Respiratorially Challanged Links
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Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAI) features information for patients, professionals and the media. It also has links to allergy reports, pollen reports and a link to find an allergist. |
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| Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America (AAFA) is the premier patient organizaiton dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma and allergies and their caregivers, through education, advocacy and research. |
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| www.asthma.org.uk The National Asthma Campaign's vision is a world without asthma. It is dedicated to conquering asthma by funding research to improve treatments and find a cure for the future, offering independent help and advice to everyone affected by asthma and campaigning for a better deal for people with asthma. |
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Lung, Heart and Blood Institute The Asthma Management Model System ia an information management tool designed to facilitate science-based decision-making and evidence-based medicine in long-term asthma management. |
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American Lung Association The Americna Lung Association Website features in-depth information including asthma and older people, teens and asthma, asthma medicines and attacks, peak flow meters and home control of allergies and asthma. |
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Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) focuses on increasing awaeness of asthma and it public health consequences, promoting identification of reasons for the increasec prevalence of asthma, promoting the study of the association between astham and the environment, reducing asthma morbidity and mortality, improving the management of asthma and improving availability and accessibility of effective asthma therapy. |
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Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA'S) Indoor Environments Division has launched a national public educaiton and prevention program in response to the asthma epidemic in the United States. The goal of the outreach program is to raise public awareness of indoor invironmental asthma triggers (eg, secondhand smoke, dust mites, mold, pet dander, and cockroaches) and actions that can be taken to reduce children's wxposure to them in homes, schools, and child care settings. The EPA is working to insure that environmental management is fully incorporated into all asthma education and disease management programs. |
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| Asthma
in America
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