Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than 40% of the studied veteran cohort were adherent to their inhaled COPD medications. Adherence was found ...

Leah J. Witt, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Leah Witt. Welcome to season one of Medscape InDiscussion, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) podcast series. Today we're talking medications, especially ...

Asthma inhalers are hand-held devices that allow you to inhale a dose of medication to treat asthma symptoms. There are many types of asthma inhalers. They differ in whether they're used for quick ...

They are barely thicker than a human hair—yet they could significantly improve the effectiveness of inhaled medications: carrier particles in dry powder inhalers transport the active ingredient and ...

The analysis included 96 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of COPD and hospitalized in the internal medicine division between August 2022 and April 2023. HealthDay News — Among patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Invited patients had 32% of days covered for maintenance inhalers, whereas control patients had a smaller ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with milder asthma symptoms tend to fare better in the long-term if they start using inhaled steroids early on, a new study suggests. General guidelines suggest that ...

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD), particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of noncommunicable disease (NCD) associated morbidity and mortality. Most CRD ...

Overuse of antibiotics has accelerated the development of bacterial resistance to conventional drugs, a global health crisis ...