In May, we celebrate National Adolescent Health Month.

Adolescent Health is a broad term that includes many parts of health and well-being – from physical health to behavioral health to sexual and reproductive health. Healthy eating, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are at the heart of all of these things.

Whether you're a new parent or expecting a baby in the near future – congratulations! Welcoming a new baby is one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding times of your life. We know you have a lot on your mind, including how to prepare for and protect your new little one. It can be overwhelming, so helping you break down one of the best ways you can keep your child safe – properly installing and using a car seat.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler.

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and breathed deep into the lungs. Inhalers are made of medicine and propellant (the thing that carries the medicine out). When an inhaler is new, has not been used for seven days, or has been dropped, steps need to be taken to make sure the medicine is mixed in with the propellant.

This is called “priming” an inhaler. When an inhaler is not primed, the person taking it does not receive a full dose of medicine.  

When your child gets sick or injured and you cannot get an appointment with their pediatrician right away, taking them to urgent care is a good option to make sure they get the care that they need. At the new Denver Health Downtown Urgent Care, we treat all patients, including children six months of age and older.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler. 

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and needs to be breathed deep into the lungs. In order to get the medicine all the way into the lungs, you need to use a spacer.
If you don’t use a spacer, less than half of the medicine will make it into the lungs – most will stick in your mouth and throat.

The following is a step-by-step guide to using an inhaler with a spacer and mouthpiece.

The most common way to take asthma medicine is with an inhaler.

The medicine from an inhaler is sprayed out and needs to be breathed deep into the lungs. In order to get the medicine all the way into the lungs, you need to use a spacer. If you don’t use a spacer, less than half of the medicine will make it into the lungs – most will stick in your mouth and throat.

The following is a step-by-step guide to using an inhaler with a spacer and facemask.

Concussions in sports, whether mild or serious, must all be taken seriously. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blow or jolt to the head or to the body, causing the brain to shake within the skull. The impact does not have to be directly to the skull; it can be to the upper body or part of the head. Concussions can affect the way the brain normally works. These changes can happen over hours or days, which explains why often the player might not seem so bad immediately after getting hit.

Each year we hear the unfortunate news of a toddler being injured or killed after falling from a window. A study cited by Safe Kids Worldwide says children under the age of five rack up 3,300 injuries from window falls each year in the United States.

Keep your family safe around water this summer.