Struggling with your asthma medicine? An asthma inhaler works most effectively if you deliver your medication slowly, so this is where a spacer device can be useful to help you achieve this goal. Many ...

A recent study found that teach-to-goal methods are more effective than brief interventions in metered-dose inhaler education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, ...

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 ...

Switching from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a ...

The pros and cons to using a dry powder inhaler as treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Neil Minkoff, MD: Dr Drummond, we’ve talked a little bit about the differences. You brought some ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Many health care systems are discussing a transition to dry-powder inhalers that have a lower carbon footprint ...

There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to real-world ...

Inhalers prescribed to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) beneficiaries for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease resulted in estimated emissions of greenhouse gases equivalent ...