PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Tips for Grown Ups
Use these tips designed for adults to better understand your child's asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless".
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions
This site gives information on how to prevent an allergic reaction--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, skin conditions, etc.-- from happening. Also gives information on how to prepare for a reaction.
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."
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....
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.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma Flare Ups
Discover what causes an asthma flare-up and how to prevent one.
Other
Prevent Disease: Exercise & Preventing Disease
This web-article discusses how exercise not only helps prevent disease, but also improves the health of those who have certain medical conditions. Learn how physical activity helps individuals battle cardiovascular and musculoskeletal...
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Asthma and Allergies and Their Environmental Triggers
Discover what causes allergy and asthma attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
BBC
Bbc Health: What Causes Asthma?
What causes asthma? What are the symptoms? What's the treatment? Can I prevent asthma? The aforementioned questions are answered in this comprehensive site.
Other
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
This resource describes an organization that is involved in studies and treatments of allergies. Research and education are also important parts of this organization.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Breathless
This read-aloud story is based on the Arthur episode "Buster's Breathless." As you read, pause to talk about the characters and what's happening in the story.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Heart Failure
This site from the Merck Manual provides an in-depth article about heart failure provides some basic information about the heart, what exactly heart failure is, the two forms of heart failure, the different causes of both forms, the...
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Pleurisy?
Learn about pleurisy, a condition that results from the swelling of linings in the lungs and chest. Find out about the causes, risks, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
WebMD
Web Md: Understanding Hay Fever
This site from WebMD Health provides the viewer with a great description of what hay fever is, the symptoms it causes and its treatment. A very well prepared and in-depth site with links to additional information on the subject.
WebMD
Web Md: Airborne Allergens
This site from WebMD Health provides an article entitled, "Something in the Air: Airborne Allergens". Includes detailed information on why some people are allergic to certain substances, while others are not. Symptoms of airborne...