Guide to Asthma
Partners Asthma Center Publications
Quarterly asthma newsletter, Breath of Fresh Air — also available in Spanish as Al Aire Libre. and a collection of older issues titled Best of Breath of Fresh Air: The First Five Years (1995-2000).
Patient educational pamphlets (also available in Spanish):
#2: What Is Meant by "Inflammation" in Asthma?
#3: Asthma and Bronchodilators
#4: Asthma and Inhaled Steroids
#5: Getting the Most from Your Inhaled Medications
#6: Asthma and Steroids in Tablet Form
#7: Asthma and Peak Flow Monitoring
#8: Developing Your Asthma "Action Plan"
#9: Asthma and Allergy Skin Testing
#10: Asthma and Aspirin Sensitivity
Asthma videos:
Welcome to the Partners Asthma Center
Putting Your Knowledge into Action
Asthma Symposium 1998: "Can Asthma Be Prevented?"
Asthma Symposium 1999: "Asthma at the Century's End: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Going"
For additional information
Write: Partners Asthma Center
Center for Chest Diseases
15 Francis St.
Boston, MA 02115
Call: 1-800-9PARTNERS
Fax: 617-732-7421
e-mail: ASTHMA@PARTNERS.ORG
American Lung Association
Write: The American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Call: 800-LUNG-USA or 212-315-8700
Fax: 212-265-5642
e-mail: info@lungusa.org
web site: http://www.lungusa.org
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Write: Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 Twentieth Street, NW
Suite 402
Washington, D.C. 20036-2304
Call: 800-7-ASTHMA or 202-466-7643
Fax: 202-466-8940
e-mail: info@aafa.org
web site: http://www.aafa.org
Mothers of Asthmatics
Write: Allergy and Asthma Network-Mothers of Asthmatics
(AAN/MA)
2751 Prosperity Ave.
Suite 150
Fairfax, VA 22031
Call: 800-878-4403 or 703-641-9595
Fax: 703-573-7794
e-mail: aanma@aol.com
web site: http://www.aanma.org
National Jewish Hospital
Write: National Jewish Medical and Research Center
1400 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80206
Call: 800-222-LUNG or 303-388-4461
Fax: 303-270-2102
e-mail: lungline@njc.org
web site: http://www.nationaljewish.org
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program of the
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes
At Partners Asthma Center we believe that the more patients and their families know about asthma, the better able they are to care for their illness and prevent serious asthmatic exacerbations.