If you have a child who has asthma, there's a lot you can do to help keep the asthma under control. Here are five key suggestions to consider.

Do you want to gain better control over your asthma? Put it in writing!

Many people think of asthma as a childhood disease, but it often occurs as a new condition in older adults.

Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory lung disease with recurrent breathing problems.

What causes asthma? It may be partially inherited, but many other environmental, infectious, and chemical factors are involved.

Occupational asthma is a lung disease in which the airways overreact to dust, vapors, gases, smoke or fumes that exist in the workplace.

More than 22 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma. Find out other facts and figures on this chronic disease.

A short glossary of asthma terms.

Detailed information on asthma, including triggers of an asthma attack, symptoms, diagnosis, management, and treatment