In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications, but you didn’t tell us how to properly use them. I’d ...

Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer"). This kind of "rescue inhaler" brings quick relief from ...

Many patients misuse lifesaving inhalers and EpiPens, researchers find. — -- EpiPens and asthma inhalers have the potential to save lives with a simple jab or puff, but a small study published ...

Medics have warned that some asthma sufferers using blue inhalers could be putting their health at risk. More than seven million Brits are living with asthma, according to Asthma and Lung UK. An ...

The most common asthma inhaler for children was discontinued at the start of this year, forcing parents and pediatricians to scramble to switch to an alternative. But more than a month later, the ...

Early fall is when asthma flare-ups peak in the U.S., and a warming climate is bad news for sufferers: It means more ground-level ozone, a longer pollen season and more wildfire smoke – -all triggers ...

“Be wary of [SABA] overuse. It is for when the patient has poor control of their symptoms, but should not be used for routine treatment,” said Holmes, a general practitioner (GP) partner at The Park ...

Some people with asthma need to use multiple inhaled medicines to keep their symptoms under control. Some inhaled medicines can be used on a regular basis to manage symptoms. Other inhaled medicines, ...

Stephen Hughes receives research grant funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Medical Research Future Fund, The Australian Research Council and Asthma Australia. He ...