Asthma: You're The Boss

This book tells you how to manage your asthma. You’ll learn the five vital steps to take charge.

• Learn everything you can about your asthma.
• Understand the diagnostic process.
• Know your treatment options.
• Monitor your asthma.
• Create a healing environment.

You can manage your asthma better than anyone else. You just need to know how. This patient-friendly book provides five concrete steps. You will meet real people with real health challenges and discover how they used the five steps to successfully manage their asthma.

The author, Gary R. Epler, M.D., has written the criticallyacclaimed personalized health book, You’re the Boss: Manage Your Disease. He believes personalized health allows people to manage their health and disease. Dr. Epler is worldrenowned for describing the lung disorder bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP), which spurred international research and study. He has published books about occupational lung diseases, written more than 100 scientific articles, and presented some 350 lectures and seminars worldwide. He discovered a parasite in South America, chronicled the nutritional needs of North African children, and managed the tuberculosis refugee program in Southeast Asia. He is a frequent guest on radio and television. Active in his community, Dr. Epler has coached soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball. He lives in the Boston area with his wife Joan and his two sons.