with breathing problems as both patients and caregivers. Please send them by email to emfiore@er-mag.com.

Editor-In-Chief

Holly Lockwood – Publisher
Edna Fiore – Editor-In-Chief
Ann Culley – Copy Editor
Michael Davies – Admin/Circulation
Merge 2 Media – Web & Graphic Design
Mark Mangus – Respiratory Care Advisor
Lee Vogel – COPD Poet Laureate

Contributors:
Keene Jorgensen, John Kirtley, Ron Luehrs, Teresa Geiger, Len Geiger, Stacey Simms, Peter Mann, Alison Davies, Mark Mangus, Maryanne Hinderlider, Teofilo Lee-Chiong, M.D., Ron Luehrs, Kendra Dockery, Jon Tiger, Shirley Nilsen, Thomas L. Petty M.D., Tom Hurd

Table of Contents

COPD
Indoor Air Quality and COPD
Colorado COPD Coalition
Alpha-1 Patients Story
Living Well with COPD

TRAVEL
Up, Up and Away: Hooray
“All Aboard” Riding the Rails
Cruising on Oxygen
Taking Off With Oxygen

ASTHMA
On Vacation with Allergies and Asthma

ALLERGIES
Gardening with Allergies

LEGISLATION
View From the Hill

INTERNATIONAL
Severe COPD (John Kirtley’s Story)

SLEEP DISORDERS
The ZZZZZZZ’S Have It
CPAP Unmasked
Sleep Odyssey

RARE LUNG DISEASE
Mike Nichols Fund of Hope
Hope on the Horizon – Pulmonary Fibrosis

NUTRITION/EXERCISE
Yoga: A Practice for All Seasons
Nutrition in COPD (Dr. Petty)

SPECIAL INTEREST
Time to Clear the Air
Ozone and Your Lung Health
AIRNow
Radon
Clearing the Air
Cleaning Tips

PERSONAL INTEREST
Respiratory Hero – John Walsh
ER Mail Box
Youth Corner – (Chad Nilsen)
Alpha-1/COPD Education Days
Healthy Lung Events
Product Reviews
Book Nook

What Readers can look forward to... FALL 2007

Editorial — Online Support Groups
November COPD Awareness Month
U. S. COPD Coalition
Crapo Brothers
NHBLI COPD Awareness Program
Pulmonary Hypertension – Ellen Bickel
Autumn Get-aways
Air Quality Tools For Schools
Yoga Part IV
Minnesota ALA Cruise – Donna
COPD Internet Support & Blogs
Alternative Medicines