News
- Asthma Diagnosis and News (National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus)
Provides information on diagnosis and treatment, as well as news. 11-99
Papers
- Allergies and Asthma Map (Weather.com)
Provides a map of the USA regarding severity of allergy conditions. Also provides information on allergies and asthma. 1-04
- Allergies, Asthma and Dust (applesforhealth)
If you’re allergy prone or asthmatic, dust can make you miserable. We can’t always control, say, the workplace. But one important place we can cut back on the dust is in the bedroom. 03-24-00.
- Allergies, Asthma, and Air Duct Cleaning (applesforhealth)
Spending up to $500 to clean air ducts is unlikely to prevent allergy or asthma attacks and could be a waste of time and money. 03-10-00.
- Allergy and Asthma Questions (Kupstas)
- Asthma (About.com - Rhoades)
Provides news, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention information. 3-01
- Asthma (Health World)
"A lot of children get asthma. Most children grow out of it after they are teenagers. Children under 4 years old hardly ever get asthma." 1-04
- Asthma - Anxiety Can Increase Asthma Risk (applesforhealth)
High levels of anxiety, depression or both can predispose a person to developing asthma. In the first study of its kind to follow ordinary, apparently healthy Americans, researchers with the National Center for Health Statistics studied over 5,000 men and women aged 25 to 74. 11-05-99.
- Asthma - High Rate Of Smoking In Pregnant Asthmatics (applesforhealth)
Researchers said they're stunned by study of pregnant asthmatic women showing they smoke more than non asthmatics pregnant women. 03-10-00.
- Asthma - Indoor Air Pollution (American Lung Association)
Provides information on air quality at home, work, or school. Includes suggestions for avoiding asthma triggers. 6-00
- Asthma - Indoor Substances Can Worsen Asthma (applesforhealth)
A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies finds strong, causal evidence linking common indoor substances to the development or worsening of asthma symptoms in susceptible people. It also finds that a variety of strategies, such as removing a pet, intensive cleaning, prohibiting smoking, and controlling indoor humidity, may help alleviate asthma symptoms. 03-03-00.
- Asthma Diagnosis and News (National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus)
Provides information on diagnosis and treatment, as well as news. 11-99
- Asthma Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides information on treatment of asthma. 8-01
- Asthma and School (National Heart. Blood, and Lung Institute)
Provides a questionnaire to help schools prevent asthma related problems or emergencies in children. 11-99
Research
- Asthma - Parents, Teens, Kids Need Lesson In Asthma Management (applesforhealth)
A study shows parents and children alike know too little about managing asthma. The survey found many youngsters are not using inhalers as they should to prevent the breathing disorder, and they know little about the medications that control their condition. 09-24-99.
- Asthma - Possible New Tools To Treat, Diagnose Asthma (applesforhealth)
Acutely ill asthmatics have an abnormally high, but reversible, level of acidity in their lungs, says a new study. 03-17-00.
- Asthma Patients Err On Prescriptions (applesforhealth)
Even with good insurance coverage, people with asthma frequently fail to take enough preventive medications that could control the disease, or they take too much of a drug designed only for short-term relief. 12-17-99.
- Asthma Treatment - Antibody (applesforhealth)
Researchers reported that an experimental biotechnology engineered protein, anti-IGE, prevents asthma attacks in both children and adults better than standard steroid medication. 03-10-00.
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