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When Alcoholism Killed My Partner, The COVID Shutdown Helped Me Heal.

When Scott died earlier this year of alcoholic hepatitis, my daughter and I struggled with our grief. But ironically, it was the pandemic that gave us the space to start healing.
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Ask Ada: Should I Disclose My Depression On My Dating Profile?

Plus: how can I help my chronically ill child socialize with friends during the pandemic?
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Black, Disabled, and Protesting In America

Ulcerative colitis may be incurable, but the same is not true of racism. That's why I fight.
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I’m Afraid Of COVID-19. It’s Already Killing People Like Me.

As a person with severe asthma, coronavirus scares the hell out of me... not least because I have no control over the precautions other people are (or aren't) taking.
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A frustrated man scowls at his laptop in an office.

Ask Ada: IBS At The Office! How Can I Deal?

Plus: what to do when people at the office start triggering your asthma or allergies,
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An Ode To My Asthma Inhaler

How could I have spent so many years looking down on what just might be one of the greatest inventions ever?
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Woman wearing a blue beret and a paper air mask holds up a sign reading "Stop Pollution"

How Climate Change Is Hurting Our Health

More heart attacks. Worse asthma attacks. Year round allergies. And tropical diseases everywhere. That's just a taste of what climate change is doing to our health.
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No Breath To Spare

Jane Nelson's chronic breathing disorders might have required a dual lung transplant, but it hasn't stopped her from living her life.
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Breathing Free In The Most Asthmatic City On Earth

With some of the most polluted air on the planet, living with asthma in Mexico City requires equal parts diligence, determination, and technology.
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Art That Makes People Think: “This Is How I Feel.”

Medical student-turned-designer Josie Vallely uses collaborative visual art to tell the unheard stories of people with health conditions and to affect broader social change.
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In Search Of Lost Breaths

A lifelong struggle with asthma profoundly influenced the art of Marcel Proust, author of In Search Of Lost Time.
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