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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The inhaler you rely on for breathing may contribute to the planet's warming. However, there's a potential large-scale solution on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Primatene Mist is the only OTC inhaler approved by the FDA for mild asthma in people 12 and older. Primatene Mist uses epinephrine, while albuterol uses albuterol sulfate, and they have different side ...

For the millions of asthma patients who use inhalers daily, the phaseout of ozone-depleting propellants is forcing a switch to new devices. That may not seem like a huge problem, but many people ...

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 ...