Lung disease - resources: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia (original) (raw)

The following organizations are good resources for information on lung disease:

• American Lung Association -- www.lung.org
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Resources for specific lung diseases:

Asthma:

• American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology -- www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/asthma
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America -- www.aafa.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/asthma/
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/asthma
• US National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/asthma.html

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease):

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/copd/index.html
• COPD Foundation -- www.copdfoundation.org
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease -- goldcopd.org/
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/copd
• US National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/copd.html

Cystic fibrosis:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/cystic-fibrosis/about/

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -- www.cff.org

• Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center -- rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6233/cystic-fibrosis

• March of Dimes -- www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/planning-baby/cystic-fibrosis-and-your-baby

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/cystic-fibrosis

• US National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/cysticfibrosis.html

• Normal lung anatomy

Updated by: Jennifer K. Mannheim, ARNP, Medical Staff, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.