Incorrect inhaler technique reduces drug delivery, worsens asthma control, and increases attacks - proper use, training, and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people manage their asthma with an inhaler — but they may not be using it correctly. Studies show that nearly 90% of patients with an inhaler make at least one ...

To reach the lungs, medicine from an inhaler must navigate the narrow passage of the throat, as seen in his aluminum model, without sticking to the moist sides of the passage. Tens of millions of ...

Nearly six-and-a-half million children in the United States suffer from asthma. Most use an inhaler to help keep their airways open. But experts say most children make mistakes when using an inhaler.

Health officials are calling on all providers to move away from prescribing traditional blue inhalers to asthma patients, in ...

For decades, the little blue inhaler was a lifeline for millions of people with asthma. But doctors now know it can make the condition worse - and a quiet revolution in treatment is already ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Six and a half million children in the United States suffer from asthma and use inhalers to keep their airways open, but most kids aren't using them correctly, dramatically ...

In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma - the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma - researchers found that nearly half of ...

CHICAGO, March 18 (UPI) --A new method of teaching asthma and COPD patients to properly use inhalers can prevent adverse health events, according to a recent study. Researchers at the University of ...

(BPT) - Fifteen million people in the United States have been told by a healthcare provider that they have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and more than 50 percent of these patients ...

For World Asthma Day, GINA is spotlighting the need for greater access to inhaled corticosteroids for everyone, from adults ...