Tag: American Lung Association
Faster tumor diagnosis with robotic assistance
Dr. Andrew Foderaro has performed countless bronchoscopies over his career, but even he can find it tricky.
The procedure requires a doctor to maneuver a...
R.I. has one of the highest rates of new lung cancer...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has one of the highest rates of new lung cancer cases in the country, but also the best lung cancer...
Report: R.I. improves tobacco prevention efforts, but control programs still underfunded
PROVIDENCE – While Rhode Island has made progress to end tobacco use across the state, it still fails to adequately fund tobacco control programs...
Groov-Pin wellness programs unite employees, connect to community
PBN 2021 HEALTHIEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS
15-499 EMPLOYEES 1. Groov-Pin Corp.
CEO (or equivalent): Scot Jones
Number of employees: 85
Employees walking the grounds of Groov-Pin Corp. in Smithfield...
Fight for Air Climb Providence to be held virtually due to...
PROVIDENCE – The Fight for Air Climb Providence will be held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Lung Association announced.
The...
American Lung Association: R.I. needs to do more to control tobacco
PROVIDENCE – Even though Rhode Island has taken a step to curtail the sales of e-cigarettes in the state in 2019, the American Lung...
Five Questions With: Bora Youn
Bora Youn, a researcher who is working with professors from Brown University’s School of Public Health, recently received about $21,000 from the American Lung...
Brown researcher receives grant to study lung cancer treatment in elderly
PROVIDENCE – Brown University researcher Bora Youn has joined the American Lung Association’s research team for 2019-2020, the association announced Nov. 25.
Using an ALA...
Report: 3 R.I. counties fail on ozone report card
PROVIDENCE – The American Lung Association has issued Providence, Kent and Washington counties failing grades for high ozone, or smog, pollution in its 2019...
RIMI Radiologist Receives Award from American Lung Association
The American Lung Association has named Rhode Island Medical Imaging (RIMI) radiologist Dr. Terrance Healey the American Lung Association’s 2018 LUNG FORCE Advocate. Dr....
