Marketed in the past by AstraZeneca as Pulmicort, budesonide is an off-patent inhaled steroid and could be used to prevent the risk of people getting seriously ill with the disease, if taken ...

Inhaled steroids reduce and prevent inflammation, swelling, and mucus build-up in your airways and lungs to help prevent asthma attacks and help you breathe easier. But not everyone with asthma ...

and to identify certain risk factors that predict lower use of inhaled steroids in this group of patients. Design: Population-based, retrospective, cohort study using linked data from hospital ...

Confounding factors, such as physical activity level and smoking status, can complicate assessment of the contribution of inhaled steroids to declining BMD. In this Swedish study, researchers ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

A “game changing" new discovery could completely revolutionise treatment for both asthma sufferers and COPD patients ...