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Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system in which the airways constrict, become inflamed, and are lined with excessive amounts of mucus, often in response to one or more "triggers," such as exposure to an environmental stimulant (or allergen), cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses such as those that cause the common cold[citation needed]. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest ...
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Asthma Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.njc.org/
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center
- National Lung Health Education Program
- National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
- National Emphysema Foundation hhttp://www.emphysemafoundation.org/
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Office of Communications, NIAID, NIH, HHS
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov
- Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/default.htm
- Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse (IAQ INFO) http://www.epa.gov/iaq/iaqinfo.html
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.osteo.org/
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of American http://www.aafa.org
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- A Peak Flow Meter (Cleveland Clinic)
- A Time to Heal: Chronotherapy Tunes In to Body's Rhythms (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
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