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My Experience With Lung Cancer – Epilogue
[See previous posts – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6] On March 17, 2016, 26 months after receiving her diagnosis of lung cancer, Dr. Terry-Nan Tannenbaum passed away. The courage with...
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Important Tax Changes for Planned Gifts
Up until January 1, 2016 trusts created in your will, called testamentary trusts, had a distinct advantage as earnings in the trust were taxed at graduated rates. A graduated tax rate is how an...
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Season’s Sneezings : April showers bring May flowers
For most people, spring time is a time of the year when we shed winter coats and breathe in the long-forgotten smells of budding flowers and trees. But almost a quarter of Canadians suffers from...
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Lung Association of Saskatchewan Lifetime Achievement Award – 2016
Ms. Pat Smith (right), Chair of the Lung Association of Saskatchewan volunteer board, presents the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Darcy Marciniuk at the Respirology State of the Art Conference,...
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Quitting Smoking – We are here to help!
Today marks the start of National Non-Smoking Week. This event was established in 1977 by The Canadian Council for Tobacco Control. However, The Lung Association likes to think of everyday as a great...
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Eight Years Tobacco-Free and Counting. Honouring a loved one by honouring...
Kristie’s Breathe Story While I was in high school and in my early 20’s, I lived a very unhealthy lifestyle. I ate anything I wanted, rarely exercised and smoked a half a pack a day for 15 years....
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A man of his word: Smoke Free Grad 2000
Curtis signed a contract in grade one, decades later, he has never broke his promise. There were a lot of exciting events happening in 1989. The Swift Current Broncos won the Memorial Cup in...
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Dr. Veronica Marcoux, Asthma Camper → Lung Doctor
As a child, you attended The Lung Association asthma camp. Tell us what camp was like for you and your experience with asthma. I really enjoyed the time that I spent at the asthma camp! It was a great...
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Meet the Lung Health Expert: Dr. Darryl Adamko
Dr. Darryl Adamko is one of two Saskatchewan-based pediatric respirologists (children’s lung doctors) – with a special connection to The Lung Association. As a medical student, Dr. Adamko helped look...
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ALS Disease Clinic: The Need for Respiratory Care
Monitoring and supporting respiratory function is a critical aspect of ALS care. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), is a progressive nervous system (neurological) disease that destroys nerve cells...
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