Here is a detailed guide on how to use an inhaler and instructions for getting the most out of your medication.

Dr. Roach shares a link to a video, but having your doctor watch you use it is the best way to verify you're doing it right.

In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma /chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medications, but you didn’t tell us how to properly use them. I’d hate ...

The teach-to-goal instruction technique can improve inhaler use in the immediate term and reduce the need for acute care for 30 days compared with standard instruction in patients hospitalized with ...

Many of us have never been properly trained on how to do or use certain things we really should be good at. Putting on condoms and installing infant car seats are just two skills that come to mind; ...

In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma - the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma - researchers found that nearly half of ...

To reach the lungs, medicine from an inhaler must navigate the narrow passage of the throat, as seen in his aluminum model, without sticking to the moist sides of the passage. Tens of millions of ...

The pros and cons to using a dry powder inhaler as treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Neil Minkoff, MD: Dr Drummond, we’ve talked a little bit about the differences. You brought some ...

CHICAGO, March 18 (UPI) --A new method of teaching asthma and COPD patients to properly use inhalers can prevent adverse health events, according to a recent study. Researchers at the University of ...

A total of 45% of patients made at least 1 error when using an inhaler, and the number of errors per patient ranged from 1 to 6. While inhaled therapies can reduce ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of 16 or less, which implies dementia, predicted errors in using inhalers.

Greg Hardy needed a little help in the Octagon on Friday night at UFC Boston — help that he shouldn’t have been allowed to receive in the first place. Hardy took on Ben Sosoli at TD Garden at UFC ...