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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asthma Tips for Grown Ups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use these tips designed for adults to better understand your child's asthma in this guide from Arthur: "Buster's Breathless".
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Asthma

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Asthma a Speaker's Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
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....
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Other

Noattacks: (Asthma Prevention)

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative guide for parents on the prevention and management of asthma attacks in children.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Asthma

For Students 9th - 10th
Organized into brief sections with general information, causes, and treatments, this article on asthma is a good introduction to the disease.
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Asthma Flare Ups

For Students 4th - 7th
Discover what causes an asthma flare-up and how to prevent one.
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Other

Prevent Disease: Exercise & Preventing Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Asthma and Allergies and Their Environmental Triggers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover what causes allergy and asthma attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
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BBC

Bbc Health: What Causes Asthma?

For Students 9th - 10th
What causes asthma? What are the symptoms? What's the treatment? Can I prevent asthma? The aforementioned questions are answered in this comprehensive site.
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Other

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes an organization that is involved in studies and treatments of allergies. Research and education are also important parts of this organization.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Breathless

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Pleurisy?

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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WebMD

Web Md: Understanding Hay Fever

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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WebMD

Web Md: Airborne Allergens

For Students 9th - 10th
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...