A Zoo Taught Its Giraffe with Nasal Congestion How to Use an Inhaler in 'Pioneering' Treatment

Zookeepers spent three years teaching 16-year-old Mahiri how to confidently use an inhaler, which Banham Zoo designed to ...

Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to ...
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Ever Seen A Giraffe Use An Inhaler? Now You Can, And It’s Incredibly Wholesome

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
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A Zoo Taught Its Giraffe With Nasal Congestion How to Use an Inhaler in 'Pioneering' Treatment

Banham Zoo's 16-year-old giraffe, Mahiri, is believed to be the first giraffe in the U.K. to use an inhaler The treatments help ease long-term nasal issues, reducing Mahiri's need for steroids The zoo ...

Is your inhaler causing climate pollution?

That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic ...

A nebulizer is a device used to treat conditions like asthma — here's how to use one

A nebulizer is a machine that turns liquid medication into an inhalable mist and is used for people with respiratory ...

You can still use an expired inhaler, but it's not an ideal treatment

Inhalers typically expire after a year. Although expired inhalers are safe to use, the medicine won't be as effective.
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Giraffe in UK zoo has trouble breathing for years. Watch her learn to use inhaler

A 16-year-old female giraffe in England has a new lease on life after learning how to use an inhaler treatment. Screengrab from BIAZA’s Facebook post Towering above the rest of the animal kingdom, ...