Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. This article is more than 5 years old. Asthma is a global disease, ...

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 ...

LOWELL — School nurses are preparing to distribute almost 2,400 asthma spacers to Lowell Public Schools students in coming weeks. The initiative, funded through a $20,000 grant from the Greater Lowell ...

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 ...

When an asthma attack occurs, many sufferers use a device — a “spacer” — to increase the chances that rescue medicine travels from an inhaler all the way down to the airways where it is needed. A new ...