The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday published a revised draft guidance on metered dose inhalers (MDIs) and dry powder inhalers (DPIs), offering recommendations on chemistry, ...

What type of asthma inhaler is right for you? In the U.S., 25 million people are affected by asthma. That’s roughly 1 in 13 adults and children. Asthma can be mild or severe. Some people with asthma ...

Most people with asthma and other lung diseases have no idea that commonly prescribed inhalers are helping make the planet warmer. Each puff has about the same climate impact as driving a gas-powered ...

Shifting from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in one healthcare system formulary led to increased healthcare utilization, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Asthma inhalers are critical for delivering small amounts of medication to people's lungs to improve breathing and help prevent asthma attacks, but those tiny puffs add up to a large environmental ...

New reports reveal the most commonly prescribed inhaler in the U.S. may actually be contributing to climate change. While these inhalers are critically important to saving lives and making it easier ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A metered-dose inhaler was switched to a dry-powder inhaler in Veterans Affairs facilities. Veterans who did vs.

“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 ...