Inhalers are often used for asthma, a condition in which the lungs struggle to get enough air absorbed and sent to the body.

Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer"). This kind of "rescue inhaler" brings quick relief from ...

For millions of people with asthma, an inhaler is often the first thing they reach for when breathing becomes difficult. The immediate relief can feel reassuring. The wheezing settles, the chest ...

Respiratory specialists have shared tips for ensuring inhalers are used correctly in a bid to reduce the four deaths caused ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people manage their asthma with an inhaler — but they may not be using it correctly. Studies show that nearly 90% of patients with an inhaler make at least one ...

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at ...

Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Banham Zoo keepers spent three years getting 16-year-old Mahiri to use her inhaler confidently Banham Zoo/Facebook Banham Zoo's 16-year-old giraffe, Mahiri, is believed to be the first giraffe in the ...

Flovent, a popular corticosteroid inhaler used to treat asthma, is no longer available. The global manufacturer, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), announced in May that the medications — Flovent HFA, a metered ...

Approximately two thirds of hospitalized adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) received suboptimal treatment with inhalers, mainly resulting from errors, based on data from 96 ...