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Ask Noah About: Asthma
Ask Noah provides a copious amount of credible links to specific issues relating to asthma. Detailed information is provided through links on the basics of asthma as relating to children through to the elderly; care and treatments, including medications, prevention, common triggers, and management; and statistics and resources for further research on the subject. An excellent reference site for specific and credible information on asthma.
Asthma in Canada: A Landmark Survey
Asthma in Canada is the product of a large “Landmark Survey” across Canada of “1,001 adults with asthma or parents of children with asthma, as well as a national sample of 266 physicians.” It focuses on the quality of life associated with asthma, quality and severity of symptoms, management techniques, and the effect of increasing numbers of asthma cases on the Canadian Health system. National and regional statistics are shown from the survey and references are provided for local asthma support groups. Several Adobe Acrobat documents are provided which include full statistics and management recommendations regarding asthma.
Asthma Resource Page
The Asthma Resource Page is hosted by the Lung Association of Canada, a non-profit organization that is mother to ten provincial divisions. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing about awareness of lung disorders and offering community services to those who suffer from lung disorders. The Asthma Resource Page offers a vast amount of information about asthma, asthma management, nutrition, exercises, allergies, pregnancy, and asthma medications. In the future, the Lung Association plans to host an online support group for sufferers of asthma and other lung disorders.
Asthma Society of Canada
The Asthma Society of Canada web site is a part of the Asthma Society’s mission to improve the quality of life of sufferers of asthma by providing information and education about the disease. The Asthma Society also provides funding for asthma research through private donations and fundraisers. The site provides information about asthma including the basics of its causes and symptoms, advice on diagnosis, and an in-depth discussion on preventing and managing the effects of asthma. The Society publishes a number of brochures on asthma, which are available as Adobe Acrobat files. There is also a section specific to juvenile asthma sufferers and their parents.
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
The Global Initiative for Asthma is a joint, international project of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, and the World Health Organization (WHO). GINA strives to attain “Increase awareness of asthma and its public health consequences; promote identification of reasons for the increased prevalence of asthma; promote study of the association between asthma and the environment; reduce asthma morbidity and mortality; improve management of asthma; [and] improve availability and accessibility of effective asthma therapy.” The site contains information for asthma patients, healthcare professionals, and policy makers. Very in-depth information is provided on the nature of asthma, management of asthma from a personal level up to a global level, and global contact information for various organizations involved in asthma research and education. Some documents are available only in Adobe Acrobat format.
MEDLINEplus: Asthma
MEDLINE is provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and contains creditable links to external sites. The links are organized by topic and are very specific. Specific information references include general asthma information, diagnosis information and symptoms, clinical trials, research, disease management and prevention, specific aspects of asthma (exercising, minority health, bone health), and available treatments. Also provided are a set of reference tools consisting of asthma-and-allergy-specific glossaries and dictionaries, publications, organizations, statistics, and current news relating to asthma. There are also links to demographic-specific issues: asthma in children, teens, seniors, and women. This is an unparalleled source of information for specific issues as well as general reading on asthma.
MUSCHealth – Asthma
MUSCHealth provides a brief overview of asthma in an easily read, concise page. Information covered is a definition, symptoms, causes, asthma attacks, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and management. The information provided is relatively general, but would be an excellent starting point to learning more about the disease.
The Prevention and Management of Asthma in Canada
This site is an Adobe Acrobat file of a report from the National Asthma Control Task Force. It is a broad study and set of proposals centering on the effect of asthma on Canada at the personal, social, and economic levels. The study includes a large volume of statistical data and information on the diagnosis, causes, symptoms, prevention and screening of asthma. Most of the information provided focuses on asthma’s effect on Canadian society rather than control and prevention of asthma.
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