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MedlinePlusTrusted Health Information for You
A Warner Memorial Library PresentationEastern University, St. Davids, PA
Health TopicsStart here for over 900 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness.
Look to MedlinePlusfor accurate
consumer heathInformation.
Choose the “Health Topics” linkto view the listings of available
health information.
Choosing “Children and Teenagers”under “Demographic Groups”
reveals a listing of resources for that age group.
Looking through the list we choose
“Asthma in Children”.
Following the link
leads us to additional information.
Following links under “Disease Management”
reveals some information that can help
parents and others dealing with
asthmatic children.
Another link brings up
information from the Mayo Clinic.
We can also
use
the simple
search form
to locate
information
through
Medline
Plus
The results display general information
concerning asthma and additional links
of information on the Web.
Here we find a resource from the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
This resource is a help for children and
caregivers discussing triggers responsible for
asthma attacks.
We have added “Children”
to focus the search.
There is a link that provides an article
from The Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA).
Adding “school” to our search returns a new list focused on asthmatic children in school, leading to more excellent resources.
