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 ...

Objective: To reanalyze data from two previous studies to provide stronger evidence of benefit for early use of single-dose intravenous bolus salbutamol in children with acute severe exacerbations of ...

In both the Easyhaler DPI and Evohaler pMDI cohorts, 98.3% of patients with asthma recovered FEV1 to at least -10% of baseline after their last treatment post MC test. Investigators sought to ...

A new study reveals that the common asthma drug salbutamol may offer potential as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting 47 million ...

Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) has expressed his opposition to the use of salbutamol asthma inhalers in professional cycling, revealing that he has refused to use an inhaler despite being told that it ...

Asthma + Lung UK says more needs to be done to prevent the overuse of inhalers.

Asthma is an inflammatory disease typified by airway hyperreactivity and obstruction-producing airway resistance with a reduction in air flow. [1] The mainstay of treatment of acute asthma in children ...

For many children, asthma can be a constant specter, with attacks at the most inconvenient and terrifying times. New research has now found that one inhaler containing two drugs can cut the risk of ...