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Before the Blaze: 5 Wildfire Preparation Tips from the Lung Health Foundation

Wildfire season is just getting started. Are you taking steps to protect your lung health?

To help our coast-to-coast community prepare, the Lung Health Foundation has created this simple preparation checklist. It will be of special interest to people who live near typical fire zones – but remember, the effects of wildfire smoke can often travel thousands of kilometers away.

Say “Yes” Again: How You Can Help Canadians Living with Asthma Enjoy More of Life

Asthma doesn’t just affect the lungs—it affects moments, memories, and confidence.

For many of the 4.6 million Canadians living with asthma, it’s not just about managing symptoms. It’s about navigating daily life with caution. It’s about hesitating before saying yes to that hike, yes to that dance, or even yes to walking to school on a chilly morning.

New Treatment Option Moving Towards Reimbursement for Adults with Operable Early-Stage NSCLC

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is one step closer to being funded via Canada’s various provincial drug plans for the treatment of adults with operable stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (T3 to 4N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to be used with chemotherapy before surgery to shrink the cancer and then used on its own after surgery to help keep the cancer from coming back, if certain conditions are met.

Pfizer Canada and partners announce quality improvement grant recipients for Canada’s most prevalent cancers

This World Cancer Day, Pfizer Canada ULC, together with Rethink Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer Canada, Lung Health Foundation, Lung Cancer Canada, and the Quebec Lung Association, is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of a series of grants to help advance oncology care and innovation in Canada. The competitive grants are awarded for proposals that aim to improve the quality of cancer care for Canadians living with metastatic cancer such as non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer.