Knowledge: asthma
See Also:
- health → conditions and diseases → allergies
- health → conditions and diseases → chronic illness
- health → medicine → medical specialties → pulmonary medicine
Links
- Healthy Life Network
http://www.myasthma.com/ - Membership offers a personal medical record and diary, plus access to a forum and chat rooms.
- Asthma Resource Center
http://www.lung.ca/asthma/ - General information, plus details of asthma camps.
- Breath of Life
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/breath/breathhome.html - An exhibition examining the history of asthma, personal experiences, and treatments.
- About.com: Asthma
http://asthma.about.com/ - Includes articles, links and a forum.
- RXinsider
http://rxinsider.com/monographs/asthma.htm - Basic handout for patients.
- HouseDustMite.org
http://www.housedustmite.org/ - Animations, research and questions.
- Surgery Door Medical Conditions
http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/medical_conditions/Indices/A/asthma.htm - Offers detailed information about Asthma.
- Suite 101: Asthma
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/asthma - Archived information for people with asthma and parents of children with this disease.
- eMedicine: Asthma
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic177.htm - Article covering clinical information, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes prescribing information.
- Principal Health News
http://www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/allergyasthmacenter - Offers news and general information, including symptoms, treatment and management.
- Medscape: Asthma Resource Center
http://www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/resourcecenters/public/asthma/rc-asthma.ov - Includes news, conference summaries, practice guidelines, abstracts, links to government and professional web sites, and consumer information.
- Pregnancy & Asthma.
http://www.pregnancyandasthma.com/ - Articles and webcasts about treating symptoms during pregnancy and the medications that can be used.
- Living Well with Asthma
http://www.asthma.ca/adults/ - Offers general information about the condition, symptoms and treatments. Includes expert answered questions and a message board.
- Medinfo: Asthma
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/asthma.html - Information on symptons, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
- Asthma
http://asthma.upmc.com - Information from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, including diagnosis, treatment and some Frequently Asked Questions.
- Asthma News in the UK and Ireland
http://www.asthma-uk.co.uk - Information about this condition from a UK perspective. Includes news articles, statistics and complemtary therapies.
- Asthma Cure
http://www.asthmacure.com - Information about many aspects of this disease, including triggers, therapy and medications. Discussion boards, asthma tracking and online consultation available for members. [Free membership]
- A Focus on Asthma
http://www.medicinenet.com/asthma/focus.htm - Includes articles, news, drug information, and a message board.
- Asthma Tutorial
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~smb4v/tutorials/asthma/ - Multimedia article written for children, describing causes, symptoms and treatments.
- Asthma
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/asthma/asthma.htm - A chapter from the Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project, discussing the condition and its treatment.
- alt.support.asthma FAQ
http://www.radix.net/~mwg/asthma-gen.html - General information FAQ for the newsgroup, inclusding diagnosis and treatment.
- National Asthma Campaign
http://www.asthma.org.uk/ - Includes general information, a personal plan, and message board. Offers sections for Health Professionals and Researchers.
- Chemical Sensitivity, Asthma and Allergy
http://www.tilia.se - Research site concerning airway hyperreactivity. Includes abstracts, and information to download. [.pdf format]
- Asthma Information
http://www.clearbreathing.com/ - Offers information on diagnosis, risk factors and treatment. Includes sections for teens, adults and parents.
- The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
http://www.asthmanz.co.nz/ - Offers news, research, and general information, downloadable management plans, and a section for health professionals. Also includes links to other societies.
- Asthma Condition Center
http://www.savonasthma.com/ - Provides links offering information on the condition and its treatment.
- Asthma Care Guide
http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=54&requesttimeout=60 - Series of articles looking at diagnosis, triggers, and treatment. Includes handouts and personal atories.
- WebMD, Inc.
http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/condition_centers/asthma/default.htm - Includes articles, medication information, news and message boards.
- To Breathe, asthma in children and adolescents
http://www.tobreathe.org - Resource center for both health professionals, and the public, including articles and news. [In English and Spanish]
- eMedicine Health - Asthma
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8655-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of asthma and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
- eMedicine Health - Asthma FAQs
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/43626-1.asp - Consumer health resource providing a list of answers to commonly asked asthma questions.
- eMedicine Health: Asthma in Pregnancy
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/43668-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing information catered to pregnant asthmatics.
- eMedicine Health: Asthma in School Children
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/43843-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing general asthma information. Contains an education slideshow for asthmatic children.
- Exercise-Induced Asthma
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8677-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing information on exercise for asthmatics. From eMedicine Health.
- Occupational Asthma
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8699-1.asp - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. From eMedicine Health.
- Asthma Learning Center
http://asthma.nationaljewish.org - This complete asthma resource for children and adults includes information about asthma symptoms, triggers, treatment, medications and how to manage asthma. From National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
- Yahoo! Health - Asthma Health Center
http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/asthma/ - Find information on triggers, diagnosis, symptoms, treatments, air quality maps, and pollen maps.
- Pediatric Oncall
http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/diseasesandcondition/asthma.asp - Find an introduction to asthma including the clinical features and patterns.
- Andrew Murphy
http://www.btinternet.com/~andrew.murphy/asthma_buteyko_shallow_breathing.html - Explains how to do the Buteyko (shallow breathing) Method for controlling asthma.
- 1on1health.com
http://www.1on1health.com/1on1HealthWeb/controller/TopicHomepageView/TopicID=1003/LanguageID=100... - Information on asthma attacks, symptoms and causes, medication and treatments.
- Merck: Asthma
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch044/ch044a.html - Provides parents and children information about this disorder, how to read a peak flow meter, what triggers an attack, and how to control them.
- Asthma Health Factsheet
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/asthma.html - Concise information on causes, symptoms and types of treatment.
- Buteyko Breathing Clinic Ireland
http://www.buteykoclinic.com - Natural treatment of asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis and bronchitis using Buteyko Breathing Clinic method. Chapters of the book Asthma Free Naturally available free.
- Mayo Clinic: Asthma
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asthma/DS00021 - Provides comprehensive information on the condition, treatments, and management.
- BBC Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/asthma/ - Offers information on causes, treatment and management.
- AllExperts Asthma Q&A
http://www.allexperts.com/browse.cgi?catLvl=3&catID=3111 - Experts volunteer to answer questions.
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