Hi. I'm Your Neighborhood Respiratory Therapist

Rick Frea is an asthma sufferer and respiratory therapist. He explains how he helps asthmatics breathe and how he learned to breath better too. Illustrations by Dash Shaw

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John Bottrell is a registered Respiratory Therapist. He wrote for HealthCentral as a health professional for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

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