Smoking Mom; A Possible Cause of Asthma in Children Recent research indicates secondhand smoke not only worsens asthma symptoms, it causes asthma by constricting airway muscles and increasing mucous production. http://www.allergyasthma.com/archives/asthma21.html

The RSV Prevention Information Center Information about RSV disease for parents of premature infants. http://www.rsvprotection.com/

Asthma Health Factsheet Concise factsheet on causes, sypmtoms and types of treatment of asthma. http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/asthma.html

Ask the Doctor: The Respiratory Disorders Forum Interactive medical question and answer format covering most common respiratory / breathing conditions. Patient question is replied to by online doctors from National Jewish Medical Center. http://www.medhelp.org/forums/RespiratoryDisorders/

NewsRx Report Series on Respiratory Medicine Research Series of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports. http://www.newsrx.net/partialreports/newsrx_current_quarterly_report_on_respiratory_medicine.htm

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Dedicated to controlling and curing asthma and allergy symptoms; southern California chapter. http://www.aafasocal.com/

Starbright's Asthma You can order a game to help kids ages 7 to 15 learn how to manage their asthma. http://www.starbright.org/projects/asthma/

Bronchiolitis Learn about bronchiolitis and how it differs from pneumonia. The article also covers diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. http://www.drgreene.com/21_1040.html

Biennal International Congress on Lung Diseases in Children Gives the program for this meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, posts a call for abstracts, and explains how to register. http://www.cipp-meeting.com/CIPP6/

Parents of Infants with Apnoea Support forum. http://groups.msn.com/ParentsofInfantswithApnoea

Bronchiolitis and Your Child Material from the AAFP. http://familydoctor.org/020.xml

Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Newborn Provides description of the disorder, treatment, and outcomes. Written by health professionals for parents. http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/patientcare/sicknewborn/disease.html#RespiratoryDistressSyndrome

Febrile Convulsions Information and first aid advice for parents from the Westmead Children's Hospital. http://www.chw.edu.au/parents/factsheets/febrilej.htm