I recently read a book written for physicians called Fatal Asthma. I wouldn't recommend it though, because it was a difficult read. Yet it was filled with some excellent asthma facts I thought I'd share with you.
Now I certainly wouldn't want to rehash the same asthma facts you can get on great websites like ours, or epa.gov and AAAAI.org. So, in honor of asthma and allergy awareness month, here are 16 asthma facts I learned from reading this lawyer-like manual of a book:
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