Asthma: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management
Asthma continues to be a major health problem throughout the world and affects over 5% of the population in industrialized countries. Knowledge about asthma has continued to advance very rapidly, with new concepts, changes in asthma management, and the development of new thearpeutic agents. There is an increasing need to understand how current treatment for asthma works and how best to apply it to control this important disease. This timely Third Edition of Asthma, Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management edited by Barnes, Rodger, and Thomson, has undergone radical revision and includes several new chapters. It brings together all the recent information on basic mechanisms of asthma and also covers indepth clinical aspects and therapy. This integrated approach should appeal to researchers and also clinicians who need to keep abreast of recent developments in this rapidly expanding field.

Yoga Beats Asthma: Simple Exercises and Breathing Techniques to Relieve Asthma and Respiratory Disorders
In this book, qualified nurse and yoga teacher Stella Weller shows how yoga can help asthma sufferers move away from reliance on powerful drugs for treatment.

Winning the War Against Asthma and Allergies
Winning the War Against Asthma and Allergies is an absolute must for any health care practitioners interested in alternative therapies for the treatment of asthma and allergies. This book details an innovative and proven breakthrough treatment method, Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, (NAET) for the long term elimination of allergies that lead to asthma. Coverage includes: complimentary adjunctive therapies that enhance the benefits of NAET, enzyme therapy in the elimination of astham symptoms and drugs, emergency tips, directory of NAET practitioners and enzyme therapists, and updated NAET diets.

Dr Tom Plaut's Asthma Guide for People of All Ages From Library Journal: Plaut, the author of a number of books on asthma, has written a comprehensive and detailed volume with charts, tables, and illustrations. He includes patient narratives that demonstrate real-life solutions to the problems being discussed. Good resources lists are also provided. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Allergies and Asthma: Breathing Easy and Bringing Up Healthy, Active Children
From the foremost authority on children's health--a vital guide for parents whose children suffer from allergies and asthma. Asthma and allergies are the most common chronic childhood diseases. Asthma affects nearly 5 million American children, while allergies affect about 50 million. This comprehensive book is an invaluable resource for parents who want answers and information about their children's allergies and asthma. This user-friendly volume is filled with up-to-the-minute advice from pediatricians on how to:
   Identify allergies and asthma
   Prevent attacks
   Minimize triggers and avoid allergens
   Understand medications and choose them wisely
   Explain allergies to young children
   Help children of all ages manage symptoms

Asthma For Dummies
The incidence of asthma is rising dramatically in the United States and across the globe. Asthma affects 17 million people in the U.S. and is the most common chronic childhood disease. If you or someone you love suffers from asthma, you know that there is no cure—however, with proper care, asthmatics can lead normal, active, and fulfilling lives. Now you can breathe easy with this plain-English guide, which clearly explains the prevention, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of the disease.

Asthma For Dummies will help asthma sufferers and their loved ones get a strong handle on managing the disease. Dr. William Berger, one of the nation’s foremost experts on allergies and asthma, gives you the tools you need to:
   Understand the relationship between allergies and asthma
   Identify your asthma triggers
   Prepare for your first doctor’s visit
   Allergy-proof your home or office environment
   Avoid asthma complications
   Find outside support

Featuring up-to-date coverage of childhood asthma, this easy-to-understand guide covers all the vital issues surrounding asthma, including handling food allergies, exercising when asthmatic, asthma during pregnancy, and all the latest medications. You’ll find tips on avoiding allergens that cause respiratory symptoms, testing for allergies, and dealing with HMOs. This fact-packed guide also features:
   A dedicated chapter to asthma in the elderly
   The latest information on Claritin and Clarinex, two common allergy medications taken by those with asthma
   The interrelationships between asthma and other respiratory complications of untreated allergy such as ear, sinus, tonsil, and adenoid disease
   Extensive information on controller drugs and rescue medications
   Future trends in asthma therapy

The Harvard Medical School Guide To Taking Control Of Asthma
Take control of your asthma now wih this easy-to-follow personalized approach.

Shortness of breath. Tightness in the chest. Wheezing and coughing. These distressing symptoms are a daily fact of life for many of the fifteen million Americans who suffer from asthma, including nearly six million children -- and asthma is on the rise. But even those with severe asthma can lead full, active lives with the help of the experts at Harvard Medical School and Partners Asthma Center. Here is a commonsense guide that includes:
   Cutting-edge therapies such as anti-IgE therapy and leukotriene-blocking drugs -- as well as complementary and alternative medicine treatments
   Practice sessions that help you create a personalized program to prepare for acute asthma attacks
   How pregnancy and hormone replacement therapy may affect your asthma
   The elderly -- how to distinguish asthma from other respiratory conditions such as emphysema

Reversing Asthma: Breathe Easier With This Revolutionary New Program
As you follow the progam, you'll change your lifestyle in a way that boosts your vitality and improves your general health. Learn: How changing---and often eliminating---medication can reduce asthma symptoms. How your diet may be aggravating your asthma condition, and how new allergy tests can help you change it. How to asthma-proof your home and office environment. How to choose the best therapies for children. When to try alternative methods such as acupuncture, meditation, hypnosis, and biofeedback. The benefits and importance of a thorough nutritional analysis. When supplements can help---everything from vitamin C and magnesium to ginkgo and garlic.

Natural Relief for Your Child's Asthma: A Guide to Controlling Symptoms & Reducing Your Child's Dependence on Drugs
There's nothing more frightening than witnessing a child's asthma attack, listening to her wheeze and cough and fight for every breath--and sharing her panic. Fortunately, pharmaceutical advances have resulted in a whole new class of drugs that prevents or relieves asthma flare-ups. But do you want your child on drugs, with their potential short- and long-term side effects? Besides, asthma drugs treat the symptoms without treating the underlying condition. Are there alternatives that can lessen an asthmatic child's drug dependency? Yes, say authors Steven J. Bock, Kenneth Bock, and Nancy P. Bruning. "It is our belief that asthma rates continue to soar because of our increasingly toxic environment," they write. "Our children are assaulted from every direction with indoor and outdoor air pollution, poor food, and stress." The cumulative toxicity makes children more susceptible to diseases. In this book the authors present a natural asthma program to complement your child's conventional care and help to reduce asthma attacks and drug dependency. This includes reducing asthma triggers (including advice for "saying goodbye to Fluffy"); eating a cleaner, more nourishing diet (emphasizing plant foods); taking supplements, herbs, and homeopathic remedies; and learning to cope with emotional stress. The book ends with three case studies of children who used the program in various ways and dramatically improved their health. --Joan Price