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 ...

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 ...

These vascular effects of inhaled CS on the airways could be expected to have therapeutic implications for the management of acute asthma and its characteristics are fundamental to establish the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Global pharma major Lupin Limited (Lupin) announced its focus on formulating respiratory inhalers by incorporating a propellant with near-zero global warming potential (GWP). This initiative aims to ...

Recent research reveals that anti-inflammatory inhalers not only cut the risk of severe asthma complications but also offer modest improvements in symptom control compared to traditional ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...