During an asthma check-up at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Joel Rubinstein gets a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his health. His pulmonologist, Dr. Miguel Divo, explains that ...

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 ...

GoodRx reports that choosing the right asthma inhaler depends on symptom severity and frequency, with options for quick relief and daily control.

Switching from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a ...

Asthma inhalers can be for quick relief or long-term control. Rescue inhalers work by relaxing your airway muscles to help you breathe better. People with chronic asthma may need a daily inhaler to ...

Switching from a metered dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a ...

Researchers in the United Kingdom compared the potential impact on carbon footprint and asthma symptom control of switching maintenance therapy to a dry powder inhaler vs continuing with a metered ...

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 ...

Some doctors are promoting propellant-free inhalers over puff inhalers that emit greenhouse gases. Climate change can exacerbate respiratory ills... Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the ...