Additional Sites and Resources

Allergies

• Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation
  http://www.allergyfoundation.ca/
• Allergy & Asthma Network / Mothers of Asthmatics
  http://www.aanma.org/

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

• Alpha-1 Foundation
  http://www.alphaone.org/

Anaphylaxis

• Anaphylaxis Canada
  http://www.anaphylaxis.org/

Asthma

• Asthma 101 - Dr. Mark Fitzgerald, head of the UBC Division of Respiratory Medicine, shares insights on how to live well with asthma.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS0-xJieuWU
  
• The British Columbia Lung Association
  http://www.bc.lung.ca/
• The Canadian Lung Association
  http://www.lung.ca/
• The Asthma Society of Canada
  http://www.asthma.ca/
• The American Lung Association
  http://www.lungusa.org/
• What You Need to Know About...Asthma
  http://www.asthma.about.com/
• National Jewish Hospital
  http://www.nationaljewish.org/
• Asthma UK
  http://www.asthma.org.uk/
• Ontario Lung Association/Government of Ontario website for teenagers
  http://www.teenasthma.ca/

Bronchoscopy

• Bronchoscopy information for lay people and patients. A user friendly slide presentation (interactive or non-interactive) and/or PDF. Free downloadable materials. The site is maintained by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health in the U.S. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/bronchoscopy/htm/index.htm

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Canadian Lung Association Breathworks Program
  www.lung.ca/breathworks
• COPD International
  http://www.copd-international.com/
• The British Lung Foundation
  www.britishlungfoundation.org/copd.asp

LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)

• The LAM Foundation
  http://www.thelamfoundation.org/

Lung Disease

• The ELF Website
  Offers accurate and up-to-date information, reviewed by European Lung Specialists, for patients and caregivers. Provides the latest developments in treating lung diseases.
  http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/

Oxygen Therapy

• Vancouver Coastal Health Home Oxygen Program
  General information about the Home Oxygen program including a brochure for patients. www.vch.ca/programs/hop.htm
• Oxygen Therapy eyewear
  http://www.oxyview.com/

PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia)

• PCD Foundation
  http://www.pcdfoundation.org/

Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
  http://www.coalitionforpf.org/

Pulmonary Hypertension

• The B.C. Pulmonary Hypertension Society
  http://www.bcphs.org/
• The Pulmonary Hypertension Society of Canada
  http://www.phscanada.com/
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association (American)
  http://www.phassociation.org/
• The Flolan Information Center (treatment information)
  http://www.flolan-center.com/

Sarcoidosis

• The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
  http://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

• Health Canada SARS Website
  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sars-sras/

Sleep

• What is sleep apnea? Watch and learn from Dr. John Fleetham, Chair of the Canadian Thoracic Society Sleep Disordered Breathing Committee and a respirologist with Vancouver Coastal Health's Lung Centre. 
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzjlaQWWnhU
• Vancouver Coastal Health Sleep Disorders Program
  www.vch.ca/sleep_disorders
• Narcolepsy Association UK
  http://www.narcolepsy.org.uk/
• Narcolepsy Action for Positive Practical Solutions
  http://www.napps.cwc.net/

Vasculitis

• Vasculitis Foundation (formerly known as the Wegeners Granulomatosis Association)
  http://www.vasculitisfoundation.org/

• Ending Tobacco Dependance [pdf]
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [pdf]
• Kicking the Habit [pdf]
• Living with asthma [pdf]
• Assisted Breathing [pdf]
• Medical Research: Finding the Best Information [pdf]
• Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis [pdf]
• Living with Sarcoidosis [pdf]
• Second Hand Smoke [pdf]
• Breathing Problems During Sleep [pdf]
• Tuberculosis: a global threat [pdf]
• Testing for Tuberculosis [pdf]
• Treating Tobacco Dependence [pdf]
• Understanding allergies [pdf]