American Lung Association

New U.S. rules seek cleaner gasoline

2013-03-28 19:11:00

The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules today that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, people with knowledge of the...

Wedded: Colby Previti and John Celmer

2012-12-21 10:54:00

Wedding day: Dec. 1, 2012 Her story: Colby Previti, 26, grew up in Bowleys Quarters. She is a makeup artist. Her mom, Kim, is a hair stylist, and her father, Vincent, is retired from the Baltimore City Fire Department. His story: John Celmer, 26, grew...

Letter: Lung cancer awareness urged

2012-11-27 12:49:00

Editor: November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. This year, approximately 160,340 Americans are expected to die from lung cancer, accounting for 28 percent of all cancer deaths. That is why there is an entire month dedicated to this disease, raising...

Dr. Solbert Permutt, physiologist

2012-05-30 14:52:00

Dr. Solbert "Sol" Permutt, a retired physiologist and teacher who helped expand the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, died of esophageal cancer May 23 at Roland Park Place. The longtime Mount...

A new dress, and set of lungs, for prom

2012-04-26 16:18:00

For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue. The 18-year-old from Martinsburg, W.Va., will go to her senior prom Saturday night in a red-and-black...

Rolling into summer

2012-05-24 11:31:20

This weekend marks the beginning of summer vacation season for many Marylanders. From graduating students to young families, singles and seniors, the preferred place to be over Memorial Day weekend is generally Ocean City or the nearby Delaware beaches....

Grand Prix aims to be green, but challenges remain

2011-09-01 18:04:00

When race fans roll into town for the Baltimore Grand Prix this weekend, they can expect to find the Inner Harbor course lined with more than 1,200 recycling bins, and their drinks will be served in cups made of biodegradable corn instead of plastic. The...

Breathing uneasily: Obama retreats on tightening smog standards

2011-09-07 11:48:00

In a decision that outraged public health experts and environmentalists Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he had directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to do anything further to lower smog in the air until 2013 — after...

Dirty trucks in port targeted

2011-07-17 18:33:00

With more than a million miles on the road, Armand�Patella's 19-year-old Ford 9000 truck has seen better days. But he's hung onto it, because new trucks aren't cheap. Patella, the head of Picorp trucking service on East Lombard Street, still uses the...

Imogene B. Johnston

2011-11-05 17:02:00

Imogene B. Johnston, long active in Harford County Republican Party politics and a community activist, died Oct. 26 at Senator Bob Hooper Hospice in Forest Hill of complications from a fall. She was 89. A daughter of a coal-mine supervisor and a...

Smoking programs not keeping pace

2012-01-18 23:00:00

�Most states, including Maryland, are not doing enough to protect the public from tobacco or prevent related disease, according to the latest assessment from the American Lung Associationdue out today. In its 10th annual State of Tobacco Control Report...

Acid reflux drugs don't help asthma in children

2012-01-25 08:00:00

A new study has found that acid reflux medicine used to treat asthma in children isn't effective. Physicians�often prescribe the acid reflux drug lansoprazole in addition to standard inhaled steroid�drugs to�children who have asthma. The number of...

Larry Sims, left, Juliane Schmitt, Steve Roth and Heather Hurley at the 2011 "Delray Bash." This year's event will take place on Oct. 6 at Old School Square located in downtown Delray Beach.

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Travel+Leisure: "Houston also made the American Lung Association's top 10 for the worst ozones in the nation."

2012-09-20 00:00:00

In an effort to bring awareness to the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) community about the dangers of tobacco use and secondhand smoke, 25 volunteers recently cleaned up cigarette butts.

2012-07-31 09:44:00