Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It has a much lower carbon footprint than a traditional inhaler while being equally effective for many patients with asthma. Jesse ...

During an asthma check-up at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Joel Rubinstein gets a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his health. His pulmonologist, Dr. Miguel Divo, explains that ...

Switching from a metered dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a ...

Asthma inhalers are hand-held devices that allow you to inhale a dose of medication to treat asthma symptoms. There are many types of asthma inhalers. They differ in whether they're used for quick ...

Switching from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry powder version for maintenance therapy more than halves the carbon footprint of people with asthma, and without any worsening of their condition, finds a ...

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 ...

A dry powder inhaler formulation provides excellent protection against pneumonia-causing bacteria, scientists report. Community-acquired pneumonia, a type of lung inflammation contracted outside of a ...

Eco-friendly asthma inhalers could lower both greenhouse emissions and medical costs, according to a new British study. Inhalers use hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellants to atomize and pump out the ...

What to do when a patient’s asthma control deteriorates after switching to a more environmentally friendly, or ‘greener’, ...

"About three quarters of all inhalers used in the in this country are propellant-type inhalers," said Dr. Allison Burbank, a pediatric allergy and immunology researcher at UNC. Metered dose inhalers ...