Dr. Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sits in an exam room, across from one of his patients with asthma. Joel Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to real-world ...

Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use. If you ...

“Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as half a million cars each year.” That’s how headlines read after a startling new JAMA analysis revealed that the 160 million inhalers dispensed in the US ...

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Physicians have heard the complaints. The plume is much weaker: it doesn't propel medicine into the lungs. It tastes different. There's no blast of cold air. It just doesn't ...

Inhalers are crucial tools for people with lung conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Some people use their inhaler on a daily basis while others may only need it ...

Inhalers are used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as asthma, by delivering bronchodilator medication to the airway directly, without passing through the blood. COPD affects ...

The current aerosol asthma inhalers we use are cheap but, because of the gases they contain, are one of the NHS's biggest contributions to climate change. Other countries think alternatives are ...