COPD Patients Benefit Through Partnership to Improve Access to Care
The Lung Health Foundation and Respiplus have come together to improve access to high-quality care for COPD patients across Canada. The partnership brings together the Respiplus membership of over 16,000 Canadian healthcare providers with the Lung Health Foundation’s broad network of healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers to end gaps in COPD care. To begin the […]
Canadians Urged to Stop Asking the Wrong Question About Lung Cancer
New campaign reveals ways that stigma slows progress against Canada’s #1 cancer killer Toronto, Ontario – September 30 – The Lung Health Foundation and Lung Cancer Canada have joined forces to highlight the hurtful and deadly effects of lung cancer stigma through Stop Asking the Wrong Question, a powerful new awareness campaign launched Canada-wide today. That […]
Answers to your top 3 COVID-19 immunity questions
The Lung Health Foundation is made up of some pretty incredible people who are working together (but apart!) to help Canadians breathe with ease. Today, we would like to introduce you to Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a member of our national Lung Health Advisory. Dr. Bowdish is McMaster University professor and a Canada Research Chair in Aging & […]
Good News Tuesday: Creative Canadians vs. COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is giving Canadians an unprecedented opportunity to be helpers (and heroes). This post highlights just a few of the stories that have inspired us lately.
The Patented Medicines Price Review Board Proposed Guidelines & the Threat to Treatments for Lung Disease Patients
Looming national changes to drug pricing guidelines may harm Canadian lung disease patient’s access to new and innovative treatments.
Lung Health Phone Support Group
This opportunity is ideal for people who do not have a support group in their community or who may be unable to attend an in-person meeting.
Aging Shouldn’t Take Your Breath Away
Two million of us live with it – and we estimate that it’s affecting one million more Canadians without their knowledge. What makes COPD the most common chronic illness that nobody’s talking about?
When Will Flu Vaccines Be Available?
Prior to 2020, the Lung Health Foundation operated as the Ontario Lung Association. Enjoy this content from our archives. The flu vaccine is typically available in mid-October, but a rare month-long delay in the World Health Organization’s northern hemisphere recommendations delayed the arrival of the vaccine across Canada. Public flu shot clinics are expected to […]
