Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system. People who have asthma sometimes have trouble breathing. When people who have asthma have this trouble breathing, it is called an asthma attack. Lots of ...

What type of asthma inhaler is right for you? In the U.S., 25 million people are affected by asthma. That’s roughly 1 in 13 adults and children. Asthma can be mild or severe. Some people with asthma ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study shows that a dual-action inhaler cuts asthma attacks in children almost in half. (CREDIT: Imperial College London) For ...

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at ...

In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a 2-in-1 inhaler as the sole reliever therapy for children aged 5 to 15, an international team found the combined treatment to be ...

For many years, the standard treatment for asthma was an inhaler with a medication called albuterol. Only if that wasn’t enough would additional medicines be added. If symptoms became especially bad, ...