Book excerpt: The next book in our What To Do? series, this book is a comprehensive guide to dealing with asthma from a top asthma physician. Asthma has reached epidemic proportions in the Western world, and nobody is really sure why-there are lots of theories, but no real cure for the millions of children and adults who suffer from this life-threatening disease. This book offers information and solutions, based on cutting-edge research, for the newly diagnosed asthma patient and his caregivers.