Asthma in the Blogosphere

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About.com Asthma Blog

• Author: Pat Bass
• Description: About.com Guide to Asthma
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Allergy Notes - Asthma

• Author: Vesselin Dimov, MD, a Board-certified Internist, Allergy and Immunology Fellow, Former Cleveland Clinic Assistant Professor of Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine Advisory Panel Member
• Description: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology News Updated Daily by a former Cleveland Clinic Assistant Professor
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Asthma Allergies Children

• Author: Dr. Paul M. Ehrlich, Dr. Larry Chiaramonte, Kathy Franklin and Henry Ehrlich
• Description: "AsthmaAllergiesChildren.com is a website devoted to ideas that are within the guidelines set by accredited medical authorities for treatment of asthma and allergies."
• Quality: Detailed description and contact addresses are available.

Asthma Mom

• Author: Amy Anaruk
• Description: "Learning more about how to treat asthma helps, and so does talking to other parents who are trying to find their way, too. With this survival guide, I hope you can do both."
• Quality: It has been updated regularly since 2007 and is a member of Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics.

Asthma UK Blog

• Author: Asthma UK
• Description: "Improving the health and well-being of people with asthma by building and sharing expertise about asthma."
• Quality: "Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.4 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma."

Breathin` Stephen

• Author: Steve
• Description: "Tribulations and triumphs od a severely asthmatic endurance athlete and wannabe racewalker. Diary of a person living with severe persistent asthma."
• Quality: Member of Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics, has clear description and contact information.

Breathin` Stephen

• Author: Steve
• Description: "I created this site to share my experiences in coping with this frustrating disease and the many challenges of maintaining a daily fitness program and a meaningful productive life. For me this includes lots of aerobicexercise, short distance racewalking and long distance endurance walking. I’m also heavily involved in asthma research and education, and I enjoy the challenge and the adventure of traveling to cool places, meeting new friends and doing crazy things. I’m brutally honest when it comes to writing about my disease, I don’t hold back or embellish anything. What you see and read here is the truth, and is happening to a real person."
• Quality: Description and contact information are available. The author endorsed Healthcare Bloggers Code of Ethics.

Dr. Neil Kao (The Allergy Dude's) Allergy and Asthma Website

• Creator: Neil Kao, M.D., Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
• Description: "This website contains information I have found to improve the care of patients with allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis (hay fever), chronic sinusitis (sinus infections), asthma, atopic dermatitis (allergic eczema), urticaria (hives) and angioedema, food allergies, allergic reactions to insect stings, and anaphylaxis (life threatening allergic reactions)."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

EverydayHealth Allergy and Asthma Blog

• Author: Clifford Bassett, MD
• Description: Dr. B's Allergy and Asthma Guide
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

NHS Choices - Asthma Blog

• Author: NHS Choices talk
• Description: The asthma blog is written by people living with asthma and caring for those with asthma. They discuss their symptoms, treatment and life with the condition.
• Quality: NHS Choices is committed to the highest editorial and ethical standards in the provision of all its content and related services. Details here.

The Angry Asthma Mama

• Author: Aimee
• Description: "Working mother of 3 asthmatic boys - two of whom are also on the autism spectrum - tries to make it all work, keep her monkeys healthy, and figure out the cause of (and solution to) the asthma and autism epidemics. Because being the working mother of 3 just wasn't ENOUGH work."
• Quality: It has been regularly updated since 2004.