"Metered-dose inhalers are used every day by people with asthma, COPD and other chronic lung diseases, and the vast majority of the time -- between 70 and 90 percent -- patients make mistakes that ...

Managing asthma effectively requires more than just keeping an inhaler nearby. This chronic respiratory condition affects approximately 25 million Americans, yet despite medical advances and improved ...

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 ...

It was the respiratory therapist (RT) in charge of smoking cessation who first showed me a peak inspiratory flow meter with known resistance (PIFr). Dry-powder inhalers require inspiratory force for ...