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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Almost all of the estimated 1.15 MMT of CO 2 equivalent emissions in 2022 came from metered-dose inhalers. The ...

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 ...

Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It has a much lower carbon footprint than a traditional inhaler while being equally effective for many patients with asthma. Jesse ...

"About three quarters of all inhalers used in the in this country are propellant-type inhalers," said Dr. Allison Burbank, a pediatric allergy and immunology researcher at UNC. Metered dose inhalers ...

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 ...

The inhaler you rely on for breathing may contribute to the planet's warming. However, there's a potential large-scale solution on the horizon. As Boston's WBUR reports, the little boot-shaped ...

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 ...

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.

Flovent, a popular corticosteroid inhaler used to treat asthma, is no longer available. The global manufacturer, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), announced in May that the medications — Flovent HFA, a metered ...

Asthma inhalers can be for quick relief or long-term control. Rescue inhalers work by relaxing your airway muscles to help ...

Switching from a metered-dose to a dry-powder inhaler after a formulary change increased emergency department visits and hospitalizations in people with COPD or asthma. The absolute changes in risk ...