Excessive use of reliever inhalers for asthma is linked to a significantly increased risk of dying from the disease, a new study revealed today. Researchers found that over-use of short acting ...

Patients with asthma and COPD routinely switch from pressurized metered-dose inhalers to dry powder inhalers and vice versa.

“Asthma is a significant public health concern in Kenya. We’re seeing an increasing number of cases, particularly in urban areas where air pollution is a major trigger.” While inhalers are ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and, in the latter part of the 20th century, reached epidemic proportions. Asthma is generally believed to result from gene-environment ...

Inhalers are some of the most widely used medical devices and can be lifesaving drugs for the nearly 25 million adults and children who have asthma in the United States. In asthmatics, the disease ...

Doctors are to be taught to avoid giving asthma patients traditional inhalers if possible because of the greenhouse gases ...

Inhalers used to treat symptoms of respiratory disease can be potent sources of greenhouse gases. Drugmakers are planning to ...

An international team of researchers has revealed that the inhalers which asthmatics use ... used in the research to predict as to when an asthma attack is likely to take place.

Three batches of Ventolin Accuhaler and Seretide Accuhaler asthma inhalers have been recalled because they do not deliver the full number of doses. The MHRA - the body that regulates the devices ...

If someone is having an asthma attack they should know how to use their inhaler and spacer but they may need your help in finding them. Inhalers can come in many different sizes and shapes. Inhalers ...