For a person with asthma, an inhaler is a literal lifeline. But not everyone knows how to use them. Inhalers are often used for asthma, a condition in which the lungs struggle to get enough air ...
Summer temperatures, humidity and allergies are triggers for people diagnosed with asthma. These triggers can range from being a nuisance to being life-threatening. Dr. Jacqueline Squire, a Mayo ...
It was the respiratory therapist (RT) in charge of smoking cessation who first showed me a peak inspiratory flow meter with known resistance (PIFr). Dry-powder inhalers require inspiratory force for ...
FeNO testing is changing severe asthma care by helping doctors identify Type 2 airway inflammation and assess which patients ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Flovent, ...
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 ...
A major new inhaler announcement has been made today, Tuesday, July 21, for asthma patients. In the UK, more than seven million people have been diagnosed with asthma. It is one of the most common ...