Among the more common mistakes children make is using an inhaler without a spacer, a plastic tube attached to the mouthpiece. When children activate the inhaler, the spacer lets the medication mix ...

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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 ...

More than one million children in the UK have asthma. Those who use spacers with their inhalers have a better chance of getting an effective drug dose. Abstract Drawing on literature searches and ...

After watching her gravity-defying performances, it’s hard to believe that pop music star Pink, 39, has struggled with respiratory problems and asthma since childhood. Ironically, you could even say ...

Poor technique is landing kids - and particularly teens - in hospital, but it can be easily avoided NEARLY half of asthmatic kids are in danger from an attack because they don’t use their inhalers ...

MANY kids living with asthma think that they're using their inhalers correctly - when they're not, experts have warned. Because of that, they're putting themselves at risk from a potentially deadly ...

NEARLY half of asthmatic kids are in danger from an attack because they don’t use their inhalers correctly. That’s the finding of a new study in which experts found teens are most at risk. Nearly half ...

It's not the first study to suggest that thousands of kids are at risk from potentially fatal asthma attacks MANY kids living with asthma think that they’re using their inhalers correctly – when ...