Just 24.7% of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) included in the study demonstrated correct usage of their inhaler. New study findings indicate that accurate inhaler ...

International asthma guidelines increasingly support the use of inhaled corticosteroid plus fast-acting β-agonist combinations as both maintenance and reliever therapy, but the only versions on the ...

St. Louis, May 29, 2003 -- A study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis predicts that smokers might significantly reduce the adverse health effects of their habit if they could ...

Each patient using inhalers with propellants in 2023 produced 140kg of CO2 emissions over a year. Read more at ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to a digital health device and app for patients using an inhaler made by AstraZeneca. “Our partnership with AstraZeneca will give respiratory ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung condition characterized by loss of lung elasticity, which leads to dysfunctional gaseous exchange. COPD is the third leading cause of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Digihaler records data on inhaler usage and inhalation quality, which is then shared with the patient ...

Dr. Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sits in an exam room, across from one of his patients with asthma. Joel Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

Asthma inhalers are critical for delivering small amounts of medication to people's lungs to improve breathing and help prevent asthma attacks, but those tiny puffs add up to a large environmental ...