Community Pediatric Asthma Service
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When & Where to Get Help
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Emerade Injector Recall
All EMERADE epinephrine auto-injectors in Canada recalled.
What is Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic or long-term disease of the airways, which are the tubes that carry air into our lungs. Asthma causes swelling in our airways and makes the tubes you breathe through get smaller, which causes difficulty in breathing.
The good news is that asthma can be treated and well-controlled which means it doesn't have to interfere with you or your child's daily life. Click here to learn more.
Summer is here!
What you need to know if you have asthma.
Beat the heat!
How to beat the heat using these 9 helpful tips from Asthma Canada.
Wildfire Season
Wildfire season has also arrived and Asthma Canada has information to help you through the season.
- All EMERADE epinephrine auto-injectors in Canada recalled. Urgent Recall Information here.
- RxHelp Card programs allow patients to benefit from payment assistance with their medication.
- Asthma in Children: Booklet written by Dr. Tom Kozesi, Pediatric Respirologist, (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
- Study suggests Vaping increases the risk of asthma in adolescents, (News Medical)
- Study reports asthma rates rise in Alberta, but medication use flat-lines, (University of Alberta)
- Asthma in Children: Booklet written by Dr. Tom Kozesi, Pediatric Respirologist, (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
- Circle of Care: Taking Control of Asthma – A Guide for Patients (AstraZeneca)
- Children with asthma at risk of anxiety, (University of Queensland Australia)
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