Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Asthma
Thorough overview of asthma. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Bad for Breathing
A study provides new clues as to why some respiratory diseases are linked to air pollution.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Cystic Fibrosis
What is Cystic Fibrosis? What Causes it? How is it treated? All of these questions are answered in these articles. This site also provides recipes for kids with C.F. This is a great site if you want to learn more, or if you're just...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Asthma a Speaker's Kit
Here, you can find material useful for presentations and reports concerning the chronic disease asthma. This website contains links to slides of information about asthma, and provides short paragraphs of information with each slide....
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma Flare Ups
Discover what causes an asthma flare-up and how to prevent one.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Smoking and Asthma
Smoking or even breathing in secondhand smoke can make asthma worse. Find out how you can avoid being around smoke in this article and video for kids. [1:39]
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Your House: How to Make It Asthma Safe
Learn how to control the triggers in your house that make asthma worse by reading this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma
Asthma makes it hard to breathe. Find out more in this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: If I Have Asthma, Can I Keep My Pet?
Could your pet be making your asthma worse? Find out more in this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Handling an Asthma Flare Up
How can you prepare for an asthma flare-up? Find out in this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Do Allergies Cause Asthma?
Kids who have allergies also might have a breathing problem called asthma. Find out more in this article for kids.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Asthma
This is a great starting point for anyone doing research or a report on asthma. Organized into several sections -- including "Signs and Symptoms," "Screening and Diagnosis," and "Treatment."
Other
Noattacks: (Asthma Prevention)
An informative guide for parents on the prevention and management of asthma attacks in children.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Asthma
Organized into brief sections with general information, causes, and treatments, this article on asthma is a good introduction to the disease.