- Allergy and Asthma Network / Mothers of Asthmatics
 - Aims to eliminate morbidity and mortality due to asthma and allergies through education, advocacy, community outreach, and research. - Breath of Life
- An exhibition that examines the history of asthma. From the National Library of Medicine.
- Allernet
- National Pollen Network provides condition information, allergy forecasts, and treatment resources.
- NoAttacks.org
- Public service campaign to educate parents about childhood asthma.
- Wikipedia: Asthma
- User-created article on the causes and symptoms of asthma in adults and children.
- eMedicine: Asthma
- Offers a report on the causes and symptoms of asthma in adults and children including exercise induced attacks as well as a review of the current medications available.
- AsthmaMoms
- Provides a community to share experiences, resources, and other related information.
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Asthma
- Guide to asthma-related information and resources likely to be of interest to medical professionals and/or patients.
- eMedicineHealth: Asthma Resources
- Provides an overview of asthma and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- Asthma In America: A Landmark Survey
- Provides statistics, management guidleines, patient quiz, and other resources.
- MedicineNet: Allergies and Asthma
- Offers information to help people make decisions about their health concerns.
- 1on1health.com: Asthma
- GlaxoSmithKline site featuring information on what causes asthma symptoms, treatment options, and more.
- Relieve Childhood Asthma
- Offers information about the Bowen Technique, a light-touch therapy used to treat children with asthma and respiratory ailments.
- Asthma Queensland
- Contains information on training programmes, how you can help, newsletter, and contacts.
- New to Asthma
- Providing asthma patient education including answers to common questions relating to symptoms, treatment, prognosis, triggers, and more. From AstraZeneca.
- Ed's Asthma Track
- Resources for parents of asthmatic children, especially those newly diagnosed.
- Canadian Lung Association: Asthma Resource Centre
- Explains what is asthma, its signs, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medications, and allergies which worsen asthma. Also includes personal asthma stories, and advice to help those children with asthma.
- European Community Respiratory Health Survey
- Epidemiological research project assessing change in occurance of asthma in European countries.
- Find Natural Treatment
- Information about natural alternative treatment for asthma with provider directory.
- Kids and Asthma
- Features articles and videos about treatment options for kids with asthma. From Healthology.
- AsthmaSymptom.org
- Resources and information for asthma symptoms and available treatments. Includes a section that addresses asthma in children.
- Free Breather
- Offers asthma management techniques and includes information, pollen report, advice, health news, and goal planner.
- Wikipedia: Hopkins Syndrome
- Article on the Hopkins Syndrome also known as acute post-asthmatic amyotrophy.
- Wikipedia: Wheeze
- Overview of wheezing a form of reactive airway disease.
- Asthma Tutorial
- Diagrams, animations, sound files, and more. Provided by the University of Virginia Health System.
- HealthCentral: Asthma Connection
- Detailed information on asthma in children and adults, including its signs and symptoms, treatment, medications, types, and the causes of asthma attacks.
- Environmental Triggers of Asthma
- Discusses the role environmental factors play in the etiology, triggering, and exacerbation of asthma.
- MerckSource - Asthma
- Provides parents and children information about asthma, how to read a peak flow meter, what triggers an asthma attack, and how to control them.
- ASTHMyths: Asthma Myths and Facts
- Resources and information about asthma, including symptoms, treatment, prevention, and effective asthma management in both children and adults.
- ASTHMyths: Asthma and Your Child
- Information about asthma in children and tips on how to help prevent asthma symptoms.
- About.com: Asthma
- Articles about asthma which explore the various risk factors, the asthma-allergy connection, and managing chronic asthma in both adults and children.
- CDC: Asthma
- Features the CDC's National Asthma Control Programme, asthma prevalence data and surveillance, general disease information, and online resources. From the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
- MayoClinic - Asthma Center
- Comprehensive patient information about asthma in children and adults. Includes symptoms, treatments, asthma management, inhalers, and other medications.
- MedicineNet: Asthma
- Read about asthma causes, signs and symptoms, statistics, medication, inhalers, and myths and facts about asthma attacks.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Asthma
- Describes asthma, the inflammatory disorder of the lung airways accompanied by attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Includes symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and disease management.
- MedlinePlus: Asthma
- Comprehensive information about asthma, the chronic disease which affects one's lung airways.
- NHLBI: What Is Asthma?
- Describes the chronic disease of asthma which affects the lung airways and cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and trouble in breathing. From the diseases and conditions index of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute [NHLBI].
- Treatment of Mild Persistent Asthma
- Article about asthma from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
- WebMD: Asthma Health Center
- Find information about asthma which affects an estimated 17 million people in the U.S. alone. Site includes a guide to the disease, its symptoms and treatment options, as well as related glossary and FAQs.
- WegoHealth: Asthma
- Find expert-selected and user-rated asthma resources, articles, and videos on causes and treatments.
- iVillage Total Health: Asthma
- Online allergy resource features asthma basics including information on the signs, symptoms, and causes of asthma attacks.
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