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 ...

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, ...

Two treatment methods for asthma attacks -- spacers and nebulizers -- are equally effective in staving off hospital admissions, a new review shows. However, at least for children, spacers mean shorter ...

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 ...

CEBU, Philippines – The two most common ways of taking asthma medicines are with inhalers and with spacers. It is important to know the difference between the two, in order to choose the one that ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a new interactive smartphone game can help children use a key asthma inhaler ...

A revolutionary new device, which makes inhalation of medication from an asthma pump easier and far more effective, has been launched in South Africa by the Allergy Foundation of South Africa (AFSA).

Children with asthma will soon be able to breathe easier thanks to an interactive app created by a University of Manchester spin-out company. Tariq Aslam, an eye doctor, invented Rafi-tone after his ...