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People who have asthma or bronchitis or other lung conditions often take prescribed medications through an inhaler—a device that releases the medication in a spray so that it reaches its target—the ...

The carbon footprint of blue inhalers is being compared to a lengthy car trip in advice released to asthma patients as British doctors are told to switch out the sprays for a more effective treatment.

The advice said switching to dry powder inhalers will have a beneficial effect on climate change, however stressed that asthma sufferers should choose or stick with the treatment that worked best ...

Researchers found that over-use of short acting reliever drugs known as beta agonists is associated with a higher risk of death from asthma. But regular use of inhaled steroids, known as longer ...

open image in gallery A senior woman uses her inhaler. New research has found that one in six US adults are stopped from taking their asthma medication as it has been prescribed due to its cost ...