Plenty folk have an asthma puffer but few seem to know how to use it. Adherium says its Hailie device is improving compliance ...

It’s been a fantastic ride. I’ve enjoyed every moment of it,” Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD, chair of the Pan African Thoracic Society, told Healio at the American Thoracic Society International ...

Last fall, the hospital’s pharmacy team launched an effort aimed at cutting readmission rates for COPD, which are notoriously ...

The GINA 2025 asthma update includes new guidance on T2 biomarkers, asthma in young children, and climate change.

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often leading to hospital visits and permanent lung damage. About 70% of COPD patients struggle with flare-ups despite using inhalers, especially when eosinophil levels exceed this threshold.

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If you have a respiratory condition, keep your inhalers and medications with you ... according to the American Lung Association. Their lungs are still developing, and they breathe in more air ...

Influential expert in respiratory medicine. Born on June 11, 1947, in Tshwane, South Africa, he died on Jan 18, 2025, in Cape Town, South Africa, aged 77 years.