Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

The cost of medication to treat asthma, the chronic lung disease, is stopping one in six US adults from taking their ...

Data from a massive real-world study of asthma patients has ... went through three or more SABA inhalers in a year were 32% more likely to experience severe attacks than those using one or two ...

Patients diagnosed with asthma should no longer be prescribed SABA alone There are clear data that unopposed or excessive use ...

Asthma hospitalisations among Māori have decreased, according to a new study, but experts warn there is still a long way to ...

Dry powder inhalers do not contain propellant,” the advice said ... which they said led to people suffering “fewer severe ...

Massachusetts families are still struggling to find alternatives almost a year after GlaxoSmithKline canceled a widely ...

In total, about 1 in 6 folks with asthma are struggling to cover the costs of inhalers and other medications ... including asthma attacks and ER visits," noted a team of Taiwanese researchers ...

If an asthma attack is mild, the symptoms can usually be controlled by using an inhaler. If this does not help, however, you should see your doctor urgently or go to the hospital emergency room.

Despite the positive findings, the research reveals a persistent two-and-a-half-fold disparity in asthma hospitalisation rates between Māori and non-Māori, indicating that while progress has been made ...