Dr. Cori Daines answers the question: 'Why Use A Spacer With Rescue Inhaler?' — -- Question: Why do we need to use a spacer or chamber with our rescue inhaler? Answer: Spacers or aerochambers are ...

Struggling with your asthma medicine? An asthma inhaler works most effectively if you deliver your medication slowly, so this is where a spacer device can be useful to help you achieve this goal. Many ...

A newly validated app called Rafi-Tone, developed by clinicians in the UK, makes using an inhaler with a spacer easier and more fun for young children with wheeze or asthma symptoms. By motivating ...

How well do you know your asthma inhaler? What does it do for you? What drugs are in it? Do you puff and breathe, or breathe and puff? Inhalers are the most effective way to get lifesaving medications ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. This article is more than 6 years old. Asthma is a global disease, ...

Brett Montgomery works as a general practitioner, and regularly treats people with asthma. He also has asthma himself. He is affiliated with several organisations whose policy interests include ...

If you’re an asthma sufferer, or are friends with, related to or dating one, you likely have a little blue puffer in a bag, car, or cabinet somewhere. Now, the guidelines for treating asthma have been ...

Two of every five children hospitalized with asthma exacerbation make an error when using their inhaler, a prospective cross-sectional study shows. Missing a critical ...