Asthma Problems? Here Is Some Help

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Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

11/28/06

Minor respiratory problems during the cold and flu season could mean major difficulties for asthma sufferers, according to specialists at Ohio State University Medical Center who have designed a program that provides patients with a comprehensive asthma management plan. “There is data that supports involvement of an asthma specialist in patients with persistent asthma,” says Dr. John Mastronarde, a pulmonologist at Ohio State’s Medical Center and director of its asthma center. Individualized care and education for asthma is a three-step program.

This item resulted from a news release distributed by OSUMC media relations, available on the Web at: http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/press/article.cfm?ID=2932