Q: Where can you go to:

• Find important, easy-to-read information about asthma and COPD?
• Get information geared specifically to children, adults, or seniors with breathing disorders? Get information for Spanish speakers?
• Get information geared specifically to caregivers, including parents, coaches, and teachers?
• Take interactive quizzes to test your knowledge about breathing disorders?
• Watch demos that can help you understand and learn how to manage your condition?

A: FreeBreather.com

FreeBreather.com was designed to meet the needs of people with asthma or COPD and their caregivers. Because we believe that knowledge is power, the FreeBreather.com Web site provides up-to-date information to help you understand asthma and COPD. For example, if you have asthma, you may want to learn how to identify and lessen exposure to your asthma triggers, understand the relationship between allergies and asthma, and understand asthma medicines. If you have COPD, you may want to learn how to identify and manage symptoms, how to tell the difference between asthma and COPD, and what kinds of exercises are good for you to do. FreeBreather.com explains all these things and more.

FreeBreather.com also provides you with customized information, including links to local and regional chapters of national asthma and breathing disorders organizations, and links to information about air pollution levels and pollen counts where you live. All the information on FreeBreather.com is in line with recommendations from national organizations such as the American Lung Association and the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America.

We want you to breathe easier! In order to ensure that FreeBreather.com meets your needs, we want to hear from you. Tell us what you like and what you don’t like, and suggest ways we can improve the site. Visit the Contact Us page today!