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National Library of Medicine's"Virtual"Asthma Exhibit Travels to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for World Asthma Day Celebration National Library of Medicine's"Virtual"Asthma Exhibit Travels to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for World Asthma Day Celebration May 7, 2002 is the fourth annual World Asthma Day. Recognizing that asthma remains a prevalent disease and a_major public_health problem in the United_states and throughout the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will mark the day by debuting and demonstrating NLM's novel new virtual DVD exhibit on asthma,""Breath of Life.""Faced with widespread public_interest in its 6, 000 square_foot exhibition on asthma that closed recently on the National_institutes_of_health campus, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) decided to take the exhibit on_the_road--with a_high-tech twist. The complete exhibit was put_on a DVD disk, using the latest technology pioneered by the NLM. Anyone with a DVD player and a computer equipped with a DVD-ROM drive can now view the exhibit. The disc contains more_than two hours of full-screen, full-motion video, graphics, audio, and animations as_well_as open captioning for the hearing impaired. Now everyone can"tour"the Breath of Life exhibit. The contents of the Breath of Life DVD are_varied lively and. We hear three-time Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee describe her experiences with asthma. We delve into the history of asthma, learning how therapies have_evolved through the years. Incredibly, tobacco, cocaine and opium were once popular asthma treatments. We watch what happens to the lungs during an asthma_attack and learn how to use an inhaler correctly. We follow the experiences of a young_girl with asthma, and see its effects on her and her family. We learn about asthma research trends. To view a five-minute overview of the DVD, click on one of the links to the right of the Breath of Life image. Quicktime 44 kbps (for modem) Quicktime 250 kbps (for DSL, cable and faster)" Asthma can be_managed properly only_when the patient and his family understand the nature of this disease,""notes Donald A_b. Lindberg, M_d.,director of the National Library of Medicine.""Now everyone, including asthma patients, parents, health_professionals, and teachers, can learn more about asthma in an entertaining and informal way, in the comfort of_their_own home_office or school.""The DVD exhibition will make_its debut at the CDC Museum Auditorium, Roybal Campus, 1600 Clifton Road, in Atlanta, Georgia . Martha Katz, CDC's Deputy Director for Policy, and Richard J. Jackson, MD, Director of CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, will demonstrate this unique technology at CDC's--Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 10: 30 a_m.--World Asthma Day ceremonies. To view enlarged photographs of the May 7th World Asthma Day ceremonies, click on the photographs below to open them in a new window. To_order a copy of the DVD, go_to the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute's online catalog at: http://emall. nhlbihin. net/product2. asp? source=.(Download the free Quicktime player at http://www. apple. com/quicktime/download/./U_s. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 National_institutes_of_health, Department_of_health & Human Services Copyright, Privacy, Accessibility Last updated: 16 May 2002