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Making asthma manageable

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Asthma at your fingertips. Mark Levy, Sean Hilton, Greta Barnes, Ian Charlton. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 (250 pp). ISBN 0 07 471069 9.

Asthma at your fingertips is a user-friendly guide about living with asthma. Information has been collected by a team of experienced medical experts regarding patients' most commonly asked questions and answered in simple, non-medical terms, exploring everything from medical treatments and alternative therapies to the effects of diet, pollution and pregnancy. This book is regarded as important reading for those with asthma as well as their family and friends.

This book features special sections for children with asthma and what to do in an emergency, as well as many useful contacts, facilities and resources now available in Australia.

"Good asthma management means being free of symptoms and leading a normal, active life. With the help of this useful and informative book, you can understand and manage your asthma better."

Krisstine Whorlow
CEO, National Asthma Council



See also:
Diabetes at your fingertips
Heart health at your fingertips
Parkinson's at your fingertips


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