Because the causes of asthma and heart failure are different, a correct diagnosis is vital: If cardiac asthma were to be treated with certain asthma medications, the heart failure may get worse.

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

Recently, tiotropium has been studied in asthma, when added to low-dose inhaled corticosteroids in ... however, the different attempts to prevent or attenuate the allergen-induced airway ...

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 ...

“Twice daily” implies that there is some leeway. If you wake up at 7 a.m. and take one dose, then take it again at 9 p.m., ...

Medical students will also be taught ‘green prescribing’, which involves encouraging patients to take up activities such as ...

Finally, other studies have demonstrated that there are decreases in responsiveness in the cells (beta adrenergic receptors) that rescue inhalers act on and this may impact asthma symptoms in patients ...

The injections - called biologics - cut the number of hospitalisations and mean severe asthmatics do not have to rely on ...