In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications, but you didn't tell us how to ...

When you have asthma, you’ll usually use your inhaler to feel better. But you may have an attack in an area where you can’t get to your medication. Luckily, there are things that you can do to breathe ...

Flovent, a popular steroid inhaler used to treat and control asthma symptoms in children and adults, is being discontinued next week as its manufacturer prepares to roll out a generic version of the ...

Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use. If you ...

What to do when a patient’s asthma control deteriorates after switching to a more environmentally friendly, or ‘greener’, ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that quitting smoking is difficult. Nicotine is very addictive. It’s also hard to figure out how to quit in the first place. There are so many products available to help smokers quit.

Each winter, as toxic smog blankets India’s capital, New Delhi, Sandeep Vij struggles to breathe—sometimes so severely that even getting himself to a hospital feels impossible.