Inhalers are the frontline treatment for asthma and COPD, but they come with a steep environmental cost, according to a new UCLA Health study—the largest to date quantifying inhaler-related emissions ...

Inhalers that deliver quick relief to patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be taking a toll on the planet, producing as much climate-warming pollution as more than ...

Concerns over health care’s carbon footprint typically revolve around issues like overly-air-conditioned hospitals and single-use medical supply waste. But researchers like Stanford University’s ...

Millions of asthma patients mistakenly believe symptom relief from rescue inhalers means their condition is controlled.

Racial and ethnic differences are seen in inhaler use for asthma among U.S. adults, according to a research letter published ...

Broncho the Bronchodilator? Coltron the Controller? It's Iggy and the Inhalers to the rescue! Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People using the popular corticosteroid inhalers Flovent HFA or Flovent Diskus to treat their asthma will need to switch to a new ...

Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

ICS-containing inhalers are commonly prescribed to patients after acute respiratory tract infections, often without diagnostic evaluation.

“Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as half a million cars each year.” That’s how headlines read after a startling new JAMA analysis revealed that the 160 million inhalers dispensed in the US ...

Despite guidelines recommending daily controller inhalers as the best treatment for asthma, new UCLA-led research finds that Blacks, Hispanics and Asians use them less than whites, suggesting that ...

If there is any field of science that understands the doctrine of unintended consequences, it’s medicine. We rely on antibiotics to wipe out infections, and in the process breed a class of superbugs ...