Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children who use a lot of blue reliever inhalers are several times more likely to have severe asthma attacks [BBC] A new study is ...

Medics have warned that some asthma sufferers using blue inhalers could be putting their health at risk. More than seven million Brits are living with asthma, according to Asthma and Lung UK. An ...

In a “true pivot” in asthma care across the UK, new guidelines urge medics to offer inhalers that both relieve and prevent symptoms to newly diagnosed sufferers who are 12 and over, rather than the ...

“Be wary of [SABA] overuse. It is for when the patient has poor control of their symptoms, but should not be used for routine treatment,” said Holmes, a general practitioner (GP) partner at The Park ...

This reminder follows updates to product information and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for short-acting beta 2 agonists (SABAs), including salbutamol and ...

Asthma inhalers are a vital tool to help manage the common lung condition, but medics have warned that some users of blue inhalers are not using them correctly. Blue inhalers, also known as reliever ...

Asthma + Lung UK says more needs to be done to prevent the overuse of inhalers.

Research has found that children using 6 or more blue reliever inhalers a year are 3-5 times more likely to have an asthma attack. Reliever inhalers only treat the immediate symptoms and mask the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:CNordic Nordic on Unsplash (CNordic Nordic on Unsplash) A Somerset woman says she suffered a severe asthma attack after ...

A new study is offering children with asthma an enhanced check-up to see whether it can bring down the overuse of inhalers. The Prescription Alerts for Reliever Inhalers in Children (PARC) study at ...