Inhaled steroids reduce and prevent inflammation, swelling, and mucus build-up in your airways and lungs to help prevent asthma attacks and help you breathe easier. But not everyone with asthma ...

A device costing just pennies, based on an idea by a University of Manchester Professor to help his son use an inhaler, could be a gamechanger for asthma patients. The impressive results are from ...

The finding was independent of the use of maintenance therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), used to dampen down the inflammation seen in the lungs of people with asthma. The researchers ...

According to national guidelines, mild persistent asthma is defined by a need for β-agonist treatment more than 2 days per week (but less than daily), asthma-related nighttime awakenings more ...

Measurements and Results: Of the 6,254 patients, 2,495 patients (40%) did not receive inhaled steroid therapy within 90 days of discharge from their initial hospitalization for asthma. Patients ...