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Managing your asthma
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Suggests ways asthma can be well managed. These include working with a doctor, following an Asthma Action Plan, avoiding triggers, and using medications appropriately.
- Source: Ontario Lung Association
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Asthma and travel
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Provides tips on how to travel well with asthma. Outlines problem situations that may arise and gives hints on how to deal with them.
- Source: Ontario Lung Association
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Nutrition and asthma
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Emphasizes the importance of a healthy diet for people with asthma. Provides nutritional strategies for people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and for those who take steroid pills.
- Source: National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- From: International resource
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Get help for asthma
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Offers toll free phone numbers to call for support and to answer questions about asthma. Provides tips on how to work with a healthcare team for asthma control.
- Source: Canadian Lung Association
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Hey! Keep it clean in there
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Provides cleaning ideas for people with breathing problems, so they can get rid of triggers that can cause allergic reactions.
- Source: American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
- From: International resource
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Pollen and asthma
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Explains what pollen is, how it can bother people with asthma, and what can be done to avoid it.
- Source: The Children's Asthma Education Centre (CAEC)
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Acid rain and your health
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Presents the impacts acid rain can have on human health, ranging from heart and respiratory problems, increased asthma-symptoms, as well as higher death rates from these ailments.
- Source: Environment Canada
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Respiratory diseases
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Presents how healthy lungs and respiratory systems are affected by the quality of the air breathed in. Shows that air pollutants can cause long-term damage and health concerns.
- Source: Environment Canada
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Frequently asked questions
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Gives answers to questions about asthma. Topics covered include can having a pet if someone has asthma, and if using a humidifier is a good idea.
- Source: The Children's Asthma Education Centre (CAEC)
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Bronchial asthma and acupuncture: the evidence for effectiveness
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Reviews evidence on the use of acupuncture as a treatment for asthma. Includes studies on sense of well-being as well as more objective measures such as lung function. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: British Acupuncture Council
- From: International resource
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