Websites For Patients
To track your asthma and to develop a healthier lifestyle click on the following link: merckengage.com
You'll Find Tools, Tips, and Advice on:
Eating Well
Ideas about food and nutrition to help you to make healthier choices
A variety of delicious and healthy recipes
Getting Fit
An Activity Planning tool that helps you reach your fitness goals
Ideas to help you get and stay fit
Staying Healthy
Information from trusted sources on health and wellness
Caregiving
Resources to help make caregiving easier and more organized
Ways to make the most of doctor visits for the person in your care
www.allergyandasthmarelief.org - The American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology has a new campaign to educate patients on how allergists can help treat and relieve your symptoms.
www.allergyassoc.net - our website, which has useful information for many of the medical conditions listed below and has links to the websites below; it also has information about our practice.
Allergy And Asthma
www.quackwatch.com Allergies: Dubious Diagnosis and Treatment
Asthma Myths. Can you separate fact from fiction about asthma?
www.allergyadvisor.com Allergy Advisor for the assessment and management of adverse reactions due to allergy, food intolerance, additives, preservatives and substances naturally occurring in food and the environment.
www.breatherille.org Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA). A refreshing new approach to living with allergies and asthma.
www.pollen.com - sign up to receive e-mails with the local pollen forecast
www.niehs.nih.gov/airborne - site of the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences
www.aanma.org - Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.
www.aafa.org - Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/org/naepp - National Asthma Education Program; also has information on COPD (smoking related lung disease, such as emphysema)
www.lungusa.org - American Lung Association; also has information on other lung diseases
www.acaai.org - official site for the American College of allergy, Asthma, and Immunology*
www.aaaai.org - official site for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology*
www.nationaljewish.org - site for National Jewish Medical and Research Center*
www.allergyandasthmarelief.org - sponsored by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Atopic Dermatitis/Contact Dermatitis/Latex Allergy
www.nationaleczema.org - National Eczema Association for Science and Education
www.niams.nih.gov - A National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
www.latexallergyresources.org - American Latex Allergy Association
www.fda.gov/cosmetics/productsingredients - FDA site for food and cosmetics ingredients
www.nationaljewish.org - site for National Jewish Medical and Research Center*
www.acaai.org - official site for the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology*
www.aaaai.org - official site for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology*
Hereditary Angioedema
US Hereditary Angioedema Association
Food Allergies
www.neocate.com Proven to help nutritionally manage milk allergies and promote growth and development
www.foodallergy.org - website for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
www.acaai.org - official site for the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology*
www.aaaai.org - official site for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology*
www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling - FDA site for food ingredients
Assistance For Prescription Drug Coverage
www.together-rx.com - prescription assistance for Medicare patients without any prescription drug coverage and annual income of less than $28,000 for individuals and less than $38,000 for couples; only available until 2006, when government prescription assistance will go into effect
www.rxassist.org - prescription assistance for generic medications for patients with incomes up to 250% of the federal poverty income level ($47,000 for a family of four)
Other Websites That May Be Useful
www.LaurensHope.com - Medical ID bracelets
www.usatoday.com - Nasal washing good for sinus sufferers
www.medlineplus.gov - National Library of Medicine Medline Plus
www.epa.gov - Environmental Protection Agency
www.cdc.gov/nceh - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Environmental Health
www.mcmsonline.com/about/our-mission - The Mission of the Maricopa County Medical Society
www.azmedassn.org/ - American Medical Association
www.kudzu.com - Message board
www.justnebulizers.com - Asthma information from justnebulizers.com
* Denotes duplicate websites