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Wellness Wednesday: Asthma, Cancer Course, Obesity

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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio.

In Ohio, 400,000 kids suffer from asthma alone and a revised state bill will allow Ohio schools and camps to keep a supply of asthma inhalers for non-prescribed patients in case of emergencies. The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center launched a free online course called “," a course that helps participants better understand what cancer is. Over the past 35 years, obesity rates have more than doubled, and Ohio ranks as the 8th most obese state in the U.S.

Guests: 

  • Dr. Richard Goldberg, Physician-in-Chief at
  • Darrell Ward, Science Writer and Assistant Director of Cancer Communications ‎at 
  • Dr. John Swartzberg, Chair of the Editorial Board for the
  • Dr. David Stukus, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Allergy/Immunology at
  • Ambur Banner, Human Services Program Consultant at the Ohio Department of Health

This show originally aired on October 14, 2015 at 11 a.m. 

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