A major weakness of asthma care is that many patients don't know how to use inhalers to deliver life-saving medicine when they're gasping for air. The fix may be as simple as taking more time to teach ...

A rescue inhaler helps to expand a person’s airways during an asthma attack. Rescue inhalers dispense a type of medication called a bronchodilator, which expands (dilates) the airways, known as ...

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often need to use many different inhalers every day to help them breathe better. But now, there are newer inhalers that combine different ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with asthma or emphysema could be taking their inhaled medicines incorrectly, researchers say. When they asked 100 adults hospitalized for asthma or a lung ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J.Kim, takes medicine for his bronchial trouble at his house in Beijing November 2, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Lisa Rapaport ...