During an asthma check-up at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Joel Rubinstein gets a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his health. His pulmonologist, Dr. Miguel Divo, explains that ...
The inhaler you rely on for breathing may contribute to the planet's warming. However, there's a potential large-scale solution on the horizon. As Boston's WBUR reports, the little boot-shaped ...
Many patients misuse lifesaving inhalers and EpiPens, researchers find. — -- EpiPens and asthma inhalers have the potential to save lives with a simple jab or puff, but a small study published ...
Asthma inhalers are hand-held devices that allow you to inhale a dose of medication to treat asthma symptoms. There are many types of asthma inhalers. They differ in whether they're used for quick ...
Editor's note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Flovent, ...
GPs have been advised to stop prescribing blue reliever inhalers alone for newly-diagnosed asthma. Instead, they should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to ...
Some doctors are promoting propellant-free inhalers over puff inhalers that emit greenhouse gases. Climate change can exacerbate respiratory ills... Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the ...