More than 500,000 Minnesotans, and countless millions around the world, suffer from asthma. For many, relief often comes using inhalers to help them breath. But are those inhalers causing issues in ...
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 ...
Climate change is making asthma worse, as hotter temperatures increase ozone pollution and wildfires and make pollen season longer. But asthma, ironically, is also making climate change worse: ...
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 ...
(WHTM)– Millions of people in the U.S. have asthma and use inhalers, maybe you’re one of them, but do you know what you are, and are not supposed to do when you’re done with them? Mary Evans doesn’t ...
Asthma + Lung UK says more needs to be done to prevent the overuse of inhalers.
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 ...