Asthma

Asthma is a very serious, widespread, and growing problem in the U.S. Asthma affects over 24 million Americans, and its prevalence has increased 12% in the last decade. This book, using a simple question and answer format, describes all of the essential features of asthma for the general public in an engaging and stimulating manner . Various learning styles are accommodated by the use of videos, 4 color illustrations, tables, charts, and boxes that highlight definitions, facts, and website links that provide more detailed information. +Provides questions and answers about the medical definitions and descriptions of asthma +General topics include the causes of asthma and available treatments as well as preventative measures +Includes numerous in-text Web links to Web MD, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), pharmaceutical companies, journal articles, YouTube, and other sites with animations, diets, practical case studies, and tools related to asthma +Uses animations, practical tips, case studies, charts and tables, figures, and photos to explain topics under discussion +Includes companion files with numerous articles, links to videos, animations, color figures from the book, and references in the text(files available for downloading from the publisher by writing to [email protected]) About the David Olle is a freelance medical and science writer. His areas of expertise include oncology, biostatistics, biochemical tests, human and animal nutrition, veterinary medicine, infectious diseases, and complementary and alternative medicine. He is the author of GERD (Mercury Learning).