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 ...

For millions of asthma sufferers worldwide, the distinctive puff of an inhaler represents a lifeline, providing instant relief from constricted airways. Dr Juma Bwika, a pulmonologist at Aga Khan ...

Systemic corticosteroids (CS) should be considered as first-line treatment for acute asthma exacerbations ... a proposal for the use of inhaled CS as a rescue medication in the emergency ...

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 ... in the American Rescue Plan backfired.

Details of the study were presented in a session at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (ACAAI 2024) in Boston. Reliever inhalers, including ...

EXCLUSIVE: British Airways flight attendants never made an announcement asking if there was a doctor onboard, according to a ...

Doctors could be taught to limit the use of traditional asthma inhalers due to their environmental impact. This initiative, led by the University of Glasgow and coordinated by the European ...

Data from a massive real-world study of asthma patients has suggested that overuse of inhalers is widespread and leading to an elevated risk of severe exacerbations. The results from the SABINA ...

Those using a rescue inhaler during an asthma attack, especially, may want a propellant to help push the medicine into their airways. This is why GSK Plc is focusing on lowering the emissions of ...

While people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can experience worse symptoms due to climate change, many of the medications they’re prescribed also contribute to ...

For example, by keeping asthma under control so that gas inhalers are used less, or by switching patients to dry powder where appropriate. The network will attempt to influence bodies that set the ...