Links to Asthma Information
General Information
About Asthma in Plain Language
This Harvard School of Public Health site describes asthma in easy to understand language and includes a list defining common asthma terms.
Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.
This comprehensive web site provides wide-ranging information on a variety of topics of concern to people who have asthma or parents of children with asthma. From the "Breatherville, USA" entry page select the area of interest.
American Lung Association
Provides comprehensive information about lung disease and respiratory conditions including research findings, management tips and advocacy connections.
Ask NOAH about Asthma
Visit this web site to find links to everything you ever wanted to know about asthma. These pages connect to basic information about diagnosis and treatment issues by population group and asthma type.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
This site provides information on education, advocacy, support and research.
Asthma A to Z
For comprehensive information including latest news and current research try MEDLINE plus: Asthma.
Asthma Medications
Check out these sites for pictures of common Asthma medications.
- Asthma Relievers: www.rampasthma.org/17%20reliever.q.pdf
- Asthma Controllers: www.rampasthma.org/17%20control.q.pdf
AsthmaNow New Hampshire
Asthma affects a growing number of people in New Hampshire. The AsthmaNow website brings together information and resources for everyone with an interest in asthma.
Campaign to Reduce Asthma in New England
This State of Vermont Agency for Natural Resources web page describes the efforts of the regional states, federal agencies and non-profit organizations to reduce asthma rates in New England.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
You can find links to the states' asthma programs, data on asthma, effective interventions, definition of policy issues, and resources for consumers and providers.
Children's Medical Center of the University of Virginia
For an online asthma education program for kids visit
Create a Dust-Free Bedroom
This site maintained by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases provides detailed "how-to's" for creating an asthma friendly bedroom.
Environmental Protection Agency
To learn about the environmental contributions to asthma and what can be done to reduce exposure to asthma triggers at home, school and work, and to outdoor air pollutants visit the EPA web site. Search key word "asthma."
Free Breather
This American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation web site provides a comprehensive approach to information, education and asthma news.
InteliHealth Asthma Resources
This web site draws on Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information site to provide basics on asthma and how to deal with it. From the home page select "asthma."
Kids Health
These sites provide resource information about asthma differently presented for parents, kids and teens.
Outdoor Air Quality
American Lung Association State of the Air web site offers links to comprehensive information on outdoor air pollutants, electric utilities, woodburning cars trucks and drivers, and protecting yourself from air pollution.
Pedipress.com
This site offers clearly written and easily understandable information on asthma for children and adults.
Reducing Asthma Triggers
At Home
Take the quiz on this web site to learn if your home has healthy air.
(Click on "Enter" then "Air" in the side bar.)
- For information on how you can clear your home of asthma triggers and improve indoor air quality visit the EPA web site below.
- For a short, general overview about how to build a house to make it asthma friendly see
- For more detailed description of principles with specific construction tips on building a healthy home see
- For even more detailed construction information visit this site (click on Home Owners Resources in the side bar.)
At Work
For a general definition and overview of work-related asthma visit this site. Follow the link at the bottom of the page to the American Lung Association web site on work-related asthma.
At School or Day Care
To learn about the connections between asthma, indoor air quality and schools visit this web site.
- For more information about indoor air quality at school go to
- To learn about what Vermont is doing to improve indoor air quality in the Schools go to
At Play
To learn about the connection between exercise and asthma visit these web sites
- www.ahealthyme.com/topic/exasthma
- www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/exerciseinducedasthma.stm
- www.Nationaljewish.org/disease-info/diseases/asthma/living/healthy/exercise.aspx
- For specific information about asthma and school activities go to
Types of Asthma
For discussion of particular forms of asthma such as adult-onset, exercise induced asthma, work-related asthma and their special issues of medication and management visit the Mayo Clinic site. Search for "asthma."
Work Related Asthma
For information about occupational asthma, its symptoms, causes, who gets it, what can be done to treat it visit