Linking Asthma to Obesity and Treating Both in Patients

Obesity is becoming a growing problem in the country as is asthma in many of those patients. Doctors are now looking at ways to treat both to help the overall health of the people they see.

At the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians Anne Dixon, MD, from the University of Vermont talked about some of those treatment options and what happens before, during and after that treatment.