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Priority Health classes
Looking for asthma-related classes in your community? Check our wellness class listing. Michigan resourcesAsthma Initiative of Michigan www.getasthmahelp.org Asthma Camp sponsored by DeVos Children's Hospital This camp is offered yearly to all children with asthma ages 8-13. Sponsored by DeVos Children's Hospital and promoted by Priority Health, asthma camp is held at Camp Tall Turf near Hesperia, Michigan. 616 459-7206 Better Breathers Support Groups Meet others who share pulmonary diseases, learn about medications, helpful breathing techniques and ways to improve your life.
Michigan Asthma Communication Network The site features useful, state-of-the-art information on asthma diagnosis, treatment, and control strategies for health care professionals, parents, children, seniors, schools, employers - anyone with an interest in asthma. This website is the only online asthma resource of its kind - find out what's new in asthma education, and find asthma events and organizations in your area. 866 EZ LUNGS (866 395-8647) www.getasthmahelp.org Munson Medical Center in Traverse City offers the Better Breathing educational series. This is an eight-week ongoing series designed for persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The most common types of COPD are: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma. Topics include: lung disease, living with chronic illness, medication, exercise, nutrition, stress reduction and relaxation techniques. Classes are also offered in Cadillac, Frankfort, Grayling and Kalkaska. 800 935-8200 www.munsonhealtcare.org Asthma Network of West Michigan 200 Jefferson SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616 732-8984 www.paanwm.com National resourcesAllergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics Inc. 800 878-4405 www.aanma.org American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 85 West Algonquin Road, Suite 550 Arlington Heights, IL 60005 800 842-7777 www.acaai.org American College of Chest Physicians www.chestnet.org American Lung Association 1740 Broadway New York, NY 10019 800 LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) www.lungusa.org Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 800 727-8462 www.aafa.org Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-17 Atlanta, GA 30333 888 232-6789 (for publications) or 404 639-2520 www.cdc.gov/asthma Environmental Protection Agency 800 490-9198 www.epa.gov Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network 800 929-4040 www.foodallergy.org National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov National Jewish Medical and Research Center (You do not have to be Jewish to call.) 800 222-LUNG (1-800-222-5864) www.njc.org Origination: 1996; Updated 08/04, 06/06, 04/08
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Asthma
