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	Cold air and exercise trigger asthma BBC health news - 7 December 2001
	A study of 97 patients from the PARA UK database indicates that the key triggers for asthma attacks include cold air, exercise, the menstrual cycle and aspirin.
	Funding for spiritual healing study BBC News Scotland - 12 November 2001
	Researchers at Aberdeen University have been awarded government funding to investigate the effects of spiritual healing on asthmatics.
	Asthma and obesity 'link' BBC health news - 18 October 2001
	Results from the US National Health and Nutrition Study suggest that the increase in childhood asthma may be explained by the rise in obesity.
	Parenting link to asthma BBC health news - 1 October 2001
	Research by the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Mayo Clinic and Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers indicates that poor parenting could make some children more likely to develop asthma.
	Passive smoking 'causes asthma' BBC health news - 25 September 2001
	Researchers from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki have found hard evidence to prove that passive smoking plays a role in the development of adult asthma.
	Asthma - an alternative treatment ABC TV - 23 August 2001
	Australian 'Catalyst' TV programme about a Glaxo product manager, Michael Cichorski, who left Glaxo and began promoting a non-drug treatment for asthma - the Buteyko Breathing Technique.
	How to make bedrooms 'allergy-proof' BBC health news - 7 August 2001
	US research into what measures families with low incomes can take to reduce allergens in their homes.
	Team make asthma breakthrough Birmingham Post - 24 July 2001
	Gene research by Birmingham's Heartland Hospital and Swansea University.
	'Asthma mites' infest one in four homes BBC health news - 22 May 2001
	A survey by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development found high levels of dust mite proteins in bedding in 23% of houses sampled.
	Prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in patients treated for asthma in primary care: Cross sectional survey British Medical Journal - 5 May 2001
	A survey of asthmatics has found that about a third of women and a fifth of men had scores suggestive of dysfunctional breathing.
	Obesity asthma risk BBC health news - 18 January 2001
	Research by King's College, London into childhood asthma and obesity.