ysicians and home-based care is emphasized. Parents of asthmatic children are given a personalized "passport", a record of hospital visits, and specific treatments, as well as home management techniques. Participants in the APP were 18% less likely to visit the hospital over the one-year duration of the study. The prevalence of asthma in our society is indicative a trend that will likely increase in the future. It is likely that the mystery that will not be solved anytime soon. The general conclusion that can be drawn is that asthma seems to be an indirect, possibly overt result of our western lifestyle. There is no pill that can be taken that will decrease the by-products of fossil fuel combustion. It is not an overgeneralization to assume that asthma related illnesses will act as an early indicator of the more broad-based problems inherent in modern civilization....
