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

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.

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

Dry-powder inhalers – which a patient uses by sucking ... Those using a rescue inhaler during an asthma attack, especially, may want a propellant to help push the medicine into their airways.

Healthcare decision-makers are facing significant challenges that will intensify in the coming years as they work to address ...

“Asthma is a significant public health concern ... The study stresses that switching to Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) could reduce this impact significantly. Historically, the pulmonologist ...

NHS Grampian has introduced a traffic light system for GPs and other health care professionals highlighting the carbon ...

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Doctors could be taught to limit the use of traditional asthma inhalers due to their ... Doctors may be taught to recommend dry powder inhalers as a more eco-friendly alternative, where suitable ...

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 ...

Early fall is when asthma flare-ups peak in the U.S., and ... Pharmaceutical companies are looking to change that with lower-emitting inhalers that they plan to roll out by the end of the decade.