People with lung conditions such as asthma, COPD, and emphysema need to be particularly careful in the cold because breathing in cold air can constrict airway muscles making it harder to breathe, so ...

Many kids with asthma end up in the emergency room when the condition flares up. Such episodes can affect school attendance ...

Well, thats all fine and dandy, thank you, but whoever inhaled a banana. The 10mg of ethanol that is inhaled, is going directly into your blood stream. The banana with the 40mg of ethanol that I ...

"and to follow an asthma action plan developed with your doctor so you know when to use both preventative daily-controller medications and as-needed rescue medications," advises Conrad.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma is a serious medical condition that causes inflammation and constriction of the airways. If left untreated, it can affect your quality of life. A severe ...

William B. Feldman, M.D., M.P.H., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues compared the effectiveness and safety of budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol, a twice-daily metered dose ...

FDA-approved rescue inhaler for asthma in patients aged 18 and older. Combining albuterol, a bronchodilator, and budesonide, an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid, it offers dual-action relief from ...

Despite these and other positive pieces of evidence provided by publications in the last decade, inhaled CS have not been considered effective in treating asthma exacerbations. Different state-of ...

Systemic corticosteroids (CS) should be considered as first-line treatment for acute asthma exacerbations ... a proposal for the use of inhaled CS as a rescue medication in the emergency ...

More information: William B Feldman et al, Comparative effectiveness and safety of single inhaler triple therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new user cohort study, BMJ (2024).

Health insurance rules capping monthly out-of-pocket costs for insulin, asthma inhalers, and epinephrine injectors took effect on New Year’s Day. The provisions, required under a law Gov. Phil Murphy ...