Turns out that you can use your iPod to help you manage your asthma, while also collecting aggregate research data.

AsthmaMD was created by A.M. Pejham (a physician) and Salim Madjd. The application lets these two researchers keep a diary of asthma attacks, medications used, etc. At the same time, the app strives to help individual asthma sufferers.

Source: HealthNex