Asthma inhalers are critical for delivering small amounts of medication to people's lungs to improve breathing and help prevent asthma attacks, but those tiny puffs add up to a large environmental ...

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Dr. Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sits in an exam room, across from one of his patients with asthma. Joel Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

Propeller Health is partnering with Aptar Pharma, a drug delivery system company, to create what the company believes will be the first-to-market integrated, connected metered dose inhaler (MDI).

Greenhouse gas emissions from metered-dose inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have increased over the past decade, resting heavily on use of just three ...

That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic ...

The situation is an ironic one. While climate change is worsening respiratory illnesses — by increasing extreme heat, spreading smoke from wildfires, and lowering air quality — one of the most common ...

Inhalers that deliver quick relief to patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be taking a toll on the planet, producing as much climate-warming pollution as more than ...

Metered-dose inhaler propellants have contributed a rising amount to greenhouse gases in the U.S. Emissions per inhaler declined slightly over the past decade, but an increase in annual prescription ...