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 ...

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 ...

In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma - the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma - researchers found that nearly half of ...

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 ...

The most common error related to the use of metered dose inhalers was the failure to attach the inhaler to a spacer. SAN ANTONIO — In the United States, two-thirds ...

The most important advantage of inhaled delivery of medicines is that they are delivered directly into the airways and lungs, resulting in higher local concentrations, lower systemic exposure and ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker’s Managing Editor. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and management from Arizona ...

Summer temperatures, humidity and allergies are triggers for people diagnosed with asthma. These triggers can range from being a nuisance to being life-threatening. Dr. Jacqueline Squire, a Mayo ...

Many children with asthma don't use their inhalers properly and don't get a full dose of medicine, researchers report. They evaluated inhaler use among 113 children between the ages of 2 and 16 who ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Six and a half million children in the United States suffer from asthma and use inhalers to keep their airways open, but most kids aren't using them correctly, dramatically ...