Inhalers and nebulizers are devices that deliver medicine directly into the lungs. The difference between the two devices is in the way they deliver the medication. An inhaler relies on pressure, ...

A salt pipe is an inhaler containing salt particles. Advocates of salt pipes suggest they help with many health conditions, including asthma, but scientific support is limited. Salt therapy, also ...

About one in ten children suffers from asthma. Genetic predisposition, passive smoking, high levels of air pollution and infections are only a few of the risk factors for this chronic illness ...

Three years after raising health groups’ suspicions by acquiring Vectura, a British pharmaceutical firm that makes asthma inhalers, cigarette giant Philip Morris International has made a deal to sell ...

While these inhalers are critically important to saving lives and making it easier to breathe, a Stanford-led study is showing that there are easier, less polluting options. For Shelbi Inan ...

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images / AFP Three years after raising health groups’ suspicions by acquiring Vectura, a British pharmaceutical firm that makes asthma inhalers, cigarette giant ...

PMI's decision to buy Vectura, which makes inhalers to treat lung conditions such as asthma, was criticised as being hypocritical. However, PMI defended the move as part of its strategy to away ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Philip Morris International has agreed to sell its Vectura asthma inhaler maker for only a third of what it ...

This includes migraine relief tablets, allergy medication or an asthma inhaler. Whilst you want you and your home to stay warm, and your clothes to dry, try turning your heating down slightly ...

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