Asthma: An Emerging Epidemic [Paperback]

Paul J. Hannaway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2002

Asthma-An Emerging Epidemic offers the most complete and up-to-date education resource published in recent years (Feb 2002) that has been specifically written for patients and parents of children with asthma. There is no cure for asthma and many patients simply put up with symptoms and suffer the uncertainty that comes with a variable disease. With proper diagnosis, good treatment and effective management, asthma can be controlled and a person with asthma can lead a full, active life

Asthma - An Emerging Epidemic assesses the most current asthma research available and offers the latest insights and advice regarding:

Spectacular Breakthroughs in Asthma diagnosis

New theories on how and why Asthma is an emerging Epidemic

Availability of safer, more potent, and very effective medications

Implementation of innovative educational programs

Controversial side effects of drug therapies and immunotherapy

Futuristic Therapies, including genetic coding

Various types of asthma including-exercise induced, Childhood and young adult asthma, Asthma in Women, Adult asthma

Those reading this book will come away more informed about this complex, yet very treatable, disease.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Dr. Hannaway has again found a way to make asthma education informative, interesting and captivating. A Great Resource!" -- Rachel Butler, Editor of Asthma Magazine, Feb 02

"Dr. Hannaway has provided another exceptional information resource for those living with asthma." -- Phillip E. Kornblat, M.D., Professor Clinical Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Feb 02

"This book is a must-read to understand why asthma has grown into an epidemic." -- Mary Worstell, Executive Director,Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Feb 02

About the Author

As and Asthma sufferer himself and father of two children with asthma, Dr. Hannaway offers a unique perspective to the understanding of asthma. Over the past three decades he has treated thousands of patients with Asthma. Dr. Hannaway, a Fellow of the American Academy of Asthma,Allergy and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, is an Associate Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has served as President of the Massachusetts Allergy and Asthma Society, the New England Society of Allergy and has authored numerous articles on allergy and asthma in medical literature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 435 pages
• Publisher: Lighthouse Pr; 1 edition (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962179914
• ISBN-13: 978-0962179914
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,308,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information for parents of kids with Asthma, April 25, 2002

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"asthmaticparent" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asthma: An Emerging Epidemic (Paperback)

This book is a great read for any parent that has a child with Asthma! I learned some valuable tips which, will help keep my child out of the emergency room and in school! No more missed work days for me! I didn't realize that I should be managing asthma, not the other way around! I encourage all parents to read this book it has the most current information that we were able to find! It truly feel like we have the knowledge and understanding to manage the asthma my child has!! Hats off to the author!

5.0 out of 5 stars Possible causes, attack triggers, therapies, drug treatments, May 15, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asthma: An Emerging Epidemic (Paperback)

Asthma - An Emerging Epidemic by Dr. Paul J. Hannaway (Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) is a serious and detailed manual written especially for people who must learn to cope with the respiratory illness: asthma patients, parents of children with asthma, school nurses and coaches, health-care providers and more. Offering alarming evidence of the worldwide rise in asthma, Asthma - An Emerging Epidemic presents possible causes, attack triggers, therapies, drug treatments, side effects, and much more. It is interesting to note that Dr. Hannaway is himself an asthma sufferer and the father of two asthmatic children, all of which enables him to offer a unique and authoritative perspective not usual found in medical reference writings. A solid reference written in language easily accessible to lay readers. Asthma - An Emerging Epidemic is a strongly recommended addition to community library "Health & Medicine" reference collections.