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The Harvard Medical School guide to taking control of asthma, a comprehensive prevention and treatment plan for you and your family, Christopher H. Fanta, Lynda M. Cristiano, Kenan E. Haver, with Nancy Waring

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The Harvard Medical School guide to taking control of asthma

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Christopher H. Fanta, Lynda M. Cristiano, Kenan E. Haver, with Nancy Waring

a comprehensive prevention and treatment plan for you and your family

Provides authoritative information on such areas as current therapies and special needs, explaining how readers and their families can create a personalized program on how to prevent and manage symptoms

Part 1: Understanding asthma -- 1: What is asthma? -- 2: Diagnosing your asthma -- 3: Judging the severity of your asthma -- Part 2: Treatments for asthma -- 4: Nonpharmacological therapies: taking action against your asthma triggers -- 5: Asthma medications: the quick relievers and how to inhale them -- 6: Controller medications: the corticosteroids -- 7: The other controllers -- 8: New asthma therapies -- 9: Complementary and alternative therapies -- Part 3: Caring for your asthma -- 10: Finding the treatment that's right for you -- 11: The many faces of asthma -- 12: Special considerations in children -- 13: Special considerations in women -- 14: Asthma in the elderly -- 15: When asthma doesn't get better -- 16: Developing your asthma action plan -- 17: Testing your skills for dealing with an asthma flare-up -- 18: Wrapping it up

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